BuzzFeed’s Twitter morning show to close operations
Twitter has pulled funding for BuzzFeed’s weekday morning show, “AM to PM,” reports Variety. “After several high-level conversations, Twitter informed us that due to the impact of coronavirus on the business, they can no longer fund ‘AM to DM’ or the new programming initiative we’d planned with them in the near term,” BuzzFeed head of […]
Q&A: BuzzFeed tech reporter Kantrowitz talks his career and his book
Alex Kantrowitz is a senior technology reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in San Francisco. He reports on social and communications. He previously covered the technology of marketing and advertising for Ad Age. His work has been referenced by dozens of major publications, from The New Yorker to The Wall Street Journal to Sports […]
BuzzFeed to exit German market, signaling retreat from global expansion
BuzzFeed has decided to sell its Germany-based business signaling a curtailment from international global expansion, reports Editor & Publisher. In addition, the company has also ceased operations in two other European markets, Spain and France. “We are doing all we can to protect our business for the long term, and we do not have the […]
BuzzFeed seeks social media strategist
BuzzFeed is seeking a social media strategist who will work on the Commerce Editorial Social Team and have a hand in all social platforms. You will also be working to expand BuzzFeed’s strategy to cover other platforms especially Instagram, Apple News and push notifications. You will also help support day-to-day operations, push the commerce social […]
BuzzFeed’s Smith to become NY Times media columnist
New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet and business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Dear Colleagues, We are excited to announce that Ben Smith, a relentless innovator who helped change the shape of modern journalism, will become our media columnist. Ben not only understands the seismic changes remaking media, he […]
WSJ hires BuzzFeed’s Nguyen to write tech column
The Wall Street Journal has hired BuzzFeed News tech reporter Nicole Nguyen. She will start on Feb. 25 and still be based in San Francisco. Her column will focus on consumer products and services, with an analytical bent. She will be working with personal tech editor Wilson Rothman and personal tech columnist Joanna Stern. She […]
BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith to talk at CJF J-Talk
Ben Smith, BuzzFeed news editor-in-chief will be talking about the challenges of building an award-winning newsroom from a site best known for its lists, quizzes and viral videos at the next Canadian Journalism Foundation J-Talk. Founded in 1990, The Canadian Journalism Foundation promotes, celebrates and facilitates excellence in journalism. The foundation runs a prestigious award […]
BuzzFeed hires Haskins as senior tech reporter
BuzzFeed News has hired Caroline Haskins as its senior technology reporter. She will start on Oct. 21. “I’ll be writing about surveillance, platforms, and all the specific ways capitalism and power affect our lives,” wrote Haskins on Twitter. Haskins has been a staff writer at Motherboard for the past year. She has also worked at The Outline. […]
Kassy Cho joins Bloomberg’s TicToc team in London to develop its audience
Kassy Cho has joined the Bloomberg TicToc team in London, England, to do audience development for their channels and for Instagram. Aimed at the next generation of media consumers and started in December of 2017, TicToc is Bloomberg’s Twitter network and an expanding media brand offering a podcast and daily newsletter. Until recently, Cho has […]
Digital publishers pool video ad space to better compete against major platforms
Sahil Patel of the Wall Street Journal reports on how three prominent digital publishers are pooling their video ad space in an effort to better compete against Alphabet Inc. -owned YouTube, other digital platforms and TV networks. BuzzFeed Inc., Group Nine Media Inc. and Insider Inc. are creating an ad sales alliance to sell video advertising across all three […]
