#204: Facebook’s Algorithm Trends; Vice Mistreats Freelancers; Matter VC’s Corey Ford

Published: Sept. 2, 2016, 3:55 a.m.

In the news this week, Facebook fires its news editors and puts the algorithm in charge. You can guess how that turned out: not very well! While Vice Media might be hip and cool, it’s very uncool in its treatment of freelancers. And social media is now the top news source for 18 to 24-year-olds, according to a new report from Reuters Institute. Politico’s Joe Pompeo joins us to talk about a potential new media outlet from Donald Trump. Our Metric of the Week is “scroll depth” -- how low can you go? -- and we go one-on-one with Matter’s Corey Ford.