The 13 Best Reactions to BuzzFeed's Appointment of a Media Editor

A mandatory listicle.

1. Ben Smith

The man who chose Craig Silverman for the job of BuzzFeed media editor, Ben Smith, fired a great warning shot in his comments to Fortune’s Mathew Ingram, who broke this news today:

Smith said that the rise of Facebook as a distribution force and the impact that has had on media is “the real story of media right now, not the comings and goings at traditional media companies in New York.”

2. Craig Silverman

When Twitter user Nick Andersen wrote that he was excited for Silverman but also somewhat worried, given BuzzFeed’s previous patterns with media reporters, Silverman himself jumped in.

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