Nieman Journalism Lab: A merger of chumbox-mongers might leave publishers a little bit poorer (and their websites a little less revolting)

Nieman Journalism Lab: A merger of chumbox-mongers might leave publishers a little bit poorer (and their websites a little less revolting). “Chumboxes have been the target of Internet derision as long as they’ve been around — because they put unwanted viscera in front of our eyeballs, because they often play on the worst human biases, and because they, maddeningly, have long found a home on some of the most esteemed and prestigious news sites in the world.”