A talented staff, good ideas, and some forward-thinking technology couldn’t overcome a muddled editorial vision — and the realities of how news sites make money in 2020.
“I think the hard part for something like Esquire or Harper’s Bazaar in digital — even to some extent Vogue — is that you get into the scale game. Digital demands greater scale. I just don’t know how many men are trying to figure out if corduroy is back in fashion.”
Newspaper company CEOs will be the first to tell you a new round of consolidation won’t solve their problems. But it might give them another year or two of breathing room.
Owen, Laura Hazard. "Elite Daily lost a ton of money, but Bustle just bought it from the Daily Mail anyway." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 17 Apr. 2017. Web. 25 Jul. 2024.
APA
Owen, L. (2017, Apr. 17). Elite Daily lost a ton of money, but Bustle just bought it from the Daily Mail anyway. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved July 25, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/04/elite-daily-lost-a-ton-of-money-but-bustle-just-bought-it-from-the-daily-mail-anyway/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "Elite Daily lost a ton of money, but Bustle just bought it from the Daily Mail anyway." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified April 17, 2017. Accessed July 25, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/04/elite-daily-lost-a-ton-of-money-but-bustle-just-bought-it-from-the-daily-mail-anyway/.
Wikipedia
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