Netflix Partners with BuzzFeed for New Documentary Series
BuzzFeed will partner with Netflix on a new original documentary series, the website announced in an internal email on Wednesday. The series, “Follow This,” will chronicle the lives of journalists as...
View ArticleSpotify Drops R Kelly From Promoted Playlists After More Sexual Misconduct...
Spotify has yanked R. Kelly from its promoted playlists and recommendations for listeners, following more accusations of sexual misconduct against the 51-year-old R&B singer. Listeners can still...
View ArticleSarah Sanders Compares Jim Acosta to Her Children: ‘Both of Them Can Whine...
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders offered a Mother’s Day rebuke to CNN reporter Jim Acosta, saying in an interview with the Daily Caller that CNN’s White House correspondent often reminded her...
View ArticleR Kelly Sex Abuse Documentary From BuzzFeed News to Air on Hulu
Hulu and BuzzFeed News are teaming up on a feature length documentary on R. Kelly that will focus on multiple sexual abuse accusations against him. The documentary will delve into the singer’s alleged...
View Article‘Dear David': ‘It’ Producer, BuzzFeed to Develop Horror Film Based on Viral...
“Dear David,” the online ghost story from BuzzFeed writer Adam Ellis, is on its way to the big screen, TheWrap has learned exclusively. BuzzFeed Studios is partnering on the film with “It” producer Dan...
View Article‘Dear David’ Writer Who Scored Film Deal Says His Ghost Story Is True...
Adam Ellis, the former BuzzFeed writer who just scored a movie deal for his viral social media ghost story, “Dear David,” has answered everyone’s most pressing question: Is it real? “I’ve never been...
View ArticleBuzzFeed France to Shut Down, Company Cuts at Least 12 Jobs
BuzzFeed will close its entire French operation and lay off at least a dozen employees, an individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap. “We are taking steps to reconsider our operation in...
View Article‘Dear David': That Buzzfeed Ghost Story We Said Should Be a Movie Is Gonna Be...
We totally called this: “Dear David,” the viral ghost story from former BuzzFeed writer Adam Ellis, is being developed for the big screen. Each week on our “Shoot This Now” podcast, we talk about...
View ArticleBuzzFeed to Lay Off 20, Hire 45 in Company Reorganization
BuzzFeed is set to lay off 20 staffers and then hire more than 45 new employees, the company’s chief revenue officer Lee Brown revealed in an internal email obtained by TheWrap. The new hires will not...
View ArticleJudge Suspends Closure of BuzzFeed France
A court in Paris has halted the closure of BuzzFeed France and demanded that the company provide more information about the circumstances surrounding its decision, employees said in tweets Wednesday....
View Article9 Media Outlets Team Up to Reunite Immigrant Families Separated at the US Border
Nine media organizations spread across four countries are teaming up in a joint effort to reunite immigrant and asylum-seeking families separated at the U.S. border under the Trump administration’s...
View ArticleFacebook Watch Adds Bloomberg and BuzzFeed News to Lineup
Facebook is set to launch its slate of fully-funded news shows next week, with several programs, including Anderson Cooper’s daily brief, debuting on July 16, the company announced on Wednesday. CNN...
View ArticleTrump Got Congratulatory Call From Mark Zuckerberg After 2016 Election (Report)
After successfully using his platform to target millions of potential voters, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a secret phone call to Donald Trump following his 2016 election victory, according to a...
View ArticleNews of Earth’s Possible Destruction Prompts Cheers: ‘Hell Yeah’
Dozens of internet denizens were abuzz Thursday after Newsweek reported that the Earth could be facing destruction inside the grips of a black hole. A tweet with some accompanying dramatic art of what...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Chief to ‘Morning Joe': ‘In a Normal Country Nobody Watches This...
BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith offered a subtle jab at “Morning Joe” on Friday, telling the show’s hosts and guests that nobody would watch them if we lived in “normal” times. “In a normal country,...
View ArticleElon Musk Sued for Defamation by British Diver in Thai Cave Rescue
Elon Musk is being sued for defamation by the British rescue diver he recently accused of being a pedophile, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on Monday. Musk called Vernon Unsworth — a diver...
View ArticlePoker Central and Stadium Partner on Interactive Facebook Watch Series
Poker Central and multiplatform sports network Stadium have partnered on a new interactive series that will stream exclusively on Facebook Watch. “Friday Night Poker,” which debuts on Sept. 21, has...
View ArticleBuzzFeed News Shutters In-House Podcast Production Team
BuzzFeed News is closing down its in-house podcast production team, TheWrap has confirmed on Wednesday. The decision will put an end to several BuzzFeed podcasts, including “The News,” “Say Something,”...
View ArticleViral ‘Dear David’ Ghost Story Acquired by New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema has acquired “Dear David,” the viral online ghost story from former BuzzFeed writer Adam Ellis. In June, TheWrap exclusively reported that BuzzFeed Studios was partnering on the film...
View ArticleKen Jeong, BuzzFeed, and Sony Partner for YouTube Holiday Special
Actor Ken Jeong is partnering with BuzzFeed, Sony, and YouTube to star in a 30-minute Christmas special, titled “Ken Jeong Cracks Christmas.” Jeong and his celebrity friends will explore Christmas...
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