
Jonah Peretti
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BuzzFeed’s Q1 Revenue Rises to $92 Million, But Commerce and Engagement Down Again
By Antoinette Siu | May 16, 2022 @ 1:39 PMCommerce revenue sinks 27%, while time spent on sites declines 4%
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News Union Chief Calls Out BuzzFeed CEO Amid Wave of Digital Brand Downsizing: ‘Don’t Be a Coward’
By Joe Bel Bruno | March 28, 2022 @ 3:40 PMThe nation’s largest news union is taking a more aggressive stance in the face of job cuts, perhaps signaling an inflection point for all news unions
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Why BuzzFeed’s Future May Depend on Pivoting to NFTs and the Metaverse
By Antoinette Siu | March 25, 2022 @ 1:43 PMTo build solid growth, the digital company needs to think beyond traditional media and e-commerce
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BuzzFeed News Union Vows to Fight Job Cuts: ‘We Won’t Stand for It’
By Antoinette Siu | March 23, 2022 @ 10:04 AM”This news from management is a proposal, not a mandate,“ the organization said
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BuzzFeed’s Top 3 Editors Resign as Layoffs Loom: Read Editor-in-Chief’s Letter to Staff
By Jethro Nededog | March 22, 2022 @ 7:02 AMMark Schoofs and two other top editors are leaving the media company as it reports first earnings as public company
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BuzzFeed Grows Q4 Revenue 18% to $146 Million, But Commerce and Engagement Are Slowing Down
By Antoinette Siu | March 22, 2022 @ 6:17 AMThis could be a warning sign it will struggle to meet its own projections
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Why BuzzFeed May Already Be in Trouble as a Newly Public Company | Analysis
By Antoinette Siu | December 9, 2021 @ 6:00 AMGoing from viral content to commerce is not an easy shift
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BuzzFeed-HuffPost Merger Proves Digital Media’s ‘Band Together or Bust’ Dilemma
By J. Clara Chan and Sean Burch | November 23, 2020 @ 6:00 AM”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 Expects to Break Even After $30 Million in Cuts
By J. Clara Chan | October 26, 2020 @ 3:25 PM”It was a tough, scary year,“ CEO Jonah Peretti tells the Wall Street Journal
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BuzzFeed to Furlough 68 Employees This Month, Extend Pay Cuts Through End of Year
By J. Clara Chan | May 6, 2020 @ 12:09 PMIn an email to staff, CEO Jonah Peretti says the company’s goal is to keep losses under $20 million
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BuzzFeed to Reduce Employee Pay, CEO to Forgo Salary Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
By J. Clara Chan | March 25, 2020 @ 12:39 PMBuzzFeed will reduce its employees’ salaries between five to 25 percent for at least two months, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced on Wednesday
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No End in Sight for Digital Media Merger Madness Following Vice, Vox and Group Nine Deals
By Trey Williams and Lindsey Ellefson | October 13, 2019 @ 6:33 PMAnxiety within digital media is, in part, fueled by the domination of tech giants Facebook and Google in the digital advertising space
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BuzzFeed Chairman Ken Lerer to Step Down
By Tim Baysinger | June 25, 2019 @ 9:17 AMBoard members are undecided if they will name a new chairman
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BuzzFeed Contributor Posts ‘Do You Still Have a Job at BuzzFeed?’ Quiz… on Buzzfeed
By Brian Welk | January 28, 2019 @ 1:08 PMJason Sweeten criticizes BuzzFeed with a very BuzzFeed format
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BuzzFeed to Lay Off 15 Percent of Its Staff
By Itay Hod | January 23, 2019 @ 3:44 PMCuts are expected to happen next week, a person familiar with the matter tells TheWrap