BuzzFeed News shuts down as parent company lays off 15% of staffers

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“Moving forward, we will have a single news brand in HuffPost, which is profitable, with a loyal direct front page audience,” CEO Jonah Peretti wrote.

The parent company of the site that took the news business by storm in the early 2010s and also published the now-debunked Steele Dossier is being shut down, according to a memo from BuzzFeed Inc. CEO Jonah Peretti on Thhursday

Peretti said shutting the site was part of a broader shakeup that includes laying off 15% of staffers companywide. “For BuzzFeed News, we have begun discussions with the News Guild about these actions,” Peretti wrote in the memo, which was first obtained by CNN’s Oliver Darcy.“HuffPost and BuzzFeed Dot Com have signaled that they will open a number of select roles for members of BuzzFeed News,” Peretti wrote.

“Moving forward, we will have a single news brand in HuffPost, which is profitable, with a loyal direct front page audience.”

 

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It’s a great day. BUZZFEED is gone.

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Can we call it, 'Buzzsaw' now?

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