Buzzfeed got $50m in venture capital. What happens next?
Silicon Valley firm Andreessen Horowitz has more than doubled investments in the meme-tastic site. Can traditional media companies compete? Jonah Peretti of Buzzfeed talking at a TechCrunch Disrupt...
View ArticleBuzzFeed plans feature films, gets $50 million from Andreessen Horowitz
BuzzFeed, the website known for its humorous top-10 lists, is expanding into feature films. The company said Monday it received a $50-million investment from Silicon Valley venture capital firm...
View ArticleBuzzFeed valued at more than three times The Washington Post
Viral internet site set up by Jonah Peretti in 2006 now employs 550 staff in New York, London, Sydney, Paris and more BuzzFeed's founder and CEO Jonah Peretti earlier this year. The company now employs...
View ArticleAndreessen Horowitz invests $50M in BuzzFeed
Chris Dixon, general partner at the Silicon Valley VC, will join the entertainment and news site as part of the deal. by 11 August 2014 4:15 am BST facebook twitter linkedin googleplus more more +...
View ArticleBuzzFeed raises £30m to become a 'preeminent media company'
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz compares online news firm’s tech cire to Time, CBS and Viacom BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti’s company is now valued at $850m. Photograph: Brendan...
View ArticleVice and BuzzFeed: How Very Different Companies Came to Play the Same Game
BuzzFeed cofounder and CEO Jonah Peretti and Vice cofounder Shane Smith seem like pretty different people — and, for all indications, they are. The hard-talking, T-shirt-wearing Smith enjoys being in...
View ArticleBuzzFeed gets $50-mn cash infusion, to set up ops in India
Buoyed by a fresh infusion of $50 million in venture capital, social news and entertainment group BuzzFeed has announced a major expansion plan to increase its content and expand global operations to...
View ArticleMichael Shamberg, Jordan Peele Join BuzzFeed as Part of Major Expansion
Producer Michael Shamberg and actor/comedian Jordan Peele are joining BuzzFeed Motion Pictures as advisers as part of the company's major expansion. Peele, one half of Comedy Central's “Key &...
View ArticleBuzzfeed scores $50 million investment, pledges to expand content
Related media Latest business videos Travel deals BuzzFeed Inc., the online home of quizzes, lists and, increasingly, serious news, got a $50 million investment reported to value the company at $850...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Snags $50 Million Investment, Plans International Expansion
Viral media website BuzzFeed has secured a new round of investment to the tune of $50 million from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, the company announced on Sunday. "Tonight I'm...
View ArticleOnline company BuzzFeed secures $50 million
New York • BuzzFeed Inc., the online home of quizzes, lists and (increasingly) serious news, got a $50 million investment reported to value the company at $850 million — or about half the New York...
View ArticleBuzzFeed gets $50 million financing from Andreessen Horowitz
BuzzFeed Inc., the online home of quizzes, lists and, increasingly, serious news, got a $50 million investment reported to value the company at $850 million -- or about half the New York Times Co.’s...
View ArticleBuzzFeed now more valuable than Tribune Publishing
BuzzFeed raised $50 million on a bet its mix of everything from animal lists to serious news is more valuable than the coverage produced by established media like the Washington Post and Los Angeles...
View ArticleVenture capitalist Andreessen Horowitz invests $50 million in BuzzFeed
Venture Capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is investing $50 million in BuzzFeed, the social news and entertainment website known for producing advertising-sponsored "listicles" that go viral. Chris...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Gets A $50 Million Cash Injection
(Reuters) - Venture Capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is investing $50 million in BuzzFeed, the social news and entertainment website known for producing advertising-sponsored "listicles" that go viral....
View ArticleBuzzFeed Editor Ben Smith Details All 41 Instances of Political Reporter's...
When so many people have access to Google, it's tough to get away with plagiarising others’ work, as BuzzFeed political writer Benny Johnson found out Friday. Allegations that Johnson was using...
View ArticleHere's How BuzzFeed Is Moving Beyond Cute Cats
BuzzFeed has come a long way from cat lists. This month one of its journalists was on the ground in Kiev reporting on the crisis in Ukraine, and last December it published an in-depth article on a...
View ArticleBuzzFeed reporter fired after plagiarism allegations
BuzzFeed has dismissed a journalist after a social media outcry sparked a review of his work, and editors discovered at least 41 of his articles contained instances of plagiarism. In a statement posted...
View ArticleBuzzFeed reporter fired in wake of plagiarism allegations
BuzzFeed has dismissed a journalist after a social media outcry sparked a review of his work, and editors discovered at least 41 of his articles contained instances of plagiarism. In a statement posted...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Said to Expect 2014 Sales of up to $120 Million
BuzzFeed Inc., the online publisher of news, lists and quizzes that are designed to be shared on social media, is forecasting revenue of as much as $120 million in 2014, said two people with knowledge...
View ArticleHoly Cow Buzzfeed Just Raised $20 Million
Jon Steinberg and Jonah Peretti Cute animals plus political news site Buzzfeed just raised a whopping $19.3 million for its fourth – "series D"– round of funding. NEA led the deal. Previous investors...
View ArticleBuzzFeed president steps down, takes adviser role
n">(Reuters) - BuzzFeed President and Chief Operating Officer Jon Steinberg is stepping down after four years at the online entertainment and news start-up and will become an adviser to the company....
View ArticleFEATURE-Beyond cute cats: How BuzzFeed is reinventing itself
NEW YORK Feb 23 (Reuters) - BuzzFeed has come a long way from cat lists. This month one of its journalists was on the ground in Kiev reporting on the crisis in Ukraine, and last December it published...
View ArticleSocial news group BuzzFeed snags $19.5 mn
The latest round was led by the venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates and included previous investors RRE, Hearst, SoftBank, and Lerer Ventures. Michael and Kass Lazerow, co-founders of Buddy...
View ArticleSocial news website BuzzFeed raises $19.5 million in funds
WASHINGTON: BuzzFeed, a fast-growing social news website, on Thursday said it had raised $19.5 million in a new round of funding from investors to help its expansion. The latest round was led by the...
View ArticleBeyond cute cats: How BuzzFeed is reinventing itself
NEW YORK (Reuters) - BuzzFeed has come a long way from cat lists. This month one of its journalists was on the ground in Kiev reporting on the crisis in Ukraine, and last December it published an...
View ArticleBuzzFeed president leaving to join venture capitalist firm
n">(Reuters) - BuzzFeed President and Chief Operating Officer Jon Steinberg is leaving the online entertainment and news start-up. "It's time for him...
View ArticleNews startup BuzzFeed raises millions in new round
(Reuters) - News website BuzzFeed, one of the more interesting news business models to emerge in recent years, has raised $19.3 million in new capital, the company said on Thursday. The round was led...
View ArticleBuzzFeed gets $50 million from Andreessen Horowitz
BuzzFeed, the website known for its humorous top-10 lists, has received a $50-million investment from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. In a blog post announcing the deal Sunday,...
View ArticleVenture capitalist Andreessen Horowitz invests $50 mln in BuzzFeed
(Reuters) - Venture Capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is investing $50 million in BuzzFeed, the social news and entertainment website known for producing advertising-sponsored "listicles" that go viral....
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