“I was reading all this Trump stuff, and it doesn't feel like we're reading news for the reason we used to, which was to get a better sense of what's going on in the world and to enrich yourself by being aware. It seems like we're reading wrestling rumors. It's like reading about what happened on Mon…”— Aziz Ansari, gq.com
“There’s been a lot of great journalism done in the past year about inequality and unemployment in America and all of that is inspiring, in the sense that it makes me realize that I can use this site [Gawker] for something better than just hearing the sound of my own voice all the time.”— Hamilton Nolan, jimromenesko.com
“Gawker was like the id of America, and potential sources knew where a story like that — representing the voice of the creative underclass — could get published”— Hamilton Nolan, washingtonpost.com
“Engle says that ‘anal sex, though often stigmatized, is a perfectly natural way to engage in sexual activity,’ but fails to acknowledge that it is mainly men who engage or wish to engage in anal sex. While she claims an interest in anatomy, Engle either doesn’t understand or (more likely) doesn’t wa…”— Meghan Murphy, feministcurrent.com
“The perpetually breaking news cycle of the Trump era has become its own suffocating force.”— Mark Leibovich, nytimes.com
“steelmanning makes you a better person. It makes you more charitable, forcing you to assume, at least for a moment, that the people you’re arguing with, much as you ferociously disagree with them or even dislike them, are people who might have something to teach you. It makes you more compassionate,…”— Chana Messinger, theatlantic.com
“There will be reductions among editors and some other departures from around the newsroom in coming weeks and months. That is a difficult process for us all. We do intend to monitor this transition closely and ensure that we not only maintain but in many areas improve the editing that is critical to…”— Dean Baquet, Joseph Kahn, deadline.com
“Last quarter, Twitter beat Wall Street’s estimates when it came to adding new users, but ad revenue declined year-on-year for the first time since it became a public company.”— Lara O’Reilly, wsj.com
“There have been many, many stories purportedly based on classified information about — well, about lots of stuff, but especially about Russia, that are just dead wrong.”— James Comey, nytimes.com
“If we were to write a profile for humankind, our interest would be that we love to talk about ourselves. How do I know this? Let’s use Google Earth as an example. When this incredible piece of software came out, a platform that had taken images of every corner of the earth to allow us to travel and…”— Michael Scantleury, thedrum.com
“The future of marketing isn't in engaging influencers for over-staged, over-styled, made-to-look-authentic branded content. It's an incredibly deceptive tactic, sure to follow a downward spiral from initial excitement to the ultimate letdown. The future of marketing must be one where brands look to…”— David Hunegnaw, adage.com
“Writing blogs on the internet is an amazing way to express yourself and to distribute information, but it's not the best place to discuss ideas with an individual that you have an issue with.”— Joe Rogan, reddit.com
“There's a lot of people that I disagree with that I think I could have interesting conversations with. What I don't want to get into is manufactured conflict. I would much rather talk to someone like Dr. Rhonda Patrick or Randall Carlson and be mesmerized by information. I guess in a way that's self…”— Joe Rogan, reddit.com
“The problem with a lot of the subjects that we covered was that I went into them with an open mind, but along the way you discover that most of it is just plain bullshit. It's not just bullshit, it's bullshit with an industry attached to it. People that make their living talking about this bullshit,…”— Joe Rogan, reddit.com
“The people who say, 'Half my money spent on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half' are going to get fired. Why? Because the technology to measure it is already out there”— James Thomas, adage.com
“What Vice is doing is something a lot of the digital-first community is starting to, which is to get beyond talking about simply delivering content and to a place where they talk about what impact the content has.”— Noah Mallin, digiday.com
“I was definitely ready to do something else. I love Cosmo, but I gave it everything I had. ‘I just didn’t have another sex position in me.”— Joanna Coles, nytimes.com
“The massive power of commercial media can only be countered by alternative images from world art and culture.”— Camille Paglia, amazon.com