Facebook claims Newsfeed dip for news sites was a mere 'bug'
Facebook giveth traffic. Hath Facebook taken it away? The social network said on Tuesday afternoon that it had given news publishers underwhelming data reports about how many people see posts on its...
View ArticleA 10-Month-Old Startup Is Beating BuzzFeed at Its Own Game
It's hard not to immediately notice the similarities between BuzzFeed and PlayBuzz, the Israel-based viral media platform that has shot to near the top of Facebook's most-shared publishers. The design,...
View ArticleJonah Peretti: And at number one on Buzzfeed's list is...
If the name Jonah Peretti rings even fewer bells than his website Buzzfeed, then you're probably over 35 or ailurophobic. Only old age or a pathological fear of cats could explain not knowing about one...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Promotes PR Lead to Chief of Staff/Advisory Role
Want to know what it’s like to work for BuzzFeed? Today, the media company promoted Ashley McCollum (follow her on Twitter) from head of PR to a chief staffing and advisory role while also naming Dao...
View ArticleBuzzfeed goes viral at media conference
Jonah Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, the social media news site, was taking a few bows at the American Magazine Media Conference after his Monday raid of Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Schoofs from Pro Publica....
View ArticleBeyond cute cats: How BuzzFeed is reinventing itself
NEW YORK (Reuters) - BuzzFeed has come a long way from cat lists. This month one of its journalists was on the ground in Kiev reporting on the crisis in Ukraine, and last December it published an...
View ArticleBuzzFeed president: 'We feel strongly that traditional media have given up on...
Jon Steinberg tells MIPCOM audience that his site is 'bringing more hard news on a relative basis than a lot of the traditional television networks' ...
View ArticleOMG! Buzzfeed Coming To Canada
The website that first put the letters “OMG” in a headline announced its plans to expand to the Great White North on Thursday. Buzzfeed says it will be opening an office in Toronto, the Financial Post...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Said to Expect 2014 Sales of up to $120 Million
BuzzFeed Inc., the online publisher of news, lists and quizzes that are designed to be shared on social media, is forecasting revenue of as much as $120 million in 2014, said two people with knowledge...
View ArticleHow BuzzFeed Makes Everything Go Viral
If all companies are brands and all brands are publishers and all publishers live on their shareability, we all need to know as much as we can about how to get the share. So when BuzzFeed cofounder...
View ArticleWill The Next Content Revolution Be Live Streamed? How Periscope and Meerkat...
The history of modernity can be summed up as collapsing distance, exponentially. The transcontinental railroad, the telegraph, broadcast radio and television all were quantum leaps in the ability to...
View ArticleThink Facebook is a media powerhouse? Just wait til its video player takes over
Facebook's already considerable power in media is about to become dominant. The social network has already shown the ability to put content in front of millions of people at will, boosting traffic for...
View ArticleWhat the rise and rise of the listicle means for intellectual property
Wayne Beynon explores the IP issues associated with the growth of Buzzfeed style listicles ...
View ArticleBuzzfeed moves into profit four years after launch
Buzzfeed, the social media website celebrated for its cat listicles, has moved into profit four years after launch, with its founder declaring it is going to be one of the "biggest sites on the web" in...
View ArticleHow Buzzfeed Made the Online Quiz Irresistible
Unless you're one of those people who's still not on Facebook, you've probably seen Buzzfeed's quizzes pop into your newsfeed. Everybody loves them: even Rupert Murdoch took the ‘Which Billionaire...
View ArticleBuzzFeed, Ben Smith and how to harness the viral power of the bored-at-work...
BuzzFeed News editor-in-chief Ben Smith. Photo: Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed It's employee appreciation week at the headquarters of BuzzFeed, the attention-seeking digital publisher that reckons it...
View ArticleBuzzfeed chases viral-video magic
Jonah Peretti, founder and chief executive of the wildly popular website BuzzFeed, is trying to choose his favorite online video. Drunk vs. Stoned was pretty fun, he finally says, singling out a...
View ArticleBuzzFeed is going viral just like some of its videos
Jonah Peretti, founder and chief executive of the wildly popular website BuzzFeed, is trying to choose his favorite online video. "'Drunk vs. Stoned' was pretty fun," he finally says, singling out a...
View ArticleStockbait? BuzzFeed plots IPO as clicks and videos keep public hooked
Chief executive Jonah Peretti has not offered a timeline for the move, but investors will want to know after site was valued at $850m in August ...
View ArticleBuzzFeed said to forecast revenue of up to $120 million in 2014
BuzzFeed Inc., the online publisher of news, lists and quizzes that are designed to be shared on social media, is forecasting revenue of as much as $120 million in 2014, said two people with knowledge...
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