Can Tech Startups Do Journalism? - The Ringer

Editorial enterprises like MEL, Real Life, and Van Winkle’s could be the future of publishing—or they could be the next phase of Silicon Valley’s media takeover

Media Can Tech Startups Do Journalism? Editorial enterprises like MEL, Real Life, and Van Winkle’s could be the future of publishing—or they could be the next phase of Silicon Valley’s media takeover Media Can Tech Startups Do Journalism? Editorial enterprises like MEL, Real Life, and Van Winkle’s could be the future of publishing—or they could be the next phase of Silicon Valley’s media takeover Getty Images/Ringer illustration By Alyssa Bereznak Sept. 26, 2017, 12:30 pm UTC • 18 min In June 2015, a new, hyperspecific website named Van Winkle’s went live. It was billed as an online destinatio

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