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# Publishing guessing game of the day
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2013/09/who-said-this-publishing-value/
- Published: 2013-09-04T23:19:56.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T16:03:08.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: publishers, Publishing, user generated content

Today’s guessing game: who wrote this?

> Despite the struggles of the traditional media, there remains an insatiable desire for great reporting, entertaining content, and powerful storytelling. Facebook, Twitter, and the other Silicon Valley-based social sites are amazing distribution platforms, but user generated content alone isn’t enough to fill the hole left by the  
> ongoing decline of print newspapers and magazines. The world needs sustainable, profitable, vibrant content companies staffed by dedicated professionals; especially content for people that grew up on the web, whose entertainment and news interests are largely neglected by television and newspapers.

Answer: [Jonah Peretti, Founder and CEO, BuzzFeed](https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130904212907-1799428-memo-to-the-buzzfeed-team?%5FmSplash=1&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

Publishers aren’t learning the right lessons from Buzzfeed yet…