Ben Smith is departing as BuzzFeed‘s editor-in-chief for The New York Times, where he will serve as media columnist.
Smith helped build the editorial side of BuzzFeed since he joined the media platform from Politico, and the site has become a significant source of political coverage and investigative journalism. Perhaps more notably, BuzzFeed published the Steele dossier, the document that included unverified allegations about Donald Trump and his links to Russian interests.
At the Times, Smith will write the Media Equation column. Jim Rutenberg most recently had that assignment, having taken on the column after the death of David Carr in 2015.
BuzzFeed went through a round of layoffs last January, the third round of cuts that many saw as signs of trouble in the digital ad model.
In a note to staff, Smith wrote that the “newsroom and the company as a whole are now in a strong position.
Smith helped build the editorial side of BuzzFeed since he joined the media platform from Politico, and the site has become a significant source of political coverage and investigative journalism. Perhaps more notably, BuzzFeed published the Steele dossier, the document that included unverified allegations about Donald Trump and his links to Russian interests.
At the Times, Smith will write the Media Equation column. Jim Rutenberg most recently had that assignment, having taken on the column after the death of David Carr in 2015.
BuzzFeed went through a round of layoffs last January, the third round of cuts that many saw as signs of trouble in the digital ad model.
In a note to staff, Smith wrote that the “newsroom and the company as a whole are now in a strong position.
- 1/28/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Nobody likes a hospital. Vessels of disease and doom, they seldom contain good news unless a wee one is on the way. That built-in brutal ambience suits horror well; you don’t see nearly as many mad podiatrists as you do physicians, and the setting offers up untold instruments of pain (and more than a little bloodletting). This brings us to the giddy Horror Hospital (1973), a British production very much in the droll vein of Theatre of Blood and The Abominable Dr. Phibes.
To be fair, Horror Hospital takes place in a gothic manor that doubles as a relaxation facility/lobotomy factory, so it isn’t like a licensed clinic or anything, and yet their success rate is quite impressive. Released by Antony Balch Films in its native UK, the film slowly rolled out to the rest of the world, landing in the Us in April of ’75. Initially seen as just another low-budget,...
To be fair, Horror Hospital takes place in a gothic manor that doubles as a relaxation facility/lobotomy factory, so it isn’t like a licensed clinic or anything, and yet their success rate is quite impressive. Released by Antony Balch Films in its native UK, the film slowly rolled out to the rest of the world, landing in the Us in April of ’75. Initially seen as just another low-budget,...
- 10/19/2019
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
[Guest authors Christopher Lombardo and Jeff Kirschner of Really Awful Movies share their diagnosis of healthcare horror movies with Daily Dead readers.] When the Us was overhauling its healthcare system, much to-do was made about so-called “death panels,” government committees who would decide who lives and dies based on asset allocation. As far as healthcare horrors are concerned, it turns out that playing God is very real, but luckily only in film and Sarah Palin’s fright-filled imagination. Nefarious nurses, murderous docs, and psychopathic hallway stalkers in horror movies have effectively put end-of-life issues at the forefront, but not in a way that can be reasonably debated: your life, their ending of it.
We’ve decided to weigh in on the healthcare hullabaloo by looking at fictional settings that make One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest look like the height of patient-centered thinking. So sit back and self-medicate with whatever’s in the fridge (or better still, the medicine cabinet) and take these seven healthcare horrors—but don’t call us in the morning.
We’ve decided to weigh in on the healthcare hullabaloo by looking at fictional settings that make One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest look like the height of patient-centered thinking. So sit back and self-medicate with whatever’s in the fridge (or better still, the medicine cabinet) and take these seven healthcare horrors—but don’t call us in the morning.
- 5/27/2016
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Former Bloomberg Chief Content Officer Josh Tyrangiel will oversee Vice’s daily newscast on HBO, the media company announced on Wednesday. Tyrangiel, who left Bloomberg this month, will set “the style, format, programming and story development” for the show,” Vice said. The daily, half-hour newscast will offer content similar to Vice’s existing HBO show, which features in-depth reporting from around the world. Also Read: Bloomberg Shakeup: Josh Tyrangiel Out, Ellen Pollock In as First Woman Editor Set to debut in early 2016, it will leverage Vice’s more than 30 global bureaus. “Vice has the most distinctive voice in news. I...
- 10/14/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Michael Bloomberg tepidly disputed reports that he won’t renew the contracts of Bloomberg’s star political duo Mark Halperin and John Heilemann after the 2016 election. “I’ve become a devotee of Bloomberg Politics,” Bloomberg told The Huffington Post. “It’s an important part of our TV lineup and our strategy, giving our customers the news and people they need going into election season. I fully support it.” The lack of an explicit, by name vote of confidence for Halperin and Heilemann doesn’t offer a strong sense of security for the political pair. Also Read: Bloomberg Shakeup: Josh Tyrangiel Out,...
- 10/2/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Bloomberg’s Chief Content Officer and Editor of Bloomberg Businessweek Josh Tyrangiel resigned on Thursday. “Tomorrow will be my last day at Bloomberg,” he wrote. “I’ve spent six years working with some of the smartest and most creative people in journalism, and it’s time for me to take my chips off the table, reflect on my criminal good luck, and think about what comes next.” Deputy Editor Ellen Pollock will take the reins as the company’s first female editor. Also Read: Bloomberg to Lay Off 100 Staffers (Report) “No one waves the flag for great journalism higher (or louder) than Ellen,...
- 10/1/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Stars: Patricia Gozzi, Dean Stockwell, Melvyn Douglas, Gunnel Lindblom, Leslie Sands, Murray Evans, Sylvia Kay, Peter Sallis, Ellen Pollock | Written by Stanley Mann | Directed by John Guillermin
John Guillermin, the London-born director of the classic disaster film The Towering Inferno directed this moving drama set in France called Rapture in 1965. I am familiar with some of Guillermin’s catalogue, from the aforementioned Towering Inferno to his ’76 version of King Kong to his 60’s war film The Blue Max. I hadn’t seen this though, so it was a treat to see that Masters of Cinema, Eureka’s brilliant line of classic titles, was putting a new version of the film out.
The first thing that struck me upon watching the film was the cinematography. It is just beautiful, and with the new transfer it looks even better than I can imagine it did when it was released those many years ago.
John Guillermin, the London-born director of the classic disaster film The Towering Inferno directed this moving drama set in France called Rapture in 1965. I am familiar with some of Guillermin’s catalogue, from the aforementioned Towering Inferno to his ’76 version of King Kong to his 60’s war film The Blue Max. I hadn’t seen this though, so it was a treat to see that Masters of Cinema, Eureka’s brilliant line of classic titles, was putting a new version of the film out.
The first thing that struck me upon watching the film was the cinematography. It is just beautiful, and with the new transfer it looks even better than I can imagine it did when it was released those many years ago.
- 8/4/2014
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
Now this is what we're talking about, man! Long lost movies hitting home video in new pristine prints! The news of another never ceases to get us excited, and now that Horror Hospital is coming home, we're downright feverish!
From the Press Release
Before he played the mild-mannered butler Alfred in Tim Burton’s “Batman” movies, Michael Gough was an icon of horror, appearing in such classics as “Berserk,” “Trog,” and “Horrors of the Black Museum.” But none of his roles can compare to his performance as sadistic and deranged Dr. Christian Storm in Horror Hospital. Director Antony Balch’s legendary 1973 shocker has now been restored to its uncensored glory and will be released on DVD by genre masters Dark Sky Films, via Mpi Media Group, on June 15, 2010. The disc, carrying an Srp of $19.98, includes a new feature-length commentary.
As with many British fright flicks of the ’70s, Horror Hospital pours humor,...
From the Press Release
Before he played the mild-mannered butler Alfred in Tim Burton’s “Batman” movies, Michael Gough was an icon of horror, appearing in such classics as “Berserk,” “Trog,” and “Horrors of the Black Museum.” But none of his roles can compare to his performance as sadistic and deranged Dr. Christian Storm in Horror Hospital. Director Antony Balch’s legendary 1973 shocker has now been restored to its uncensored glory and will be released on DVD by genre masters Dark Sky Films, via Mpi Media Group, on June 15, 2010. The disc, carrying an Srp of $19.98, includes a new feature-length commentary.
As with many British fright flicks of the ’70s, Horror Hospital pours humor,...
- 4/12/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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