Vivek Ramaswamy Is Waging An Expensive Trolling Campaign On BuzzFeed
Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy — who has an extensive history promoting lies and conspiracy theories, including …
NBCUniversal Sold $10M In BuzzFeed Stock After Shares Popped Wednesday
BuzzFeed shares soared by as much as 56% Wednesday after Vivek Ramaswamy disclosed that he had taken an activist stake.
Vivek Ramaswamy’s Stake In BuzzFeed Sends Shares Up 20%
Former GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy has an 8% stake in BuzzFeed and is seeking to effect a “shift” in the media firm’s strategy, …
BuzzFeed in Advanced Talks To Sell Complex, Backtracking On Digital Media Bet
BuzzFeed is negotiating a sale of much of Complex Networks to Ntwrk, an e-commerce company backed by LiveNation Entertainment and Main …
Comcast Dumps 6 Million Shares Of BuzzFeed After Media Company Finally Gets A Bump
The $15.7 million sale follows a big runnup in BuzzFeed’s shares following the announcement it will use AI to produce content
BuzzFeed Cutting 12% Of Workforce As CEO Warns Of Downturn
BuzzFeed will cut about 12% of its workforce to rein in costs, the online media company said Tuesday, as it joins a growing number of U.S. …
BuzzFeed Plans To Start Publicly Trading In Early December
The company still loses money, but its revenue rose 20% in the third quarter. Investors who want to own a piece can do so around Dec. 6.
BuzzFeed Is Going Public. What Now For Vice And Vox?
The digital media companies that once seemed to have a lock on the future are making plans to get bigger and pay back their investors.
BuzzFeed To Become Publicly Traded Company
BuzzFeed hopes the move will put it in a better position to capture lucrative digital ad dollars against much bigger rivals like Google, …
BuzzFeed Closes In On Deal To Go Public
The digital publisher is said to be on the verge of announcing a SPAC merger that would take the company public.
BuzzFeed 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 in a deal …
BuzzFeed Acquiring HuffPost In Verizon Deal
Two titans of the digital publishing space will soon merge, as BuzzFeed is acquiring HuffPost as part of a larger deal with Verizon Media. …
Digital News Highfliers Cut Their Staffs
The layoffs came swiftly last week. At Vice Media, 155 people lost their jobs. Quartz laid off 80. Condé Nast, publisher of glossy magazines …
Comscore, BuzzFeed Renew Measurement Deal
Comscore today announced that it has signed a renewal agreement to provide BuzzFeed with digital audience measurement. This one-year deal …
The Future Of BuzzFeed: Win Or LOL?
Revenue is up at the site founded by Jonah Peretti, who says he is “open” to being “part of a larger company” as a top editor departs.
BuzzFeed News In Limbo Land
From the posting of the dossier to the publication of a story now in dispute, BuzzFeed News is learning about the perils of the chase.
Digital Media Darlings Now For Sale
Vice, Vox and BuzzFeed, among other companies that once heralded the dawn of a new media age, are now grappling with decidedly old-media …
BuzzFeed to Lay Off 100 Employees
BuzzFeed is laying off around 100 employees as it reorganizes the business team that leads its advertising sales efforts. The …
At BuzzFeed, A Pivot To Movies And TV
Matthew Henick, a onetime teenage ringtone magnate, is leading the company away from popular shorts toward deals with production studios.
BuzzFeed To Debut AM ‘TV’ Show On Twitter
BuzzFeed is getting into the morning TV show business, kicking off an hour-long streaming show on Twitter on Monday, AM to DM, which …
BuzzFeed Ditching Its Anti-Banner-Ad Stance
After eschewing banner ads for years, BuzzFeed is finally embracing them. BuzzFeed will introduce display ads that will be bought and sold …
NBC Exec Details Net’s Snapchat Strategy
On Thursday, Ron Lamprecht, NBCU EVP of business development and digital distribution, detailed NBC’s recent efforts around digital, …
BuzzFeed, NBCU to Link Ad Sales, Production
BuzzFeed and NBCUniversal revealed plans to intertwine their ad sales and production, as part of NBCU’s additional $200 million …
NBCU Confirms $200M BuzzFeed Investment
Earlier reports that NBCUniversal had invested a second $200 million in BuzzFeed after an initial $200 million investment are true, NBCU …
NBCU Invests Another $200M In BuzzFeed
A year after making a major investment in BuzzFeed, NBCUniversal is doing it again. Sources say Comcast’s TV and movie arm is …
Four From BuzzFeed Politics Defect To CNN
Andrew Kaczynski and his team, which has made headlines unearthing audio and video on the campaign trail, leave BuzzFeed short-handed in the …
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Buying BuzzFeed Could Help Revive Viacom
Viacom is the only major media company that hasn’t made a big digital acquisition. But a management shake-up currently going on …
What Facebook Is Paying For Facebook Live
Facebook is paying more than $50 million to 140 video creators, including legacy publishers, digital media companies and celebrities. …
BuzzFeed Retools Its News Video Strategy
BuzzFeed is gearing up a new video news initiative out of its New York offices to be led by Henry Goldman, who is moving over from running …
NBCU Telemundo Sets Digital Partnerships
The new initiatives with Mashable, Tastemade, Buzzfeed and Vox are designed to expand NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises’ efforts to …
Finally, How Facebook Compares To TV
And Pandora to digital video and BuzzFeed to Snapchat. A new study from the VAB claims to make these cross-platform comparisons buyers have …
NBC And Amex To Replace Ads With Content
The network is celebrating Leap Day partnering with American Express to create custom show content to add to the broadcasts …
New Media Companies Shift Attention To TV
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that companies like BuzzFeed, Vice Media and Huffington Post are known as “new media” …
Native Video Political Ads Come To BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed is bring native political video ads into its mix, and Rena Shapiro has been tapped as VP, politics and advocacy, to oversee the …
NBCU Moves To Boost Streaming Distribution
Media giant NBCUniversal has an Achilles’s heel, according to its top executive. And it hopes it has come up with a cure for the …
NBCU Buys $200 MIllion Stake In Buzzfeed
As part of the deal, the parties will also explore strategic partnerships across both organizations in the coming months."We look forward to …
Comcast In Talks With New-Media Firms
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal is scouting out several companies in the world of new media for …