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Displaying all articles tagged:
Buzzfeed
the money game
Jan. 9, 2024
BuzzFeed’s ‘Dire’ Debt Problem
The media company borrowed a lot of money to grow. Now the bill is coming due.
By
Kevin T. Dugan
trailer mix
July 19, 2023
BuzzFeed Stars in BuzzFeed-Produced Horror
Dear David
Based on BuzzFeed illustrator Adam Ellis’s spooky Twitter thread.
By
Zoe Guy
screen time
Apr. 28, 2023
The News Went Viral
The media bet its future on Facebook. Did it learn from that mistake?
By
John Herrman
stop the presses
Apr. 20, 2023
The End of Buzzfeed News Isn’t Very Surprising News
“You learn the lesson of the thing you did before,” says Ben Smith.
By
Shawn McCreesh
the money game
June 28, 2022
The BuzzFeed SPAC Fiasco Is Only Getting Worse
Some ex-employees, it turns out, were able to trade while others could only watch the shares plummet.
By
Jen Wieczner
stop the presses
Dec. 16, 2021
‘The Media Variant’ Hits New York City
It began in the group chats. Everyone seemed to know someone who’d tested positive. Then it hit Twitter.
By
Shawn McCreesh
stop the presses
Dec. 2, 2021
BuzzFeed Is About to Go Public — and Its Employees Are Walking Out in Protest
The small but high-profile BuzzFeed News unit is using the occasion to register dissatisfaction with management.
By
Shawn McCreesh
ellen is mean
July 16, 2020
Former
Ellen
Employees Confirm What You May Already Know About Working on
Ellen
Hint: it’s not a very nice place to work.
By
Chris Murphy
vulture online sports
July 9, 2020
‘The Sims’ Headed to TBS For Reality TV Series, Gamers Remain Undefeated in Quar
The competition series will follow 12 contestants as they play “The Sims” for a grand prize of $100,000.
By
Chris Murphy
just asking questions
Jan. 29, 2020
Ben Smith on What He’ll Bring to the New York
Times
The BuzzFeed News head will soon take over the media column made famous by David Carr.
By
James D. Walsh
the media
Jan. 28, 2020
BuzzFeed News Editor Ben Smith to Join New York
Times
Smith, a pioneer in digital media, is taking over the “Media Equation” column once helmed by the late David Carr.
By
Chas Danner
who were the 2010s?
Nov. 26, 2019
BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti on Making the World a Meme
Talking the dress, the dossier, and the next pivot to video with the CEO of the company that transformed digital media over the last decade.
By
Max Read
immigration
Feb. 6, 2019
CBP Apologizes for ‘Grilling’ BuzzFeed Employee About Trump Coverage
BuzzFeed News’ David Mack tweeted about the exchange after being questioned at JFK airport.
By
Ella Cerón
media
Feb. 1, 2019
As Many As 2,100 People Have Lost Media Jobs in the Past Two Weeks
Vice and McClatchy are the latest companies to do mass layoffs.
By
Amanda Arnold
buzzfeed
Jan. 29, 2019
Remaining BuzzFeed Staff Still Very Unclear on What’s Going On
In an internal Slack, CEO Jonah Peretti is “getting slammed in multiple languages,” a source said.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
just asking questions
Jan. 29, 2019
BuzzFeed Paid the Teen Making Its Top Quizzes in Free Swag
Rachel McMahon is a 19-year-old college student in Michigan who learned this week that she was BuzzFeed’s second-highest traffic driver in the world.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
buzzfeed
Jan. 29, 2019
BuzzFeed’s Experimental Era Is Over
The site prided itself on taking risks and shifted media as a result. But it still hasn’t turned a profit.
By
Brian Feldman
russia investigation
Jan. 24, 2019
What We Know About BuzzFeed’s Michael Cohen Scoop, and Why Mueller Shot It Down
It seems likely that the controversy stems from a dispute between BuzzFeed’s sources and Mueller’s office, not simple journalistic error.
By
Nick Tabor
media
Nov. 19, 2018
BuzzFeed Has a New Money Idea: You
For $100, you get a tote bag.
By
Brian Feldman
media
Dec. 27, 2017
BuzzFeed Fires White House Correspondent Who Appeared on Media Men List
Adrian Carrasquillo was reportedly fired after a new complaint over inappropriate comments to a coworker.
By
Lisa Ryan
select all
Nov. 21, 2017
BuzzFeed’s Conyers Scoop Shows That Mike Cernovich Isn’t Going Away
In normal times, someone like Mike Cernovich wouldn’t be allowed anywhere near “traditional” journalism. But these aren’t normal times.
By
Jesse Singal
dating
Nov. 7, 2017
BuzzFeed’s New Reality Dating Series Sounds Like
Black Mirror
Meets
UnReal
RelationShipped
will be a twice-weekly, 15-minute dating show.
By
Hunter Harris
Oct. 29, 2017
Actor Anthony Rapp Says Kevin Spacey Tried to Seduce Him When He Was 14
Rapp, who originated the role of Mark Cohen in
Rent
, says he met Spacey while they were both appearing on Broadway.
By
Halle Kiefer
select all
Oct. 6, 2017
4 Key Takeaways From the Monster Milo Yiannopoulos Document Leak
A distressing number of journalists tipped off Yiannopoulos during his Breitbart days.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
sexism
Oct. 6, 2017
Vice Reporter Slammed for Sexist Breitbart Emails
Mitchell Sunderland is a senior staff writer for Broadly, Vice’s women’s channel.
By
Madeleine Aggeler
June 22, 2017
BuzzFeed Has Bedbugs
Employees were told not to report to the 18th Street headquarters Thursday.
By
Adam K. Raymond
coffee talk
Mar. 20, 2017
BuzzFeed Is Now Selling Its Own Line of Coffees
Complete with a quiz to tell you which beans suit you, of course.
By
Clint Rainey
Jan. 11, 2017
Many in Media Shout ‘Fail’ at BuzzFeed for Publishing Unverified Trump Dossier
The justification from editor Ben Smith did not fly with many of his peers.
By
Adam K. Raymond
Dec. 30, 2016
The Democrats Are Not a Pro-Palestinian Party
By allowing the U.N. to condemn Israeli settlements, Obama did not abandon the longstanding, bi-partisan consensus on Israel – he reaffirmed it.
By
Eric Levitz
casting couch
Nov. 14, 2016
Jim Parsons Will Play a BuzzFeed Editor in
Brother Orange
Movie
Based on the real story of an “unlikely friendship.”
By
Tolly Wright
select all
Oct. 5, 2016
BuzzFeed Hacked by OurMine Group
The news site identified one of the hacking group’s members in a report.
By
Brian Feldman
select all
Aug. 25, 2016
The Rise of Video Is Making 2016 a Weird Year to Be a Digital Publisher
It’s video all the way down.
By
Brian Feldman
select all
Aug. 23, 2016
BuzzFeed Reorganizes to Embrace Video
Video wins the BuzzFeed civil war.
By
Brian Feldman
interview
July 24, 2016
Buzzfeed’s Ben Smith on What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media
“If you want to please people, you’re in the wrong line of work.”
By
Nick Tabor
July 12, 2016
BuzzFeed Denies Stealing Video Ideas by Admitting to Recycling Its Own Stuff
One vlogger has had enough of BuzzFeed’s shenanigans.
By
Brian Feldman
the industry
July 11, 2016
BuzzFeed Is Making a Movie About Its ‘Brother Orange’ Saga
It’ll tell the story of the “accidental friendship” between an American blogger and a Chinese man.
By
Nate Jones
June 21, 2016
BuzzFeed Reminds Its Employees: We Own Your Stuff
As BuzzFeed Motion Pictures grows up, it’s forced to remind its employees that they don’t have Hollywood contracts.
By
Brian Feldman
select all
June 15, 2016
These People Signed Their Personal Brands Over to BuzzFeed and It Was Real AF
What happens when a company calls dibs on your personal brand?
By
Brian Feldman
Apr. 12, 2016
80 Million Reasons BuzzFeed Had to Halve Its Revenue Projections for 2016
“Omg” and “wtf.”
By
Max Read
Apr. 8, 2016
This Is What Facebook Live Is For: Blowing Up Watermelons With Rubber Bands
What does it all mean?
By
Brian Feldman
everything happens so much
Mar. 23, 2016
Why These Recipe Videos Are Taking Over Your Facebook Wall
An interesting new method of self-care.
By
Dayna Evans
early and often
Mar. 22, 2016
Trump Campaign Manager Might Sue BuzzFeed
“I told McKay Coppins that his story was inaccurate. I told him not to publish.”
By
Gabriel Sherman
select all
Jan. 26, 2016
BuzzFeed Sued for $11 Million After Calling BS on Viral-News Site
Viral news may get its day in court.
By
Brian Feldman
Oct. 27, 2015
BuzzFeed to Withdraw From SXSW After the Cancellation of Gamer-Harassment Panels
SXSW canceled the discussions on harassment … because of harassment.
By
Elaine Godfrey
rumors
July 27, 2015
BuzzFeed Helped Spread Sandra Bland Rumors
It’s not a good idea to broadcast questionable theories to 2 million people without putting them in context.
By
Jesse Singal
no touching
May 19, 2015
Apparently, Playing Ferg Donnelly on
Mad Men
Was Not Acting
According to a BuzzFeed report, Paul Johansson acted inappropriately with staffers.
By
E. Alex Jung
give me liberty or x-pro ii
Feb. 17, 2015
Would George Washington Have Used a Selfie Stick?
George Washington would have never used a selfie stick, because cameras didn’t exist.
By
Jaime Fuller
Dec. 1, 2014
No Joke, ‘BuzzFeed’ Just Hired ‘Clickhole’ Editor Daniel Kibblesmith
Today’s most bizarre news item comes courtesy of Poynter, and it reads like an Onion headline: An editor from The Onion’s BuzzFeed/Upworthy […]
By
Megh Wright
media
Oct. 21, 2014
Pew Report: No One Trusts BuzzFeed (Yet?)
A new report shows “liberals and conservatives inhabit different worlds.”
By
Joe Coscarelli
scandal-stained wretches
Sept. 6, 2014
Benny Johnson Hired by
National Review
The
National Review
.
By
Caroline Bankoff
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