Verizon funds own media site
As the DailyDot pointed out last Tuesday, Verizon not only backs the site, but also sets its coverage agenda. And that agenda, according to an email recruiting reporters for the site, did not include reporting on domestic spying and net neutrality, two of the most vital issues in technology. Those subjects were off the table.
.. Clearly, historical models of funding original content are under duress, and a variety of efforts have emerged to innovate around that new reality: nonprofit news sites, digital news operations with low-cost approaches and yes, brands like Verizon that are also beginning to finance their own media operations.