For all the discussion about venture capital, and ad rates, and other scapegoats for tough time digital media's going through - a familiar company carries some of the blame.
Buzzfeed
A collection of 20 posts
How BuzzFeed UK handles its redundancies will tell us a lot about the future of the business
BuzzFeed UK to make 45 staff redundant The website’s London workforce was briefed on the plans on Thursday evening. In a tweet later confirmed by the company, media and politics reporter Mark Di Stefano said 45 of the bureau’…
Get your journalism read on Facebook with this one clever trick
I’ve written before about the need for journalists to get on top of the new methods of reaching readers – most especially use of social media. If you want another stark example of what failing to do so looks like,…
Buzzfeed doubles UK video production office
Jessica Davies: BuzzFeed’s shift to video is taking hold in its U.K. operations. The digital media company is doubling the size of its London office so it can house two new studios with a particular focus on sponsor…
Buzzfeed splits - but both halves get custody of video
Buzzfeed is restructuring by splitting into entertainment and news divisions. CEO Jonah Peretti makes an interesting point: Having a single ‘video department’ in 2016 makes about as much sense as having a ‘mobile department.’ Instead of organizing around a format…
Buzzfeed is trying to speed up social media debunking
Buzzfeed has a social media verification team: BuzzFeed Canada editor and First Draft Coalition member Craig Silverman will be leading the charge from Toronto, “bringing his deep expertise at debunking hoaxes to our reporting arsenal,” said Scott Lamb, BuzzFeed’s…
Post-Brexit political discourse in the UK
Luke Lewis, of Buzzfeed, has a public Facebook profile. And he’d been using it to comment on Brexit. And things have taken a nasty turn: Over the weekend, comments started flooding in from people who’d voted Leave disagreeing…
Buzzfeed and Vox Media: $1 billion businesses
Old media is buying its way into new media, again, with NBCUniversal throwing cash at Buzzfeed and Vox Media: BuzzFeed, meanwhile, is expected to be worth $1.5 billion after its NBCU investment, which multiple sources say is also $200…