“It doesn’t matter how good you are at what you do, your success, in this industry, is always going to be governed in large part by luck.”— Felix Salmon, fusion.netTagged: Luck, Journalism, Success
“It used to be that journalism was something that you got better at over time — and the result was that talent was something that media companies wanted to invest in, and needed to pay good money to retain. But today, someone who’s spent 20 weeks at BuzzFeed has much more reach, and is probably signi…”— Felix Salmon, fusion.netTagged: Buzzfeed, New Media Economics
“If you get a job by competing on price against 40-year-olds when you’re 22, then the turnabout, once you reach 40, is only fair play.”— Felix Salmon, fusion.netTagged: Job, Journalism, Graduation, Millennials and Jobs