An Interview With Ben On The Fall Of The Daily Banter

Hey everyone,

I was interviewed by media journalist Simon Owens recently about The Daily Banter’s fall earlier this year at the hands of Facebook, and our move to The Banter newsletter. You can read the transcript of the conversation on Medium here along with links to the podcast version/Youtube audio. Regular Banter readers know much of the story already, but the interview goes into great depth about what we were subjected to in what was the hardest year we’ve ever had.

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Thanks as always,

Ben

(Image courtesy of Simon Owens)

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