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The New York Times 5:43 pm on March 15, 2022
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BuzzFeed I.P.O. Illegally Shortchanged Employees, Dozens Claim

The group is asking for compensatory damages estimated at more than $4.6 million.

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The New York Times 1:57 pm on December 6, 2021
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BuzzFeed’s First Day as a Public Company Is a Big Test

The move is a “means to an end” for BuzzFeed to grow via acquisitions and e-commerce, its chief executive said.

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The New York Times 6:26 pm on June 24, 2021
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BuzzFeed Confirms Plans to Go Public Through SPAC Deal

The digital media company, which will merge with a publicly listed shell company in what is known as a SPAC deal, also lined up about $150 million in debt financing.

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The New York Times 1:00 am on June 24, 2021
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BuzzFeed Closes In on Deal to Go Public

The digital publisher is said to be on the verge of announcing a SPAC merger that would take the company public.

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The New York Times 8:56 pm on March 9, 2021
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BuzzFeed lays off 47 HuffPost workers weeks after acquisition.

As part of the cutbacks, BuzzFeed closed HuffPost Canada and announced plans to decrease the size of its operations in Australia and Britain.

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The New York Times 12:09 am on January 29, 2021
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Washington Post, Reuters and Los Angeles Times Search for New Top Editors

In an industrywide changing of the guard, other big newsroom jobs that have come open include the No. 1 slots at Vox, HuffPost and Wired.

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The New York Times 2:03 am on January 11, 2021
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We Worked Together on the Internet. Last Week, He Stormed the Capitol.

At BuzzFeed, we followed the signals of social media. A young employee followed them all the way to Charlottesville and Capitol Hill.

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The New York Times 6:31 pm on November 19, 2020
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BuzzFeed is Buying HuffPost

The deal is part of a larger arrangement between BuzzFeed and Verizon Media to share content across their platforms.

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The New York Times 6:20 pm on May 5, 2020
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BuzzFeed News Has a New Editor in Chief

The investigative journalist Mark Schoofs, a Pulitzer Prize winner, returns to the site after having set up its investigative unit in 2014.

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