BuzzFeed Has Apparently Never Heard of Smokey the Bear
BuzzFeed News was forced to issue a correction about Smokey the Bear Tuesday after reporting that the beloved spokesbeast had come in for criticism for promoting fire suppression. In fact, Smokey —...
View ArticleGLAAD: Kevin Hart ‘Shouldn’t Have Stepped Down; He Should Have Stepped Up’ as...
GLAAD, the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group, said it never intended for Kevin Hart to step down as host of the upcoming Oscars after homophobic social media postings resurfaced this week, but...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Wins Defamation Lawsuit Over Steele Dossier
BuzzFeed has defeated a defamation lawsuit filed by a Russian tech entrepreneur over the site’s decision to publish the so-called Steele dossier, which charged that Donald Trump had “deep ties to...
View ArticleSeth Rogen’s Mom, ‘Superstore’ Star Colton Dunn Join Stitcher’s New Podcasts...
Stitcher has unveiled its upcoming podcasts for the first part of 2019 and among the offerings are Seth Rogen’s mom. Matriarch-turned-Twitter-celebrity Sandy Rogen will be making a guest appearance on...
View ArticleSarah Sanders Calls BuzzFeed Michael Cohen Report ‘Categorically False’
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders took aim at BuzzFeed on Friday, calling their report Thursday night that said President Trump had directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about a possible...
View ArticleRobert Mueller’s Office Disputes BuzzFeed’s Bombshell Report: ‘Not Accurate’
Robert Mueller’s office is disputing an explosive BuzzFeed report that President Trump directed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about a prospective business deal in Moscow....
View ArticleBuzzFeed Pushes Back on Special Counsel’s Denial of Michael Cohen Report
BuzzFeed has issued a new statement saying that it has “re-confirmed” its report about former Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, standing by the reporting despite a denial from the Special Counsel’s...
View ArticleBuzzFeed to Lay Off 15 Percent of Its Staff
BuzzFeed will be laying off about 15 percent of its workforce, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday afternoon, as the site adjusts to a new digital-focused media landscape. At least 250 people...
View ArticleJames Woods Celebrates BuzzFeed, HuffPost Layoffs: ‘Victories for Real...
James Woods took to Twitter on Thursday morning to celebrate layoffs at BuzzFeed and HuffPost earlier this week, calling the news a “victory for real journalism.” “Well, layoffs at #Buzzfeed and...
View ArticleBuzzFeed, HuffPost and Mic: Inside the Crisis in Digital News
The future of digital news is once again a topic of raging debate and concern after BuzzFeed and AOL-Yahoo and HuffPost announced severe staff cutbacks this week, once again putting hundreds of...
View ArticleWhat Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill Can Still Teach a New Generation of...
It’s been quite a week for the fourth estate, or the enemy of the people, depending on your viewpoint. Most notably, BuzzFeed has had a bipolar ride and NBC’s Savannah Guthrie took heat for being...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Staffers Demand Company Pay Out Paid Time Off to Laid Off Employees
Current and former BuzzFeed employees are demanding the company compensate recently laid off staffers for their full, unused paid time off. In a weekend Medium post, the BuzzFeed News Staff Council —...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Contributor Posts ‘Do You Still Have a Job at BuzzFeed?’ Quiz… on...
A contributor for BuzzFeed addressed the latest layoffs at the company with a quiz called “Do You Still Have a Job at BuzzFeed?” — which he posted on BuzzFeed. Imitating the style of the company’s...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Reverses Course, Will Reimburse Laid-Off US Workers for Paid Time Off
In a swift reversal, BuzzFeed announced Monday evening that they would in fact pay out unused paid time off and comp days to all their departing U.S. employees. The company, which recently let go 15...
View ArticleBuzzFeed News Employees to Form Union Following Layoffs: ‘It’s Not All Fun...
A month after BuzzFeed laid off 15 percent of its workforce its editorial staff responded Tuesday with the announcement that they planned to form a union. “It’s not all fun and memes,” the staff’s...
View ArticleMedia Layoffs at Highest Level Since 2009 Great Recession
Here’s some sobering news for anyone in journalism school: media layoffs are at their highest level since 2009. Nearly 15,500 media jobs were axed last year, according to a new report from executive...
View ArticleDeepfake Videos Could Become Undetectable Within the Next 2 Years, Experts Say
Deepfakes are about to get a lot tougher to identify. Within the next two years, digitally manipulated videos will likely reach a point where they’re undetectable to the naked eye, according to Siwei...
View ArticleTucker Carlson Calls BuzzFeed a ‘New York-Based Cat Blog’– to BuzzFeed Editor...
Fox News host Tucker Carlson dug in for a weedy and technical interview with BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith on Monday night, but before Smith even spoke a word, Carlson offered a lengthy monologue...
View Article‘The Act’ Star Joey King on Playing Gypsy Rose Blanchard: ‘I Feel Really...
After scoring big with Neflix’s “The Kissing Booth” last year, actress Joey King returns as Gypsy Rose Blanchard in Hulu’s anthology series “The Act.” The stranger-than-fiction story centers around...
View ArticleRed Lobster Serves Up Tasteful Response to Beyonce’s GLAAD Shoutout — and...
Red Lobster is grateful for Beyoncé’s second shoutout since 2016 — but this time the restaurant chain opted to hold the Cheddar Bey Biscuits. In 2016, Beyoncé’s single “Formation” featured the...
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