From the leak of The New York Times innovation report to the craze over Serial, a lot has happened this year. More than a year after Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post, things seem to be looking up for the news organization. The World Cup became the most shared event on social media, showing how we experience mass events as a collective nowadays. Not everything was super depressing about journalism this year: a number of new media ventures were launched, while other media companies managed to expand and raise millions of dollars. At the same time, Vice Media and BuzzFeed expanded and raised more money, while Fusion hired an all-star digital team.