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twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

One of the indicators of how the new owners of where I used to work had changed the site into an affiliate link farm was when I was pulled into writing these. Not in my usual form of 'watch out for scams' but 'LOOK AT THESE DEALS'. I didn't care for it. They laid off the whole UK team months later.

and if you complain or show any integrity you'll just get replaced with half-cooked AI

Funny you should mention that... I will make clear at this point, I was not a source for this! But this story broke weeks before the mass lay-offs of senior staff. Funny that... futurism.com/cnet-ai-arti...

If I recall correctly, Red Ventures went onto sell the sites at a massive loss. But with another recent round of lay-offs, it doesn't sound like things have improved. And all for what, eh? 🫠

so the fail upward trust fund brunchlord bros can stumble around Chelsea, NYC pretending they're savvy businessmen doing very important things!