HuffPost Names The Root’s Danielle Belton as Editor in Chief
The website had been without an editor for a year after the departure of Lydia Polgreen
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BuzzFeed Cuts 47 HuffPost Jobs After Acquisition
BuzzFeed announced last November it would acquire HuffPost in a deal with Verizon Media that went through in February
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Facebook Is Creating an AI Tool to Summarize News Articles Into Bullet Points (Report)
The tool, named “TLDR,” was revealed during an end-of-year meeting this week, according to BuzzFeed News
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ICE Won’t Enforce BuzzFeed News Subpoena ‘At This Time’
The agency will instead “pursue the investigation through other channels,” an ICE spokesperson told TheWrap
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BuzzFeed-HuffPost Merger Proves Digital Media’s ‘Band Together or Bust’ Dilemma
“New media companies that were flourishing five or 10 years ago are now faced with a tough choice,” Peter Bittner, a journalism professor at UC Berkeley, tells TheWrap
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BuzzFeed Acquires HuffPost in Deal With Verizon Media
As part of the deal, Verizon Media will have a minority stake in BuzzFeed
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BuzzFeed Expects to Break Even After $30 Million in Cuts
“It was a tough, scary year,” CEO Jonah Peretti tells the Wall Street Journal
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Buzzfeed Sets First-Look Scripted TV Deal With Universal Television
Studio will adapt the 2018 story titled “Meet the Women Who Are Building a Better Romance Industry” by Bim Adewunmi
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BuzzFeed and Lionsgate Partner on Theatrical Feature Film Slate
First co-production aims for release in 2021
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BuzzFeed Lays Off Nearly 70% of Furloughed Staff
The cuts, which affect 50 of the 74 furloughed employees, amount to 5.7% of BuzzFeed’s U.S. staff
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BuzzFeed News Fires Senior Reporter for Plagiarism
A note from BuzzFeed News’ editor in chief Mark Schoofs on Friday disclosed the issue
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BuzzFeed News Halts Local Coverage of UK and Australia
“Some employees” in the UK will be retained, says company
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BuzzFeed to Furlough 68 Employees This Month, Extend Pay Cuts Through End of Year
In an email to staff, CEO Jonah Peretti says the company’s goal is to keep losses under $20 million
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Mark Schoofs Named Editor-in-Chief of BuzzFeed News
BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti made the announcement Tuesday morning
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BuzzFeed to Reduce Employee Pay, CEO to Forgo Salary Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
BuzzFeed will reduce its employees’ salaries between five to 25 percent for at least two months, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced on Wednesday
