Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate Magazine
Facebook and Google Need to Start Paying Journalists What They Owe Us – A wave of layoffs crashed on the news industry this week. Verizon is cutting 800 employees from its media properties, which include HuffPost and Yahoo. BuzzFeed will cut 15 percent of its staff, which is more than 200 people. It is, in general, a difficult time for journalism and content …
