Topic

Platform Distribution

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Great reporting matters more than any distribution surface

Smith argues that strong stories, high-quality insight, and great reporters will remain valuable even as the platforms and formats carrying journalism continue to change.

Ben Smith Platform Distribution Source at 4:28

Facebook could have chosen a different content strategy

Smith rejects the idea that Facebook's refusal to sustain professional content was inevitable and describes its reliance on lower-quality user-generated content as a strategic choice that could have been different.

Ben Smith Platform Distribution Source at 7:17

YouTube empowers individuals while weakening media intermediaries

Smith says YouTube has enabled individual creators to build substantial businesses but has structured the platform so that media companies and other intermediaries have comparatively little leverage.

Ben Smith Platform Distribution Source at 9:54

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