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 …
BuzzFeed News employees on Thursday walked off the job as the company plans to trade on the stock market. The walkout is intended to “send a reminder that there’s no BuzzFeed News without us as we fight for our first collective bargaining agreement,” the union said on Twitter. BuzzFeed, a New York-based news and entertainment media company, said it employs …
BuzzFeed hopes the move will put it in a better position to capture lucrative digital ad dollars against much bigger rivals like Google, Facebook and Amazon. It plans to become a publicly traded company with an implied value of $1.5 billion through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company. In a statement, Peretti said the acquisition of Complex would …
BuzzFeed, the digital media company known for its irreverent lifestyle and entertainment content, is going public. “We’ve built a slate of essential brands, loved by the most diverse, engaged and loyal audience on the Internet,” BuzzFeed Chief Executive Jonah Peretti said in a statement. BuzzFeed and 890 Fifth Avenue Partners said the deal positions BuzzFeed to add more businesses to …
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