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Mel Woods, Vancouver-based writer, audio producer, and a former viral/trending editor with HuffPost Canada, joins the pod to give us the scoop on what the f*** happened in early March when Buzzfeed suddenly shut down HuffPost Canada. Mel tells us how she and her colleagues heard about the closure, which took place just two weeks after HuffPost Canada employees voted to unionize. We also talk about "benevolent billionaires," the role of organized labour in digital media (and how CWA is supporting HuffPost workers now), emerging media models, and notions of journalistic "objectivity" in today's world.