David Dobrik, ‘Escape the Night’ Lead 2019 Streamy Awards Nominations...
The nominees for this year’s Streamy Awards were announced Wednesday by Dick Clark Productions, Tubefilter and YouTube. David Dobrik leads the way with 11 nominations and murder-mystery reality web...
View ArticleElle Fanning, Dakota Fanning to Play Sisters for the First Time in Melanie...
Elle Fanning and Dakota Fanning will unite for the first time on-screen to play sisters in the film adaptation of Kristin Hannah’s worldwide best-seller “The Nightingale” for TriStar Pictures, TheWrap...
View ArticleBuzzFeed News Editor in Chief Ben Smith Exits to Join the New York Times
Ben Smith, editor in chief of BuzzFeed News for the last eight years, announced Tuesday he is exiting to join the New York Times as a media columnist. “It’s been the privilege of my life to do this...
View ArticleOxygen Renews ‘Injustice With Nancy Grace,’ Picks Up 3 New True Crime Projects
Oxygen has renewed “Injustice With Nancy Grace” for a second season and picked up three new true-crime projects, the cable network announced Wednesday. Hosted by legal analyst and former HLN anchor...
View ArticleBuzzFeed to Reduce Employee Pay, CEO to Forgo Salary Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
BuzzFeed will be reducing its employee pay between five to 25 percent for at least two months, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced in an internal memo to staffers on Wednesday. “We’ve been monitoring...
View ArticleMark Schoofs Named Editor-in-Chief of BuzzFeed News
Mark Schoofs is the new editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News, according to a Tuesday release from BuzzFeed Founder and CEO Jonah Peretti. Schoofs is a 30-year journalism veteran and Pulitzer Prize winner...
View ArticleBuzzFeed to Furlough 68 Employees This Month, Extend Pay Cuts Through End of...
BuzzFeed will furlough 68 employees this month and extend previously announced pay cuts through the end of the year as the company seeks to keep losses under $20 million, CEO Jonah Peretti told staff...
View ArticleBuzzFeed News Halts Local Coverage of UK and Australia
BuzzFeed News plans to stop reporting on Australia and the UK, a spokesperson confirmed to TheWrap Wednesday. Further, Tom Namako has been made deputy editor in chief. Citing “economic and strategic...
View ArticleBuzzFeed News Fires Senior Reporter for Plagiarism
BuzzFeed News has fired a senior reporter it says plagiarized or misattributed information in at least 11 of his articles, an individual with knowledge of the matter confirmed to TheWrap. The reporter,...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Lays Off Nearly 70% of Furloughed Staff
BuzzFeed has laid off 67% of employees who were furloughed earlier this year in response to the financial downturn caused by the pandemic, a company spokesperson confirmed to TheWrap on Thursday. The...
View ArticleBuzzFeed and Lionsgate Partner on Theatrical Feature Film Slate
BuzzFeed is teaming up with Lionsgate to develop, produce and distribute feature films theatrically as part of a multi-picture slate, BuzzFeed announced Tuesday. Lionsgate will greenlight features that...
View ArticleBuzzfeed Sets First-Look Scripted TV Deal With Universal Television
Buzzfeed has inked a first-look TV deal with Universal Television, the studio announced Tuesday. The deal will see the studio produce scripted content based on stories and original reporting published...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Expects to Break Even After $30 Million in Cuts
After a tumultuous year of layoffs, pay reductions and other cost-cutting measures totaling under $30 million, BuzzFeed is expected to break even for the first time in six years. “In the second quarter...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Acquires HuffPost in Deal With Verizon Media
BuzzFeed will acquire HuffPost as part of a new deal with Verizon Media, the companies announced on Thursday. As part of the deal, Verizon Media will have a minority stake in BuzzFeed Inc., while...
View ArticleBuzzFeed-HuffPost Merger Proves Digital Media’s ‘Band Together or Bust’ Dilemma
It wasn’t so long ago that BuzzFeed and HuffPost, two of the biggest digital-first media companies founded in the early 2000s, posed such a serious threat to legacy-media stalwarts that the New York...
View ArticleICE Won’t Enforce BuzzFeed News Subpoena ‘At This Time’
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said on Wednesday that the agency “will not enforce” a subpoena that demanded BuzzFeed News reveal its sources for its reporting on a program that would...
View ArticleFacebook Is Creating an AI Tool to Summarize News Articles Into Bullet Points...
Facebook is creating an artificial intelligence tool that will summarize news articles into bullet points so that a user won’t have to read the whole article, according to BuzzFeed News. The AI...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Cuts 47 HuffPost Jobs After Acquisition
BuzzFeed slashed 47 positions at HuffPost in Tuesday in one of the company’s first actions since acquiring the rival news site three weeks ago in a deal with Verizon Media. BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti...
View ArticleHuffPost Names The Root’s Danielle Belton as Editor in Chief
HuffPost named Danielle Belton, the current editor in chief of The Root, as its next top editor on Wednesday. In a note to staff, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti said he and Mark Schoofs, the editor in...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Announces Final Seasons of ‘Unsolved: True Crime,’‘Unsolved:...
BuzzFeed will premiere its eighth and final season of “BuzzFeed Unsolved: True Crime” on June 18 and its seventh and final season of “BuzzFeed Unsolved: Supernatural” this fall, TheWrap has learned...
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