THEN & NOW

A handy primer for our current media metamorphosis

CATEGORY

Required reading of the elite

Bottom-feeding tabloid of the masses

Vainglorious aggregator

Frat-tastic bible with literary airs

Listicle digest that no one reads

Misguided ego project

Pretentious artifact of the tech bubble

Over-annotated journal with dubious business prospects

Dubious trophy acquisition

Pseudo-empowering, highly listified bait

THEN

THE NEW YORK TIMES

US WEEKLY

TIME

ESQUIRE

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT

TALK

BUSINESS 2.0

HARPER'S

THE BOSTON GLOBE

COSMOPOLITAN

NOW

BUZZFEED

BUZZFEED

VOX

VICE

538

FIRST LOOK

THE VERGE

GENIUS

VIRALNOVA

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