Buzzfeed

• A $120 million deal will give BuzzFeed a new owner — and a new CEO
• BuzzFeed’s flagship YouTube channel is back with a “bold new programming slate”

  BuzzFeed is looking to appeal to a new generation as it relaunches BuzzFeed video, its flagship channel on YouTube.

  
• BuzzFeed steps into the metaverse, promising a “Mega Tasty” experience

  
• BuzzFeed arrives at the upfronts with a vertical ad format, a creator network, and plenty of new programming

  BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti talked about vertical videos, creators, and channels like Tasty and First We First during the upfronts.

  
• BuzzFeed Names Complex Networks’ Christian Baesler Its First COO In 7 Years
• BuzzFeed, Looking To Raise $200 Million, Eyes Acquisition Of Complex Networks (Report)
• BuzzFeed, Absent From NewFronts Since 2016, Returns To Tout Business Diversity, ‘Lighthouse’ Ad Product
• The Root’s Danielle Belton Named Editor-In-Chief Of BuzzFeed-Owned ‘HuffPost’
• BuzzFeed Studios Signs With CAA, Looks To Develop Projects For TV, Film, Streaming
• BuzzFeed Lays Off 47 HuffPost Employees On Heels Of February Acquisition
• BuzzFeed Launches First Mobile Game — A Mental Health-Inspired Endless Runner
• BuzzFeed Acquires HuffPost In Stock Deal As Part Of Larger Pact With Its Parent, Verizon Media