9 Best Articles in 2022
Stratechery
The BuzzFeed Lesson
Stratechery
9 min read · From 2019 · The lesson of BuzzFeed is that dominant Aggregators like Facebook have no incentive to act against their self interest and support suppliers.
Reader View · Shared by 192, including Jane Friedman, kp 🇺🇦, Jochen Burkhard, Gianluca Diegoli, ThomNagy, Jeremy Caplan, Anon Anon, Taylor Pearson, Mathew Ingram, Jan Firsching 🦦™️, fernand0, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Simon Wüthrich, Oscar MacDonald, Dominik Grolimund, Ricky Yean, Liliane Ferrari ™, Richard Joerges, David Bauer, hiten.eth
Digiday
BuzzFeed's Jonah Peretti: Platforms need to pay publishers or risk regulation
Digiday
5 min read · From 2018 · The CEO of BuzzFeed sees Facebook returning to its roots -- and thinks that’s not a bad thing for BuzzFeed.
Reader View · Shared by 42, including Florian Jungnikl-Gossy ⛱, Anthony Hamelle, Thomas Power, Dominic Grzbielok, Ⓓarío Macchi, Mark Kaigwa, Nick Lüthi, Matt Navarra
VICE
Bored Apes, BuzzFeed and the Battle for the Future of the Internet
VICE
~16 min read · Feb 14th · The self-righteous anger over the identification of the founders of a popular NFT club says a lot about the web3 battles to come in the years ahead.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 144, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Taylor Lorenz, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, David Nagel, 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙤 𝙇𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙖, Allison Arieff, ipfconline 🇺🇦
Fast Company
How BuzzFeed's Jonah Peretti Is Building A 100-Year Media Company
Fast Company
20+ min read · From 2016 · Once the "bored at work" network, BuzzFeed is now a globally distributed digital media powerhouse read by 79 million people every month.
Reader View · Shared by 89, including Alex Barrera, Jan Firsching 🦦™️, nuuk, Lorenz König, Honza Pav, Kim Dik, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯🕶, Daniel Jörg
The Wall Street Journal
WSJ News Exclusive | BuzzFeed to Acquire HuffPost in Stock Deal With Verizon Media
The Wall Street Journal
4 min read · 2020-11-19 · BuzzFeed is acquiring Verizon Media’s HuffPo, the companies said, uniting two large digital media players in a sector looking to jumpstart growth.
Shared by 79, including Mari Smith, Robin Kwong, anildash, Joshua Benton, Casey Newton, Mathew Ingram, John Battelle, Eli Pariser 🏞📲, David V. Johnson, Matt Navarra, Brian Stelter, Ernie Smith
The New York Times
Digital Media: What Went Wrong
The New York Times
8 min read · From 2019 · For years, BuzzFeed seemed to be leading the journalism industry toward a brave new future. Now that it has stumbled, the way ahead looks more old-school than ever.
Reader View · Shared by 85, including Chris Schultz ✌️, Nick Lüthi, kp 🇺🇦, Ste Davies, Mark Kaigwa, Nieman Reports, Merkstatt, Mathew Ingram, Lelio Simi
BuzzFeed News
Black Capitol Police Officers Describe The Racism They Faced
BuzzFeed News
6 min read · 2021-01-09 · Two Black officers told BuzzFeed News that their chief and other upper management left them totally unprepared and were nowhere to be found on the day.
Reader View · Shared by 282, including Virginia Hughes, Ida Bae Wells, Matt Zoller Seitz, Carla Gentry, Scott Monty, Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Wolfgang Blau, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈, Julia Ioffe, uché blackstock, md, Rand Fishkin, Dean Baker, Michael Clemens, Olivia Nuzzi, Jay Rosen, Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌈, Pete Skomoroch, Megan Ranney MD MPH 🌻, Edward Harrison
Recode
BuzzFeed wins the internet daily. Here’s what its boss thinks is next.
Recode
~12 min read · From 2017
Reader View · Shared by 77, including Mathew Ingram, Dayyan Smith, David Bauer, Florian Jungnikl-Gossy ⛱, Steed Monteiro, ThomNagy, Alex Barrera, Thomas Power, Kim Dik, Nicolas Dengler, Glyn Britton, Jeremy Caplan, Jane, Veronika Lampion
The Verge
BuzzFeed vs. Trump
The Verge
~11 min read · From 2017 · BuzzFeed News pushes further than its competitors. Can it handle the consequences?
Reader View · Shared by 21, including Thomas Power, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯🕶, Jane
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The Nation
BuzzFeed Doesn’t Deserve Its Newsroom
The Nation
~12 min read · Mar 29th · Much of the News staff has been written off as dead weight on the payroll. What, after all, is a Pulitzer worth on a balance sheet?
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 70, including Matt Brennan, Laura E. Davis, Kaspar Manz, Mathew Ingram
CNBC
BuzzFeed investors have pushed CEO Jonah Peretti to shut down entire newsroom, sources say
CNBC
2 min read · Mar 22nd · BuzzFeed's news organization has about 100 employees and loses roughly $10 million a year, according to people familiar with the matter.
Reader View · Shared by 50, including Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Mathew Ingram, Joanna J Bryson, Stig Ørskov, LARRY ELKAN, Kim Pearson, Jeff Jarvis, Ernie Smith
The Daily Beast
BuzzFeed Union Overwhelmingly Votes In Favor of Strike Authorization
The Daily Beast
1 min read · Mar 29th · The BuzzFeed union has authorized a newsroom strike, saying workers don’t feel valued.
Reader View · Shared by 12
CJR
BuzzFeed and the demands of being public
CJR
7 min read · Mar 24th · On Tuesday, Mark Schoofs, the editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News, told staff that he and two other senior editors—Tom Namako, deputy editor-in-chief, and Ariel Kaminer, the executive editor of the…
Reader View · Shared by 10, including Michelle Garrett (she/her), Mathew Ingram
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Andrew Chen 🇺🇸
"Is your startup idea taken?"
Andrew Chen 🇺🇸
6 min read · From 2019 · ☝️Above: Michelle Rial (follow her at @TheRialMichelle), then working at Buzzfeed, posted this hilarious infographic with all the “X for Y” ideas. Here’s the original article. I had a quick laugh, of…
Reader View · Shared by 310, including Esther Schindler, benahorowitz.eth, ΛLΞX TRΞJʘ, Steve Faktor, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Francesco Corea, Kenneth Kalmer, Martin Varsavsky 🇺🇦, René Pfitzner, Dominik Grolimund, Sachin Rekhi, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Stephan Woodtli, Michael Weibel
BuzzFeed News
BuzzFeed News
BuzzFeed News
~11 min read · From 2018 · BuzzFeedNews | Breaking News | Original Reporting | News Analysis | Breaking stories and original reporting on politics, world news, social media, viral trends, health, science, technology, entertainment, and LGBT issues.
Reader View · Shared by 55, including Dr. Pete Meyers, Dominic Grzbielok, Korben, David Bauer, Chris Messina, Scott Lamb
BuzzFeed News
Pulitzer Prize: BuzzFeed News Wins For China Detention Investigation
BuzzFeed News
6 min read · 2021-06-11 · BuzzFeed News won for its innovative series exposing China’s mass detention of Muslims and was named a finalist for its colossal FinCEN Files investigation into the global banking industry.
Reader View · Shared by 46, including Tactical Tech, Andrea Kuszewski 🧠, Mathew Ingram, Alastair Goldfisher, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 (He/Him), Jessica Lessin, BenYT, Johannes Lenz, Jonah Peretti, Tim Wallace
Reuters
Exclusive: Facebook signs BuzzFeed, Vox, others for original video shows
Reuters
2 min read · From 2017 · Facebook Inc (FB.O) has signed deals with millennial-focused news and entertainment creators Vox Media, BuzzFeed, ATTN, Group Nine Media and others to make shows for its upcoming video service, which…
Shared by 21, including Matt Navarra, Tim Herbig, Nick Lüthi, Dominic Grzbielok, Mathew Ingram
BuzzFeed
Here's How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled White Nationalism Into The Mainstream
BuzzFeed
20+ min read · From 2017 · A cache of documents obtained by BuzzFeed News reveals the truth about Steve Bannon’s alt-right “killing machine.”
Reader View · Shared by 252, including Martin Stabe, ThomNagy, grimm, Thomas Power, Mike Butcher, Alf Rehn, Nick Lüthi, Eric L. Barnes, Jane, Chris Messina, Jörgen Camrath, Tris Hussey, Liv 😷, Ryan Boren, Björn Ognibeni, Thomas Pleil, Luca Hammer, René Clausen Nielsen, Mathew Ingram, Adam Pasick
Digiday
With Tasty as centerpiece, BuzzFeed aims for $260m in branded product sales
Digiday
4 min read · From 2019 · BuzzFeed is on track to drive $260 million in retail sales of BuzzFeed-branded products in 2019, the company said.
Reader View · Shared by 17, including Ste Davies, Mathew Ingram, Nick Lüthi
The New York Times
Opinion | The BuzzFeed Layoffs as Democratic Emergency
The New York Times
2 min read · From 2019 · Digital media has always been a turbulent business, but last week’s layoffs suggest a reason for panic.
Reader View · Shared by 51, including Sachin Rekhi, Stowe Boyd, Ⓓarío Macchi, Jörgen Camrath, Nick Lüthi, Nieman Reports, Ste Davies, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Carly
The New York Times
We Worked Together on the Internet. Last Week, He Stormed the Capitol.
The New York Times
7 min read · 2021-01-11 · At BuzzFeed, we followed the signals of social media. A young employee followed them all the way to Charlottesville and Capitol Hill.
Reader View · Shared by 230, including Kelsey D. Atherton, Ashley C. Ford, Felix Salmon, Anne Applebaum, emily bell, Ben Casselman, Bethany Brookshire, Jeff Keni Pulver 🌻, John Schwartz, Mathew Ingram, Helen Lewis, Ashoka Mukpo, David Weigel, Kyle Chayka, CyberCodeTwins.eth 👾, Virginia Hughes, Taylor Lorenz, caroline sinders, Jeff Jarvis, BenYT
BuzzFeed News
Clearview AI's Facial Recognition Tech Is Being Used By The Justice Department, ICE, And The FBI
BuzzFeed News
~18 min read · From 2020 · A BuzzFeed News review of Clearview AI documents has revealed the company is working with more than 2,200 law enforcement agencies, companies, and individuals around the world.
Reader View · Shared by 155, including Katie Benner, caroline sinders, Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, Jennifer Stirrup - Next: #RDA #AI #AIOps #keynote, Kashmir Hill, Marc R Gagné MAPP 🍁, Cory Doctorow, Merkstatt, Katja Evertz, Psymposia, Fern, Virginia Hughes, Adrian Roselli 🗯, Mathew Ingram, Desmond Williams, Adrienne Fichter
