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Buzzfeed

Social news organization

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1001+ employees
  • B2C
  • Publishing
  • Content
  • Entertainment
  • Digital Media
Gramercy Park, New York, NY

Company mission

BuzzFeed's mission is to make the internet better by providing trusted, quality, brand-safe news and entertainment to hundreds of millions of people; making content more inclusive, empathetic, and creative; and inspiring its audience to live better lives.

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BuzzFeed is an international media company reaching hundreds of millions of readers each month. The company started life as a platform for viral media, and quickly became known for its online quizzes, listicles, and pop culture articles. At its height, the platform received over 1 billion page views each month.

In 2011, the company launched BuzzFeed News, which won multiple accolades including the National Magazine Award and the George Polk Award before the 2023 announcement it would be shutting down. The closure of its News arm comes alongside similar troubles amongst its online news peers, and has been spurred along by a tough economy, a declining stock market, a slowdown in digital advertising, and changing audience habits.

Despite this considerable blow to its operations, BuzzFeed will continue its presence across YouTube, podcasting and other content, with hopes it will bounce back in the upcoming years. Interestingly, it was announced that HuffPost - which the company bought in 2020 - will continue to publish news as it remains profitable.

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Benefits

  • Work from home opportunities

Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)

Jun 2021

$150m

CONVERTIBLE

Nov 2016

$200m

SERIES G

Total funding: $646.3m

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Leadership

Co-founder of the Huffington Post (alongside Arianna Huffington).

People progressing

Joined as a Design Intern. Promoted to Junior Designer after 9 months. Then promoted again to Designer after 2 years, to Creative after a further 2 years, and to Senior Creative 2 years later. Ultimately promoted to Creative Lead in 2023.

Joined as a Principal Engineer. Promoted to Software Architect after 3 years, then to Senior Software Architect after a further 4 years.

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