Barack Obama And Jordan Peele Urge You Not To Believe Your Own Eyes

A video urging vigilance against fake information (including videos) by demonstrating what a manipulated Obama video would look and sound like.

Facebook hires Pinterest and BuzzFeed execs to bolster its video content

The social media giant has hired BuzzFeed Studios former head Matthew Henick to lead Facebook’s global video content strategy and planning, reports Reuters. From Pinterest, Facebook grabbed Mike Bidgoli to lead the Facebook Watch product team. Facebook Watch is the company’s video-on-demand service that launched to limited users last August. Both hires show Facebook is … Continue reading “Facebook hires Pinterest and BuzzFeed execs to bolster its video content”

Buzzfeed Is Selling Home Goods Now–At Walmart

In an exclusive partnership, Buzzfeed will sell 90 kitchen items at Walmart under the Tasty brand.

Facebook is letting BuzzFeed down, so it’s turning to Tasty-branded kitchenware

Media is a hard business. But if you’ve watched even one episode of Shark Tank, you know that retail is also a hard business. So it’s interesting to learn that BuzzFeed is launching a new line of kitchenware that will be sold in 4,000 Walmart stores. According to Recode, the media company is going to sell … Continue reading “Facebook is letting BuzzFeed down, so it’s turning to Tasty-branded kitchenware”

Two Charts Showing How The Mainstream Media Gets Minorities Wrong

Not only is hate-tweeting articles a real thing, it may be the dominant mode for how minorities talk about media coverage about their communities, according to a new study commissioned by the Knight Foundation and visualized by Postlight.

BuzzFeed Food appears to have blatantly plagiarized a funny tweet

In the world of online content, anything is fair game if it can be monetized. The history of viral content began with people posting funny things, some of them making money of it, and then others cribbing–if not outright stealing–others’ content and also making money off of it (The Fat Jew is probably the best … Continue reading “BuzzFeed Food appears to have blatantly plagiarized a funny tweet”

With Viceland floundering, Vice Media missed revenue targets by more than $100M: Report

Buzzfeed’s Jonah Peretti On Scaling A Devoted Audience

Jonah Peretti, founder and CEO of Buzzfeed, says an effective use of data should deliver the right audience, not just a bigger audience.

Ripple coin price just hit an all-time high as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies dive

Fox News and the New York Times led Facebook engagement last month

With Facebook and Google controlling the vast majority of digital ad revenue, all industry eyes are on which media companies perform best on those platforms. For Facebook, the rankings are always a yo-yo, with publishers’ engagement waxing and waning along with the frenetic news cycle and ever-changing algorithm. According to new data from NewsWhip, in … Continue reading “Fox News and the New York Times led Facebook engagement last month”

Layoffs loom for Mashable as site reportedly sells for less than $50M

The digital media bubble continues to show signs of bursting. Recode reports that Mashable–once valued at $250 million–is selling itself to publisher Ziff Davis for less than $50 million. The site will reportedly lay off about 50 employees and refocus coverage on “tech and tech-lifestyle content.” Mashable employees are reportedly being informed about their employment … Continue reading “Layoffs loom for Mashable as site reportedly sells for less than $50M”

BuzzFeed Layoffs Could Be A Huge Bellwether For Digital Media

Jonah Peretti’s digital media empire is laying off 8% of its staff, a sign that some of its best efforts to diversify are not panning out as planned.

A bright spot in media—Axios just raised $20M

Politico cofounder Jim Vanderhei’s news startup Axios has raised $20 million in a round of funding, reports the Wall Street Journal. The round was co-led by Greycroft Partners and Lerer Hippeau Ventures. Over the last year, the site has gained prominence as a destination for short-form news bits, analysis, as well as insider-y/access pieces. This strategy, at … Continue reading “A bright spot in media—Axios just raised $20M”

Dark Interactions Are Invading Our Lives. Where’s The Off Button?

As things like AI, facial recognition, and motion-tracking become more sophisticated, we are taking part in an exploding number of human-computer interactions–and we don’t even know it.

Digital media meltdown: Troubling outlooks for BuzzFeed, Mashable, Oath, and Vice

Today is a day that ends in Y, so it must be a hard day to be in digital media. In the last few hours, we saw four jarring reminders that the business model most media companies are currently relying on isn’t cutting it. Here’s a rundown of what happened: As I wrote about earlier … Continue reading “Digital media meltdown: Troubling outlooks for BuzzFeed, Mashable, Oath, and Vice”

That BuzzFeed story about Russian wire transfers may have a very simple explanation

BuzzFeed Bets On The Future Of Television

BuzzFeed Motion Pictures head Matthew Henick thinks the current definition of “television” is outdated. Here’s why.

Watch: Lena Waithe And Jonah Peretti On The Power Of Human Connection

Vice fired the editor who emailed Milo Yiannopoulos about Lindy West