‘Rolling Stone’ Founder Jann Wenner Accused of Sexual Harassment by Freelance...
Publishing icon Jann Wenner is facing an allegation of sexual misconduct by freelance writer Ben Ryan. In an account published by BuzzFeed, Ryan says that Wenner, a founding editor of Rolling Stone...
View ArticleArmie Hammer Deletes His Twitter After ‘Bitter’ BuzzFeed Article
Armie Hammer, who is starring in the critical darling “Call Me By Your Name,” deleted his Twitter account Monday after BuzzFeed published an article titled “10 Long Years of Trying to Make Armie Hammer...
View ArticleBuzzFeed to Lay Off 100 Staffers After Missing Revenue Goal
BuzzFeed will lay off around 100 employees after the company missed revenue targets earlier this year, TheWrap has learned. The company employees roughly 1,700 people worldwide. BuzzFeed CEO Jonah...
View ArticleWhat’s the Cure for Ailing Mashable, BuzzFeed and Other Online News Sites?
The news this week that Mashable would lay off 50 employees in the wake of a fire sale to Ziff Davis for $50 million is a sign of the times in digital news. Just two years ago the company was valued at...
View ArticleHollywood, #MeToo Leaders Tackle R Kelly: ‘Sony, Live Nation Can Drop Him’
The problematic relevance of R&B singer R. Kelly was among the hottest topics debated by Hollywood and media power players — and the founder of the #MeToo movement — on Friday in Los Angeles....
View ArticleBuzzFeed Editor: ‘All I Want For Christmas Is Full Communism Now’
A science editor at BuzzFeed UK raised a few eyebrows last week after some curious remarks about Communism. “All I want for Christmas is full Communism now,” editor Kelly Oakes tweeted — before locking...
View Article12 Times People Got Roasted on Twitter by Sassy Corporations, From MoonPie to...
1. When one Twitter user commented that nobody liked MoonPies, the company’s response earned over twenty thousand likes and the begrudging respect of the offender. 2. After JCPenney issued a garbled...
View ArticleBuzzFeed White House Correspondent Fired Over Inappropriate Text Messages to...
BuzzFeed fired White House correspondent Adrian Carrasquillo on Wednesday over an “inappropriate” messages to a colleague. A BuzzFeed spokesman told TheWrap the company was responding to a complaint...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Chief Defends Trump Pee Dossier: ‘I’m Proud We Published’
One year after BuzzFeed published former MI6 operative Christopher Steele’s private intelligence dossier alleging Donald Trump’s ties to Russia (sometimes known in certain circles as the “pee...
View ArticleJustin Timberlake’s Super Bowl Halftime: Total Mess Even When You Dance,...
That wasn’t that bad, Justin Timberlake. But unless you were one of thousands clapping and swaying at Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium at Sunday’s Super Bowl Halftime show, history will tell it was an...
View ArticleCNN to Lay Off Dozens of Employees in Digital Unit
Even CNN can’t escape the growing pains of online media, with the cable-news giant planning to cut several dozen digital jobs, the company confirmed to TheWrap. CNN said the cuts are part of a...
View ArticleArmie Hammer Fires Back (Again) at Culture Writer: ‘Your Glass Seems...
“Call Me By Your Name” star Armie Hammer is engaging in a Twitter spat, again, with BuzzFeed senior culture writer Anne Helen Peterson. After Peterson critiqued a recent Vanity Fair profile of Jennifer...
View ArticleJared Kushner Tried to Sell His Newspaper to Hillary Clinton’s Biggest...
Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, was secretly trying to sell his struggling publication, the New York Observer, to two die-hard Hillary Clinton supporters soon after the presidential...
View Article‘Post-Cable’ Digital News Outlet Cheddar Raises $22 Million for International...
Cheddar, the “post-cable” digital news channel with an emphasis on tech and business news, has raised $22 million to fund international expansion and add a Snapchat channel, the company announced on...
View ArticleActor Who Plays Rapist on ’13 Reasons Why’ Cries as He Reads Letter From Fan...
If you’re a fan of the Netflix drama “13 Reasons Why,” you probably have more than 13 reasons to hate Bryce Walker, the show’s high school bully and rapist. Walker, played by actor Justin Prentice, is...
View ArticleFacebook VP Says He Doesn’t Agree With Own ‘Ugly’ Memo That Pushes Aggressive...
Minutes after BuzzFeed released a 2016 internal memo where Facebook Vice President Andrew “Boz” Bosworth argued growth is paramount — even considering the company’s “questionable” practices and “subtle...
View Article‘Ren & Stimpy’ Creator John Kricfalusi Accused of Sexual Misconduct by 2...
John Kricfalusi, the creator of Nickelodeon’s “The Ren & Stimpy Show,” has been accused of sexual misconduct, statutory rape and child pornography in a new report by BuzzFeed News. In the report,...
View ArticleCNN Executive Says He’s ‘Shocked and Disappointed’ After Gender Pay Gap Revealed
CNN International managing editor Tony Maddox said he stunned by results of an internal study which revealed that the global news corporation maintained a stark gender pay gap. “To be absolutely candid...
View ArticleNew LA Times Owner to Move Paper Out of LA City Limits… to El Segundo
The new owner of the Los Angeles Times told the paper’s staff Friday that he plans to move the paper out of downtown Los Angeles — and the Los Angeles city limits — to the suburban city of El Segundo,...
View ArticleMichael Cohen Withdraws Libel Suits Against BuzzFeed, Fusion GPS
Michael Cohen has withdrawn his libel suit against BuzzFeed and Fusion GPS, a lawyer for the Trump attorney revealed on Thursday. “The decision to voluntarily discontinue these cases was a difficult...
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