S5E13: Gashed Hull: Media: Ben Smith

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S5E13: Gashed Hull: Media: Ben Smith

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What happens when news must compete? How does that affect the news? In this episode, we talk to Ben Smith, a journalist and entrepreneur who played a central role in the transformation of media through social media. His book, Traffic, tells that story better than any other just now.

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