May 23, 2024 Vivek Ramaswamy spent $3.3 million to buy 8% of BuzzFeed. How much damage could he do with that stake? It may be a small fraction of the company, but activist investors in Apple and ExxonMobil have accomplished a lot, with a lot less. BY Clint Rainey Update, 5/23/24: After this article was published, … Continue reading Vivek Ramaswamy spent $3.3 million to buy 8% of BuzzFeed. How much damage could he do with that stake?
Amazon Expands Sponsored Products Ads To Pinterest, BuzzFeed, Others by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, August 17, 2023 Amazon is making a move to have ads appear of its owned-and-operated sites. The company’s display ads that serve-up on search results pages will now do the same on third-party websites including Pinterest, BuzzFeed and Hearst Newspapers. The ads … Continue reading Amazon Expands Sponsored Products Ads To Pinterest, BuzzFeed, Other Websites, Apps
By Connie Lin April 20, 2023 BuzzFeed Inc. will close down its journalism venture, BuzzFeed News, the company’s cofounder and chief executive Jonah Peretti revealed on Thursday, in yet another grim reckoning for the digital-media industry. Spun out of BuzzFeed over a decade ago, the News unit was credited with bringing prestige to the … Continue reading BuzzFeed News is closing up shop as the company nurses its bottom line, enlists ChatGPT
BuzzFeed Shopping Guide Is ‘Editorial,’ Not ‘Advertising,’ Industry Watchdog Says by Wendy Davis , Staff Writer @wendyndavis, (September 21, 2018) Digital publisher BuzzFeed recently posted a shopping guide to skincare that recommended 32 products, including a St. Ives face cream. The shopping guide’s copy for the cream — which included the statement that “collagen and elastin proteins … Continue reading BuzzFeed Shopping Guide Is ‘Editorial,’ Not ‘Advertising,’ Industry Watchdog Says
By Andrea Lehr July 19th, 2016 As one of the internet’s most popular publishers, there’s a good chance you’ve read an article or taken a quiz on BuzzFeed. The digital publisher has made a name for itself with it’s quick wit and playful content – it boasts more than 200 million monthly unique visitors and … Continue reading How 100 BuzzFeed Posts Debunk 3 Myths About Viral Content
by Blake Beus July 21, 2016 Follow @BlakeBeusJuly 21, 2016 Startup Stock Photo In today’s modern world, Learning and Development managers have a challenge to a) keep up with technological advances; b) present information that is fresh and relevant and c) engage a changing demographic of learners. As more millennials attain the jobs left by … Continue reading 4 Lessons That Learning & Development Managers Can Learn From BuzzFeed
by Rachel Winstead April 21, 2016April 21, 2016 People of all ages gravitate towards Buzzfeed, but what makes this media outlet so attention-catching? While the media company does not always hit the mark with their rapid content production, they do sustain a massive readership that earns international attention. Small companies can use some of the … Continue reading 8 Things Buzzfeed Can Teach All Small Businesses About Content
Rohan AyyarSeptember 30, 2015 Let’s say you’re a small business that started out online with a simple WordPress website. Then you went on to build and establish a known brand in your niche. Now you’ve jumped a few steps ahead, monetized your site and made it fully transactional. The final piece of the puzzle is … Continue reading Beyond Google Rankings: How Buzzfeed, Spotify and Zynga Generate Revenue from Traffic
Publisher Dao Nguyen said BuzzFeed is recruiting advertisers to try out a beta program of POUND. Amy Gesenhues on April 28, 2015 BuzzFeed kicked-off NewFronts week with everyone from its founder Jonah Peretti and president Greg Coleman to its publisher Dao Nguyen and president of BuzzFeed Motion Pictures Ze Frank taking the stage at B.B. … Continue reading NewFronts 2015: BuzzFeed Talks Video & “POUND” – New Technology For Measuring Shares
Enthusiastic early adopters, HarperCollins says its most successful community post generated more than a million views. Amy Gesenhues on March 16, 2015 360b / Shutterstock.com Last week, MediaPost.com reported BuzzFeed froze brand publisher accounts for its community publishing platform, ending unpaid content opportunities for brands that had been using the site for content marketing efforts. … Continue reading BuzzFeed Bars Brands From Publishing Content On Its Community Platform
