Digital Apocalypse? Whatever.

Things falling apart at an increased rate. Couldn't happen to a more deserving species. Shall we start w/ the digital publishers?

 Alex Pareene / Columbia Journalism Review:
The digital winter turns apocalyptic  —  This week, as a long-predicted collapse seemed to hit digital media, we saw a few of the tried-and-true ways managers use to explain to employees why they're laying them off.  —  BuzzFeed chose the language of corporation-as-family …
CNN:   Media industry loses about 1,000 jobs as layoffs hit news organizations
Charlie Nash / Breitbart:   Journalists Blame Mass Layoffs on Google and Facebook Duopoly
Dana Pico / RedState:   Media Responsibility In A Time Of Layoffs
The Daily Beast:
BuzzFeed Staff Unload on CEO Jonah Peretti After Massive Layoffs: You Make ‘Same Mistakes Over and Over’
Peter Kafka / Recode:   BuzzFeed has started its layoffs, but it's also talking about a merger
Joshua Caplan / Breitbart:   BuzzFeed Staff Eviscerate CEO Jonah Peretti over Handling of Mass Layoffs
Paul Blest / Splinter:   Something's Got to Give
Rafi Schwartz / Splinter:
We Now Go Live to BuzzFeed's ‘Ask Jonah Anything’ Slack Channel
Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:   BuzzFeed's First Round of Layoffs Puts an End to Its National News Desk
Streiff / RedState:   The Grim Reaper Visits BuzzFeed and You Can Probably Guess How That Turned Out

Ben Collins / NBC News:
4chan trolls flood laid off HuffPost, Buzzfeed reporters with death threats  —  The threats are part of a coordinated campaign organized on the far-right message board.  —  Shortly after he tweeted the news of his own layoff, Nick Wing checked his inbox at the Huffington Post and saw an email with a few pictures from a troll.

And in conclusion, fuck everybody & everything to Hell. Twice.