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• 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.

  
• Have you heard? Platforms make monetization moves as YouTube golf goes brrr

  Each week, we handpick a selection of stories to give you a snapshot of trends, updates, business moves, and more from around the creator industry. This week, platforms are making monetization moves, creators are teeing off on YouTube, and TikTok has lost one of its top execs as ban talk ramps up.

  
• Have you heard? BuzzFeed bets $10 million on BFIsland while TikTok colonizes YouTube Shorts

  As TikTok users attempt to "colonize" YouTube Shorts, BuzzFeed is making a big investment in a new social platform.

  
• An upcoming social feed will “do the doomscrolling for you.” Will that make its users more positive?
• ‘Hot Ones’ host First We Feast gets new owners (including Sean Evans himself) in $82.5 million deal
• Ecommerce platform NTWRK acquires Complex from BuzzFeed in $108.6 million cash deal
• Quinta Brunson returned to her BuzzFeed stomping grounds to promote season three of ‘Abbott Elementary’
• Hot Ones brings back Holiday Extravaganza fundraiser with its first-ever three-time guest
• BuzzFeed’s ‘Worth It’ is coming to an end. The food show’s final season begins March 11.
• This Valentine’s Day, BuzzFeed is offering love stories written by AI
• ChatGPT’s surge to 100 million users raises questions about the future of AI-authored content