BuzzFeed News Was More Blockbuster Than Netflix For all the sneering about the publication’s end, the subscription future of news isn’t a sure bet. Businessweek · Apr 26, 2023
BuzzFeed News’ business model turned to dust because they were always at the whim of mercurial tech titans BuzzFeed changed the way news was reported for the digital age. But it ultimately became a casualty of its lopsided relationship with Facebook The Guardian - AU · Apr 26, 2023
Michelle Pfeiffer Defends Grease 2 From Online Criticism Michelle Pfeiffer fights against online criticism for Grease 2. Cinemablend · Apr 26, 2023
Why BuzzFeed's founder reportedly turned down Bob Iger's offer of $650 million—10 years before killing his news division and laying off 15% of staff According to BuzzFeed News’ former editor-in-chief Ben Smith, Iger was furious with Jonah Peretti for backing out of the deal. Fortune · Apr 24, 2023
The digital graveyard: BuzzFeed News joins sites hanging on in eerie afterlife The site will remain online as an archive, alongside the Gawker reboot, the Toast, and a host of other defunct outlets The Guardian - US · Apr 24, 2023
Schadenfreude, Anyone? Long Enslaved Media Biz Revels as Suddenly Vulnerable Google Gets Its Butt Kicked in AI (Bloom) Previously invincible Google has long had a stranglehold on things like digital news and advanced advertising, but Microsoft's ChatGPT advances threaten that hegemony Broadcasting & Cable · Apr 24, 2023
Human refuses award for AI-created image Boris Eldagsen spoke to Salon about using an AI-generated contest win to start a conversation about "promptography" Salon · Apr 22, 2023
The Death of BuzzFeed News Was a Facebook Murder-Suicide Online media companies got exactly what they said they wanted. Reason · Apr 21, 2023
Why is Buzzfeed closing down its news site? BuzzFeed is axing 15 per cent of its staff and closing down BuzzFeed News, due to the pandemic and a weak stock market Evening Standard · Apr 21, 2023
Mary McNamara: From BuzzFeed to Netflix, digital media promised revolution. And a bloody business it's been The time has come for us to stop using the term "digital revolution" in such a catchphrase-cute way, with the inevitable emphasis on "digital" and little thought for the meaning, and historical realities, of "revolution." Los Angeles Times · Apr 21, 2023
Why Investors Should Read Between the Lines of BuzzFeed’s (BZFD) Unusual Options Volume On paper, the bearish implications of BuzzFeed’s options contracts trading suggests doom for BZFD stock. Here’s why speculating investors should read between the lines. Barchart · Apr 21, 2023
Borrowers With High Credit Scores Penalized Under New Federal Mortgage Fee Plan Plus: Buzzfeed News is shutting down, alcohol delivery not linked to higher rates of booze consumption, and more... Reason · Apr 21, 2023
BuzzFeed News shutters amid digital media reckoning The internet publishing landscape shifted after tech firms changed their algorithms in the late 2010s. Axios · Apr 21, 2023
‘Is Jonah Peretti axing himself too?’: Grief and anger among journalists as Buzzfeed News shuts down Buzzfeed News is shutting down, and journalists took to social media last night to mourn its loss. Newslaundry · Apr 21, 2023
Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 21, 2023 BuzzFeed News to be shuttered in corporate cost-cutting move CEO Jonah Peretti announced the shutdown of BuzzFeed’s Pulitzer-winning news division and cuts to 15% of its staff. The company will continue to publish news on HuffPost.
The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023 From pee tapes to Pulitzers: The rise and fall of Buzzfeed News BuzzFeed began in 2006 as a way of harnessing the virality of internet memes, and almost accidentally became a prominent force in investigative journalism, writes Bevan Hurley.
WEKU · Apr 20, 2023 BuzzFeed shutters its newsroom as the company undergoes layoffs BuzzFeed News started in 2012 and grew to have more than 100 journalists across the world. Moving forward, BuzzFeed will concentrate news efforts in HuffPost, the company said.
Los Angeles Times · Apr 20, 2023 BuzzFeed News is shutting down as company cuts 15% of staff BuzzFeed News, which won a Pulitzer Prize for its reporting in 2021, is shutting down.
The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023 BuzzFeed to close news division, cut 15% of all staff Pulitzer prize winning digital media company BuzzFeed will shut down its news division as it cuts about 15% of its entire staff
France 24 · Apr 20, 2023 BuzzFeed to shut down Pulitzer-winning news division Pulitzer Prize winning digital media company BuzzFeed will shut down its news division and cut another 15% of its staff across the company, adding to layoffs made earlier this year.
Evening Standard · Apr 20, 2023 BuzzFeed to lay off 15% of staff and shut down news site CEO Jonah Peretti said he ‘overinvested in BuzzFeed News’ and ‘can and will do better’
The Guardian - US · Apr 20, 2023 BuzzFeed News to close and parent company to make substantial layoffs Chief executive Jonah Peretti says in company-wide email BuzzFeed ‘can no longer continue to fund BuzzFeed News’
Axios · Apr 20, 2023 BuzzFeed News to shut down BuzzFeed cites management mistakes for company-wide struggles
The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023 BuzzFeed News is ‘beginning the process’ of closing down, CEO tells staff BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti told staff the ‘difficult news’ in an internal email on Thursday
The Conversation · Apr 4, 2023 Why was TikTok banned on government devices? An expert on why the security concerns make sense Australia has joined a raft of other countries in banning the popular video sharing app TikTok from government devices, as several outlets have today reported.