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BuzzFeed Layoffs Cut HuffPost National Desk to 3 Reporters

HuffPost’s National desk has been reduced to three reporters as BuzzFeed’s latest round of layoffs took effect Monday. Management laid off 10 members of the HuffPost Union in total. Jessica Schulberg,...

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BuzzFeed to Lay Off 35% of Workforce After Byron Allen Takeover

BuzzFeed will lay off approximately 180 employees across BuzzFeed, HuffPost and Tasty in the first major restructuring since Byron Allen took control of the digital media company earlier this year....

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Inside Byron Allen’s Plan to Turn Around BuzzFeed With a Free TV ‘Super App,’...

Allen Media Group founder Byron Allen is making big moves to expand his media empire. On Monday, the local TV affiliate station and Weather Channel owner took a 52% stake in BuzzFeed in a $120 million...

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Byron Allen Buys $120 Million Majority Stake in BuzzFeed, Will Become CEO

Byron Allen is acquiring a majority stake in BuzzFeed for $120 million and taking over as CEO. BuzzFeed said Monday it has entered into a transaction agreement with Allen Family Digital, an affiliate...

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BuzzFeed Expresses ‘Substantial Doubt’ It Can Stay in Business, Citing...

BuzzFeed, the digital media empire that captured the attention of millennials in the mid-2010s through shareable listicles, viral video content and more, expressed “substantial doubt” Thursday about...

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Buzzfeed Sells ‘Hot Ones’ Studio for $82.5 Million to Sean Evans, Crooked...

Buzzfeed is getting out of the hot wings game. The media company has sold First We Feast, the studio behind the viral YouTube series “Hot Ones,” to a group of investors that include the production...

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BuzzFeed Promotes Richard Alan Reid to Studio President

BuzzFeed has promoted executive vice president Richard Alan Reid to studio president as BuzzFeed Studios is set to absorb the video division of its parent company. Reid has served as EVP, Head of...

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Complex Acquires Family Style Food Festival as New Culinary Vertical 

Complex is redefining its food-centric content, acquiring Family Style Food Festival to serve as the site’s culinary vertical in response to BuzzFeed holding on to First We Feast post-sale.  Complex...

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Vivek Ramaswamy Calls for New Buzzfeed Board Members, Heavy Cost-Cutting...

Vivek Ramaswamy is already laying out his vision for BuzzFeed, urging heavy cuts, a strategy shift and additional board seats, according to a letter sent by the former GOP presidential candidate who...

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Vivek Ramaswamy Acquires 7.7% Activist Stake in BuzzFeed, Former GOP Hopeful...

Vivek Ramaswamy, the tech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential hopeful, has acquired a 7.7% activist stake in BuzzFeed in an attempt to “shift” the struggling media company’s strategy....

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Complex Names Aria Hughes Editor-in-Chief Under New Ownership 

Complex, which was acquired by Ntwrk in February, has named Aria Hughes editor-in-chief and Noah Callahan-Bever the new chief of content.  Both will oversee the newsroom and content strategy of...

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Independent to Take Over BuzzFeed Sites in UK, Ireland — Including HuffPost...

BuzzFeed on Thursday signed a licensing deal that will see its namesake U.K. website and other titles in Britain and Ireland taken over by Independent Digital News and Media. The pact also includes...

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BuzzFeed Sells Complex to Commerce Platform Ntwrk for $108.6 Million

Growing commerce platform Ntwrk has acquired Complex from BuzzFeed for $108.6 million in a merger intended to “define the future of commerce, digital media and music.” In addition to the all-cash...

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Defunct Ozy Media Sues Ben Smith, Semafor, Claims Theft of Trade Secrets

The shell of Carlos Watson’s Ozy Media on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Semafor co-founder Ben Smith, his news site and his former outlet, Buzzfeed, claiming that Smith stole trade secrets from the...

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FilmRise Acquires BuzzFeed Studios Library, Including ‘Hot Ones’ and...

FilmRise has secured worldwide digital media rights to a collection of content from the portfolio of brands under BuzzFeed Studios, which includes “Hot Ones” and the “Unsolved” franchise, Jonitha...

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BuzzFeed Burning Through Cash, Misses Estimates in Q2 With $77.9 Million in...

BuzzFeed ended June with $41.3 million in cash and cash equivalents, having burned through $14.5 million this year. The struggling digital media company that shuttered its news branch amid companywide...

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BuzzFeed CEO Aims for $150 Million From Sale of Complex Networks Assets (Report)

Two years after being acquired, the digital media firm looks like it's about to be sold for parts

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BuzzFeed Mulls Sale of Complex Networks 2 Years After Acquisition (Report)

The media company paid almost $300 million for the youth-focused firm

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BuzzFeed Has Until November to Get Stock Price Above $1 or Face Delisting...

Media company could get a 180-day extension after the deadline passes

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BuzzFeed’s Q1 Earnings Were as Rough as Promised With $67.2 Million in Revenue

The media company predicted a rocky report back in March, and sure enough, revenue fell 27% year-over-year

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