Ousted Exec Adam Fogelson Dines With Replacement Jeff Shell, Comcast Brass
Peacock-ward alert. The analogy that Hollywood is like high school rang true in the seating arrangements at the Beverly Hilton “cafeteria” Wednesday night. Adam Fogelson, fired as chairman of Universal...
View ArticleBuzzFeed President: Traditional Media Covers Too Many $8 Million Houses, Not...
BuzzFeed president Jon Steinberg has the key to how his website has become a huge success while legacy outlets are floundering: they don’t care about young people. Also, Ryan Gosling. “I think the...
View ArticleIs the New York Times Losing Its Luster? A Slew of High Profile Departures...
Is the New York Times losing its cachet? A slew of high-profile departures from what was once the most prestigious address in journalism seems to be signaling something more than just old-fashioned...
View ArticleBuzzFeed’s Former ‘Copyranter’ Rants About Being Fired: ‘They Shouldn’t Have...
Mark Duffy, a copywriter-turned-ad critic, was fired from BuzzFeed last month, and now he has written a “BuzzFeedy listicle” to countdown 10 “possible” reasons he was fired. The possibilities Duffy...
View ArticleBuzzFeed to Open Washington, D.C. Bureau, Hires Two Reporters
Gone are the days when BuzzFeed was a mere aggregator of social-savvy click candy, its verticals dominated by user-shared memes and animal pictures. A day ago, the curator of all things viral announced...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Goes Hollywood, Hires Richard Rushfield, Kate Aurthur
BuzzFeed is going Hollywood. Sensing an opportunity amidst a crowded group of Hollywood trade publications, the social news site is opening a Los Angeles bureau and has tapped two veteran entertainment...
View ArticleHow BuzzFeed Is Betting on Hollywood, Long-Form Writing to Grow
Last January, BuzzFeed, then an aggregator of memes and cat videos, secured a $15.5 million round of venture capital to beef up a craft that most traditional media was downsizing: journalism. It hired...
View ArticleCNN, BuzzFeed Team Up for YouTube Video Venture
CNN, one of the most trusted brands in the news industry, is teaming up with BuzzFeed to edify the internet generation. The two companies have joined together to launch a new YouTube channel, dubbed...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Journalist Michael Hastings Dead at 33
BuzzFeed reporter Michael Hastings died Tuesday morning in Los Angeles. He was 33. BuzzFeed reported in a statement that Hastings was killed in a car accident. Media reports indicate that the accident...
View ArticleLAPD Confirms Michael Hastings as Crash Victim, Revealing Email Emerges (Video)
LAPD has officially identified journalist Michael Hastings as the victim who died in Tuesday’s fatal car crash on Highland Avenue in Los Angeles. A statement released by the police on Saturday said,...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Hires Its First Foreign Correspondent
BuzzFeed's international coverage has officially begun. Max Seddon, of the Associated Press, has been tapped as the site's first foreign correspondent. The hire comes just one month after Miriam Elder...
View ArticleComic-Con 2013 Preview: The 12 Parties Not to Miss in San Diego
In honor of BuzzFeed’s inaugural party at "the Con", treat the following listicle as your field guide to the most choice events that everyone will be talking about 120 miles to the south this weekend....
View ArticleAnthony Weiner Tries to Turn His Bad Image Around With F-Bombs and Anti-Press...
Anthony Weiner made another stop on his mayoral campaign trail, sitting down with BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith for a far-ranging interview full of awkward and cringeworthy moments, complete with...
View ArticleMichael Hastings’ Family Chides Media for Inaccuracies, Guards His Legacy
In the wake of the L.A. County Coroner's report concluding that BuzzFeed journalist Michael Hastings' death was an accident, his family is speaking out about inaccurate media reports surrounding the...
View ArticleComedy Central’s ‘@midnight’ Wants Jon Hamm, Shares Complicated Relationship...
In almost the same breath as he declared BuzzFeed one of the show’s favorite websites, “@midnight” host Chris Hardwick called out the pop culture site for not sending any representatives to the...
View ArticleKen Lerer Names Top-Tier Editorial Team for New Video News Venture
NowThis News, the new digital video network backed by Kenneth Lerer, announced an all-star editorial team filled with veterans of old media titans like CNN and ABC News. Eason Jordan, former CNN chief...
View ArticleHow BuzzFeed Is Betting on Hollywood, Long-Form Writing to Grow
Last January, BuzzFeed, then an aggregator of memes and cat videos, secured a $15.5 million round of venture capital to beef up a craft that most traditional media was downsizing: journalism. It hired...
View ArticleMichael Moore, ’5 Broken Cameras’ Director Hit Back at BuzzFeed LAX Story...
Michael Moore and Palestinian director Emad Burnat are hitting back at a recent BuzzFeed story that questioned their accounts of an incident with U.S. Customs and Border Protection last week at Los...
View ArticleLAPD Confirms Michael Hastings as Crash Victim, Revealing Email Emerges (Video)
LAPD has officially identified journalist Michael Hastings as the victim who died in Tuesday’s fatal car crash on Highland Avenue in Los Angeles. A statement released by the police on Saturday said,...
View ArticleAnthony Weiner Tries to Turn His Bad Image Around With F-Bombs and Anti-Press...
Anthony Weiner made another stop on his mayoral campaign trail, sitting down with BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith for a far-ranging interview full of awkward and cringeworthy moments, complete with...
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