BuzzFeed

BuzzFeed News to be shuttered in corporate cost cutting move

April 21, 2023 8:19 am

BuzzFeed has about 1,200 total employees, according to a recent regulatory filing, meaning about 180 people will be losing their jobs in the latest cuts.

BuzzFeed to close news division, cut 15% of all staff

April 20, 2023 10:32 pm

Peretti said in a memo to staff that he “made the decision to overinvest” in the news division, but failed to recognise early enough that the the financial support needed so sustain operations was not there.

BuzzFeed plans to start publicly trading in Early december

November 20, 2021 10:41 am

BuzzFeed closes in on deal to go public

June 24, 2021 8:15 pm

Led by its founder and chief executive, Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeed has been in talks to merge with an already public shell company, 890 Fifth Avenue Partners, in what is known as a SPAC deal.

Judge rules in favor of BuzzFeed in Trump dossier lawsuit

December 20, 2018 7:54 am

Judge Ursula Ungaro ruled Wednesday in Miami federal court that BuzzFeed cannot be found liable for publishing a document that had become the subject of official government conduct.

Facebook signs deals with BuzzFeed, Vox, others for original video shows

May 25, 2017 2:07 pm

Facebook has signed deals with Vox Media, BuzzFeed, ATTN, Group Nine Media and others to make shows for its upcoming video service.

Here is why Facebook launched its Journalism Project

January 16, 2017 11:57 am

In 2016, a new phrase gained prominence in the lexicon of the internet: Fake News. During the US Presidential race, Facebook came under the spotlight, but not for the right reasons.

CNN 'fake news', BuzzFeed 'garbage': Donald Trump attacks media houses in first presser

January 12, 2017 1:57 pm

"Given that members of Donald Trump's transition team have so vocally criticized our reporting, we encourage them to identify, specifically, what they believe to be inaccurate,'' CNN said in a statement.

No more Republican ads: BuzzFeed terminates '$1.3 mn deal' thanks to Donald Trump

June 07, 2016 1:27 pm

In an e-mail sent to BuzzFeed employees, CEO Jonah Peretti writes that BuzzFeed told the RNC Monday morning that it wouldn't accept Trump ads.

Breaking down News: Flavour of the Month

April 25, 2015 12:00 am

Buzzfeed has discovered Indian media and finds it better than Fox.