It’s the latest sign that it’s harder than ever to run an online news outletFriend,

Yesterday, in the latest sign that it’s harder than ever to run an
online news outlet, BuzzFeed News announced that it is shutting down.

Make no mistake: Common Dreams and BuzzFeed News are very, very
different. We’re a nonprofit with the goal of igniting positive change
for the common good. BuzzFeed is owned by a for-profit corporation that
measures success based on its click rates, ad sales, stock price, and
profit margins.

But we’ve faced many of the exact same pressures that killed BuzzFeed
News, including rising costs, a global pandemic, and tech giants like
Google and Facebook controlling ever more of the traffic on the internet
and throttling traffic to news sites to serve their own ends. We mourn
for every good journalist who loses their job under these conditions.

The bottom line is this: You now have to live in a world without
BuzzFeed News. But ask yourself how you would feel if tomorrow, Common
Dreams was gone for good.

As a nonprofit, all of our funding comes from you. You’ve never let us
down before—which is why we’re still here—but our future is not
secure without your ongoing support.

We must raise $80,000 by May 1 to meet our Spring Campaign goal. Every
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With solidarity and gratitude,

Jon Queally
Managing Editor
on behalf of the entire Common Dreams team

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