As digital trends continue to transform (decimate?) the profession of journalism, Chris Lehmann recounts his traumatizing experience at Yahoo News. As the head of its blog network, Lehmann describes a
life led by algorithms, air-headed press reps, and even more misguided managers. Applying his term to the present day, Lehmann writes: “Yahoo’s present, blinding moment of self-devouring
synergy is but the logical culmination of all the counter-journalistic practices that so transfixed company management during my tenure there.”
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