BuzzFeed Furloughs 68 Staffers Without Pay, Extends Salary Cuts Through End Of 2020

6 years ago

Sixty-eight BuzzFeed staffers will be furloughed without pay through mid-August, CEO Jonah Peretti told the company today.

Twitch Revamps Channel Pages, Adding Creator-Made Trailers, Streaming Schedules, Custom Video Playlists

6 years ago

Twitch is rolling out a significant redesign of channel pages, adding a range of features that’ll let creators more prominently…

A3 Artists Taps Audible, Himalaya Vet Samantha Land As First In-House Podcast Producer

6 years ago

Talent agency A3 Artists Agency is growing its podcasting business with the hire of its first full-time, in-house producer: Samantha…

Nickelodeon Unveils Virtually Interactive Series Amid Pandemic, Starring Annie LeBlanc

6 years ago

Nickelodeon is readying two new virtually interactive shows in quarantine, one starring beloved kidfluencer Annie LeBlanc. LeBlanc and her best…

CAA Signs YouTube Beauty Guru Rachel Levin (Exclusive)

6 years ago

Talent agency CAA has signed longtime YouTube beauty guru Rachel Levin, whose channel RCLBeauty101 has more than 14.5 million subscribers…

Spotify Is Now Testing Native Video Podcasts, Beginning With Zane Hijazi And Heath Hussar’s ‘Unfiltered’

6 years ago

Amid an ambitious push into the podcasting space following the acquisitions of Gimlet Media, Anchor, Parcast, and The Ringer, Spotify…

Daniel Radcliffe Reads First Chapter Of ‘Harry Potter’ For Wizarding World Digital’s COVID-19 Initiative

6 years ago

The entire wizarding world of Harry Potter wants you to stay at home.

YouTube Kid Megastar ‘Like Nastya’ Inks Global Licensing Agreement With IMG

6 years ago

Six-year-old Anastasia Radzinskaya, the first kids’ YouTube creator to surpass 50 million subscribers, has inked a global merchandising deal. Radzinskaya,…

VC Firm Slow Ventures Is Incubating ‘LiveStack’ To Help Creators Easily Monetize Live Events

6 years ago

Slow Ventures, a VC firm focused on the tech space -- that counts as one of its co-founders Facebook’s former…

Veteran Journalist Mark Schoofs To Succeed Ben Smith As Editor Of BuzzFeed News

6 years ago

BuzzFeed News has found a replacement for founding editor-in-chief Ben Smith, who departed the site in January to become a…