“Custom content is laborious, so the future is fewer pieces of content that drive bigger consumption and views, primed to perform because of the data, analytics and creativity behind it.”— Geoff Schiller, digiday.com
“Mic was born out of the recognition that the old models of journalism had become less engaging and relevant. While maintaining the rigor and commitment to original reporting and championing essential fact-finding, Mic has sought to give voice to critical news stories from modern and diverse perspect…”— Mic, mic.com
“I’m sorry to say but you are entering journalism and public relations in the middle of a storm. In our profession we are living the equivalent of climate change, with the fundamentals of the business melting like icebergs in the summer, being flooded by social media and looking outside the window wi…”— Jorge Ramos, fusion.net
“The real conflict online is between the media companies that fund much of the entertainment we read, see, and hear and the technology firms that want to distribute their content—legally or otherwise.”— Robert Levine, amazon.com
“Mike may have gotten a lot of things about journalism wrong, but this one he got right: The duty of a media owner is to readers first, following very closely by a duty to support their team. All other confrontations are survivable as long as you do right by those two groups.”— Sarah Lacy, pando.com
“This company was founded by a gay man and two women. I have never been comfortable with the role of a traditional CEO. And for obvious reasons I have never been comfortable in a company dominated by territorial men. I hope I have made space for others who don't fit the mould. And I pray that my info…”— Nick Denton, observer.com
“Nothing about Vice's journey makes sense. Nothing about it is a 'playbook' that any other media company could actually follow. It's completely fucking weird and not algorithmic and shouldn't have worked. And that's why, whether it always follows the rules of journalism or not, Vice is a real media c…”— Sarah Lacy, pando.com
“CNN was not under traditional corporate control, so it could present news without worrying about who or what was impacted; its always-on format meant the newsroom was not under the obligation to craft events into satisfying packages for a single evening broadcast; its position on the cable dial lowe…”— Douglas Rushkoff, amazon.com