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# The costs of running Buzzfeed
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2015/08/buzzfeed-editorial-costs/
- Published: 2015-08-12T21:43:39.000Z
- Updated: 2015-08-12T21:46:07.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: business models, Buzzfeed, costs, editorial strategy, Publishing

Gawker claims to have [got ahold of Buzzfeed’s books](http://tktk.gawker.com/internal-documents-show-buzzfeed-s-skyrocketing-investm-1709816353?ref=onemanandhisblog.com):

> **Editorial budget**
> 
> - In fiscal year 2011, BuzzFeed’s editorial budget was [$858,780](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2271007-buzzfeed-financial-documents.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com#document/p20)
> - In 2012, it was [$4,724,608](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2271007-buzzfeed-financial-documents.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com#document/p20)
> - In 2013, it was [$11,739,790](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2271007-buzzfeed-financial-documents.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com#document/p5)
> - In the first 6 months of 2014, it was [$10,449,422](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2271007-buzzfeed-financial-documents.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com#document/p1)

If accurate – it shows the remarkable speed at which the site is growing – and that it’s staying profitable despite the cost surges.

Some interesting analysis from Jean-Louis Gassée, too:

> Regarding “real revenue, growing, moderate cash use,” he wrote in an email to Gawker, “the company is, as accountants say, a ‘going concern,’ it has cash to last several years. Perhaps forever, meaning some day, revenue is large enough to provide positive cash flow from operations and, voilà, you have a real, autonomous business.”