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1 week ago

Spicy YouTube show "Hot Ones" sold by BuzzFeed after $82.5 million deal announcement

Salon

It's the end of an era. BuzzFeed is selling First We Feast, which is the studio that owns "Hot Ones," the incredibly popular celebrity talk show featuring increasingly scorching levels of chicken wings and an assortment of increasingly exceptionally spicy hot sauces. As Todd Spangler with Variety notes, BuzzFeed has sold First We Feast for $82.5 million to a "consortium …

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1 week, 4 days ago

BuzzFeed sells brand behind ‘Hot Ones’ to investor group for $82.5 million

LA Times

“Hot Ones” creator and host Sean Evans, shown in 2017, will assume the newly created title of chief creative officer when BuzzFeed completes the sale of First We Feast, the food-centered brand behind the popular YouTube interview show, to an investors group. BuzzFeed has sold First We Feast, the food-centered brand behind the popular YouTube interview show “Hot Ones,” to …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Vivek Ramaswamy uses his 8.4% BuzzFeed stake to unsuccessfully push layoffs, right-wing hires

Salon

Vivek Ramaswamy, one-time Republican presidential candidate, gave BuzzFeed management his vision for mass layoffs and far-right voices on the platform, after acquiring an 8.4% stake in the online media company. In a letter to the BuzzFeed Board of Directors, Ramaswamy wrote that the company was “caught without a viable strategy” amidst the death of the social internet model. Ramaswamy also …

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7 months ago

Vivek Ramaswamy, Far-Right Politician And Investor, Buys 7.7% Stake In BuzzFeed

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Vivek Ramaswamy, who unsuccessfully mounted a bid for the Republican presidential nomination, has purchased a 7.7% stake in BuzzFeed, a regulatory filing revealed Tuesday. As a Republican candidate for office, Ramaswamy was a hard-right nationalist, criticizing cancel culture — or “cultural totalitarianism,” as he called it — and saying “new secular religions like COVID-ism, climate-ism and gender …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Is journalism disappearing? These top educators have a lot to say about that

NPR

These top educators have a lot to say about that Enlarge this image toggle caption Daniel Mordzinski, David Ryfe, Jelani Cobb Daniel Mordzinski, David Ryfe, Jelani Cobb As I left my meeting with the head of the journalism department, my fingers were frozen together, a physical phenomenon that happens in times of great stress or happiness. On teaching journalism while …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot: what was on hours of newly revealed FBI tapes.

Slate

In the fall of 2020, the FBI announced it had made several arrests and foiled a chilling conspiracy to kidnap and possibly assassinate Michigan’s governor, Gretchen Whitmer. They were like, “Well, good, I’m glad the FBI is going after these people.” They’re like, “I know I should care about the Fourth Amendment. I think in any big project there are …

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10 months ago

BuzzFeed to reduce staff by 16% in major cost-cutting move

LA Times

BuzzFeed on Wednesday said it is reducing its workforce by 16% in a significant move to cut costs. In a memo to employees, BuzzFeed Chief Executive Jonah Peretti said that roles in the company’s business and administrative teams would be affected by the reduction, while groups such as HuffPost, Tech, BuzzFeed Studios, Tasty and First We Feast would not see …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Donald Trump wants to give evidence in London court to seek 'vindication' over 'false' claims in Steele dossier that included allegations he took part in 'golden showers' with Moscow prostitutes and p

Daily Mail

Donald Trump wants to give evidence in London to seek 'a vindication' over 'false' allegations he took part in 'golden showers' with Moscow prostitutes and paid bribes to Russian officials, the High Court heard today. Mr Steele, who previously ran the Secret Intelligence Service's Russia desk, was the author of the so-called Steele dossier which included allegations Mr Trump had …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Review: Based on a viral Twitter thread, ‘Dear David’ makes for vapid ‘content,’ not a real movie

LA Times

It’s not just books that can be adapted into films these days — the biggest movie of the year is based on a toy. Even Twitter threads have been optioned into screenplays, such as the rollicking 2021 film “Zola,” a wild ride directed by Janicza Bravo depicting the events recounted in a Twitter thread written by A‘Ziah “Zola” King. And …

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1 year, 2 months ago

How the nation’s most famous newspaper editor took on Trump and his own reporters

LA Times

Our memoir-laden era is heavy with tales of how luminaries became who they are. I think people are entitled to know why I made the decisions I did as the executive editor.” Baron joins the L.A. Times Book Club Oct. 11 to discuss “Collision of Power,” which includes revelations about Trump’s unscheduled telephone rants, Post owner Jeff Bezos’ occasionally quirky …

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1 year, 6 months ago

‘Lunch of suffering’: Why Chinese social media users are mocking ‘white people’s food’

Firstpost

Chinese social media users are trying out the seemingly bland food enjoyed by Americans and Europeans and cataloguing their not-so-pleasant experiences. According to South China Morning Post, one individual living in Denmark, who found out a coworker had just carrots and spinach for lunch, wrote: “Can they already generate their own energy without eating?” “My colleague’s lunch has not changed …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Column: What it looks like when jobs disappear in the shadow of AI

LA Times

BuzzFeed Chief Executive Jonah Peretti says his company will use AI to produce new kinds of content “without increasing fixed costs” — but insists that had nothing to do with recent layoffs. “And recent developments in artificial intelligence represent an opportunity to take this convergence to the next level.” AI, he said, was making brand-new kinds of content possible and …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Joe Francis On Girls Gone Wild’s Stunning Rise And Fall

Huff Post

For women, culture is split into two eras: before you could flash your breasts on camera during spring break for a modicum of fame, and after. “It’s Kafkaesque.” The allegations were that Francis had filmed several minors in town while his company was gathering footage for Girls Gone Wild. “I didn’t do anything wrong.” If you appeared in a Girls …

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1 year, 7 months ago

A sexual abuse ruling. 26 accusations. Yet Donald Trump is still frontrunner to be the next US President

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Trump’s claims in the infamous 2005 Access …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Two bloodthirsty extremists are accused of the same murder, but one won't face trial — here's why

Raw Story

Two U.S. Army veterans are charged with committing a heinous double murder in southwest Florida. Sheri Polster Chappell, the federal judge overseeing the case, observed in an order last month that “given the current war in Ukraine, extradition before the trial term is unlikely.” ‘Googled the worst warzone in Africa’ In the spring of 2017, Lang and Zwiefelhofer found themselves …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Thousands of IBM staff at risk from AI, boss warns

The Telegraph

Mr Krishna said more mundane tasks such as paperwork would be accomplished by automation, rather than areas such as performance reviews. Two weeks ago, BuzzFeed announced that its news division would shut down, while Insider – formerly known as Business Insider – said it would cut 10pc of its workforce a week after unveiling plans to use AI in its …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Meet Kat Abu, The TikToker Mocking Fox News 'Just For Funsies'

Huff Post

Katherine Abughazaleh in Washington, DC Melissa Lyttle for BuzzFeed News This story was originally published by BuzzFeed News. “I think people have just been having fun watching me have fun.” Two weeks before Tucker Carlson got canned, I hung out with Abughazaleh and five of her Media Matters colleagues in their Navy Yard office overlooking the Anacostia River to watch …

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1 year, 8 months ago

BuzzFeed News is shutting down as part of companywide layoffs

NPR

BuzzFeed News is shutting down as part of companywide layoffs MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The website BuzzFeed is shutting down its Pulitzer Prize-winning newsroom. It's been - you know, BuzzFeed and BuzzFeed News, you know, we came up as Facebook and Twitter and social media rose and became this exciting new thing where you could - you know, where you could …

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1 year, 8 months ago

BuzzFeed News to be shuttered in corporate cost cutting move

Associated Press

Pulitzer Prize winning digital media outlet BuzzFeed News is being shut down as part of a cost-cutting drive by its corporate parent that’s shedding about 15% of its entire staff, adding to layoffs made earlier this year. In a memo sent to staff, Buzzfeed Inc. co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti said Thursday that in addition to the news division, layoffs …

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1 year, 8 months ago

BuzzFeed News ends: Who is really to blame for the site’s demise?

Slate

I heard about BuzzFeed News shutting down right before it hit Twitter. Later, as I watched NBC Universal pour money into BuzzFeed and not NBC News, where I’d worked on the digital side, I wondered how I had gone so wrong. An expert video team would be funded and hired to create “shows” … only to be told to make …

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1 year, 8 months ago

BuzzFeed News shutting down as company cuts staff. Journalists ‘heartsick’

LA Times

BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti celebrates with team members as he rings the bell during BuzzFeed Inc.’s listing day. “While layoffs are occurring across nearly every division, we’ve determined that the company can no longer continue to fund BuzzFeed News as a standalone organization,” Peretti said. “I’m heartsick personally,” said Ben Smith, who once ran BuzzFeed News and now is editor …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Buzzfeed News to shut down amid online advertising slump

The Telegraph

When it launched in 2011, the company intended to reinvent media for the digital age and take market share from traditional newspapers. The organisation quickly garnered attention for a series of scoops, including the so-called Steele dossier that exposed possible ties between then-President Donald Trump and Russia. However, Buzzfeed shut down its UK and Australia news operations in 2020 as …

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1 year, 8 months ago

BuzzFeed shutters its newsroom as the company undergoes layoffs

NPR

BuzzFeed shutters its newsroom as the company undergoes layoffs Enlarge this image toggle caption Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images BuzzFeed is shutting down its Pulitzer Prize-winning news division as part of a 15% reduction in force across the company, BuzzFeed CEO and co-founder Jonah Peretti announced. "While layoffs are occurring across nearly every division, we've …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Major news outlets refuse to pay for Twitter's blue tick verification: Report

Hindustan Times

Following Twitter's decision to wind down its legacy verification programme, some American news organizations have publicly announced that they will not pay for any kind of subscription, according to a CNN reporter, Oliver Darcy. "Verified for Organizations" program is now available globally, but several businesses worldwide are not willing to pay the $1,000 monthly fee to retain their verified checkmarks. …

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Spicy YouTube show "Hot Ones" sold by BuzzFeed after $82.5 million deal announcement

BuzzFeed sells brand behind ‘Hot Ones’ to investor group for $82.5 million

Vivek Ramaswamy uses his 8.4% BuzzFeed stake to unsuccessfully push layoffs, right-wing hires

Vivek Ramaswamy, Far-Right Politician And Investor, Buys 7.7% Stake In BuzzFeed

Is journalism disappearing? These top educators have a lot to say about that

Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot: what was on hours of newly revealed FBI tapes.

BuzzFeed to reduce staff by 16% in major cost-cutting move

Donald Trump wants to give evidence in London court to seek 'vindication' over 'false' claims in Steele dossier that included allegations he took part in 'golden showers' with Moscow prostitutes and p

Review: Based on a viral Twitter thread, ‘Dear David’ makes for vapid ‘content,’ not a real movie

How the nation’s most famous newspaper editor took on Trump and his own reporters

‘Lunch of suffering’: Why Chinese social media users are mocking ‘white people’s food’

Column: What it looks like when jobs disappear in the shadow of AI

Joe Francis On Girls Gone Wild’s Stunning Rise And Fall

A sexual abuse ruling. 26 accusations. Yet Donald Trump is still frontrunner to be the next US President

Two bloodthirsty extremists are accused of the same murder, but one won't face trial — here's why

Thousands of IBM staff at risk from AI, boss warns

Meet Kat Abu, The TikToker Mocking Fox News 'Just For Funsies'

BuzzFeed News is shutting down as part of companywide layoffs

BuzzFeed News to be shuttered in corporate cost cutting move

BuzzFeed News ends: Who is really to blame for the site’s demise?

BuzzFeed News shutting down as company cuts staff. Journalists ‘heartsick’

Buzzfeed News to shut down amid online advertising slump

BuzzFeed shutters its newsroom as the company undergoes layoffs

Major news outlets refuse to pay for Twitter's blue tick verification: Report