Description

The definitive report on the disruption of the news media over the last decade. With the expert guidance of former Executive Editor of The New York Times Jill Abramson, we follow two legacy New York Times and Washington Post and two upstart BuzzFeed and VICE companies as they plow through a revolution in technology, economics, standards, commitment, and endurance which pits old vs. new media.

News is all the news these days. What is news These days whether traditional, “fake,” print, or digital, the contest is about how news is rooted out, reported, sourced, delivered, and paid for. It is about depth, commitment, scoops, click bait, advertising, mobile, video, and entertainment. It is about expertise, investment, and the ever-popular leak.

News Wars takes us inside the pivotal decade, concentrating on four companies, The New York Times, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, and VICE, from 2006 to the present, as they map uncharted territory. The new digital landscape almost kills two venerable newspapers with aging readerships while creating two media behemoths with an expanding audience of millennials. Based on intensive research and broad reporting, Abramson introduces us to the veterans and the innovators fighting to save or build, such as Jeff Bezos Washington Post, Arthur Sulzberger and Dean Baquet New York Times, Jonah Peretti BuzzFeed, and Shane Smith VICE and their reporters and readers.

News Wars caps the struggle for the future of news. It is an amazing scene, a lively playing field, and a crucially important plot.