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Between the layoffs at Buzzfeed and Insider, VICE reportedly preparing to file for bankruptcy, and Elon’s multi-front war against public media and independent journalists, the past two weeks have definitely felt like a “sky is falling” moment for media workers. Emilie and Andrea needed to blow off some steam. In this subscriber-only episode — sign up for paid subscription to get the full thing! — we discuss how we got here, what the bear market means for who will get to tell the story of 2010s digital media (and how that story will be told), and the curious story of the Journalism Competition and Preservation act, a bipartisan bill making its way through the Congress that Big Tech probably doesn’t want you to know about.
