BuzzFeed Stock Jumps 50% on a Report of a Content Deal With Meta
The nearly $10 million pact calls for the online publisher to use its viral expertise in bringing more creators to Facebook and Instagram
View ArticleHuffPost Union Members to Buzzfeed Management: ‘We Are Prepared to Strike’
The 91-member union is seeking competitive compensation, annual wage increase, continued COVID-19 protocols and better benefits
View ArticleComcast Dumps 6 Million Shares of BuzzFeed After Media Company Finally Gets a...
The $15.7 million sale follows a big runnup in BuzzFeed's shares following announcement it will use AI to produce content
View ArticleComcast Continues Selloff of BuzzFeed as It Sheds Another 5.1 Million Shares
The media conglomerate dropped its stake in the listicle maker to 16% from about 20% with latest stock sales
View ArticleHuffPost Union Unanimously Ratifies New Contract
Minimum starting salary for HuffPost and Buzzfeed will rise to $66,625, highest for any online media site unionized by WGA East
View ArticleHow Vice, Vox and BuzzFeed Blew the Future of Media
Once worth billions of dollars, the companies are struggling to move forward
View ArticleNo Bylines for Bots: BuzzFeed CEO Says AI Won’t Replace Human Journalists
"The place where I'm most excited about AI is not in news, but in entertainment," Jonah Peretti says
View ArticleBuzzFeed CEO Urges Digital Media Entrepreneurs to Find and Ride ‘the Wave...
Office With a View: "Having a trend that you can align with is really important," says Jonah Peretti
View ArticleBuzzFeed Forecasts a Dire Revenue Implosion in Q1
The company reported sales for the fourth quarter of 2022 at the high end of its forecast, but 2023 is another story
View ArticleBuzzFeed Has Most of Its Cash in Failed Silicon Valley Bank
The company, which reported $56 million in cash and equivalents at the end of 2022, says its operations won’t be disrupted
View ArticleBuzzFeed News Shuttering Amid 15% Company-Wide Layoffs
“It might not feel this way today, but I am confident the future of digital media is ours for the taking,” BuzzFeed Inc. CEO Jonah Peretti wrote in a staff memo
View ArticleBuzzFeed News Closure Unites Journalists in Disgust: ‘The Hardworking...
In addition to the shuttering, BuzzFeed Inc. announced 15% of its workforce would be laid off across verticals
View ArticleRIP BuzzFeed News – What Was It All About?
The viral news sweetheart of the 21st century shut down on Thursday - leaving many journalists to ask what the damn point was
View ArticleAI Should Be a Life-and-Death Issue for Hollywood Writers | PRO Insight
BuzzFeed provides a timely cautionary tale for creatives who don’t take the threat of computer-generated copy seriously
View ArticleBen Smith Talks Digital Media’s Death Dive: ‘You Could Feel That Moment...
The former New York Times media columnist speaks to WaxWord about his new book, "Traffic," his new site, Semafor, and "the dumbest decision in the history of digital media” -- not selling BuzzFeed to...
View ArticleBuzzFeed’s Q1 Earnings Were as Rough as Promised With $67.2 Million in Revenue
The media company predicted a rocky report back in March, and sure enough, revenue fell 27% year-over-year
View ArticleBuzzFeed Has Until November to Get Stock Price Above $1 or Face Delisting...
Media company could get a 180-day extension after the deadline passes
View ArticleBuzzFeed Mulls Sale of Complex Networks 2 Years After Acquisition (Report)
The media company paid almost $300 million for the youth-focused firm
View ArticleBuzzFeed CEO Aims for $150 Million From Sale of Complex Networks Assets (Report)
Two years after being acquired, the digital media firm looks like it's about to be sold for parts
View ArticleBuzzFeed Burning Through Cash, Misses Estimates in Q2 With $77.9 Million in...
BuzzFeed ended June with $41.3 million in cash and cash equivalents, having burned through $14.5 million this year. The struggling digital media company that shuttered its news branch amid companywide...
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