BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti delivers his keynote conference during day two of the Mobile World Congress at the Fira Gran Via complex in Barcelona, Spain on February 23, 2016.HuffPost is laying off 47 staffers in the US and closing its Canada unit, employees learned on Tuesday.The restructuring is likely to extend to other HuffPost offices globally.Layoffs are hitting HuffPost, just weeks after the publisher was acquired by digital rival BuzzFeed.
The company has begun consultations in Australia and the UK to propose cuts there too, the spokesperson said. A memo sent to HuffPost union staffers in the US said that 33 members of the HuffPost union will be affected.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:
So, the usual in any acquisition.