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BuzzFeed 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...

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BuzzFeed: we report news differently now – but is it better?

BuzzFeed has poured resources into becoming a 'serious' news provider. But can its coverage ever be truly comprehensive? Buzzfeed: part Tit-Bits, part Answers, part Economist and Sunday Times colour...

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BuzzFeed gets $50M investment

(Bloomberg) -- BuzzFeed Inc., the website that...

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BuzzFeed Reportedly Worth $850M After $50M Investment From Andreessen Horowitz

Over 150 million people visit BuzzFeed every month to scroll through lists, complete quizzes, write comments, and, increasingly, to read thoughtful, zeitgeisty, and well-reported journalism. But where...

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Michael 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 &...

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Why Buzzfeed is trying to shift its strategy

By Claire Cain Miller In an interview about a new investment in BuzzFeed, Jonah Peretti, its co-founder and chief executive, told The New York Times, "We're organizing ourselves to be a media company...

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Vice 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...

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BuzzFeed eyeing massive expansion

New York - The social news group BuzzFeed unveiled a major new expansion plan, using a fresh infusion of $50-million in venture capital. Andreessen Horowitz, the big Silicon Valley venture group,...

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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...

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BuzzFeed expands anew with fresh capital

The social news group BuzzFeed unveiled a major new expansion plan, using a fresh infusion of US$50 million in venture capital. Andreessen Horowitz, the big Silicon Valley venture group, announced late...

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BuzzFeed expanding, and taking the world more seriously

The social news website, BuzzFeed, which claims to have more 150 million people using it each month, has unveiled a major expansion plan thanks to a US$50million cash injection. Andreessen Horowitz, a...

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BuzzFeed sees future in high-quality content

In an interview about a new investment in BuzzFeed, Jonah Peretti, its co-founder and chief executive, told The New York Times, "We're organizing ourselves to be a media company for the way people...

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BuzzFeed 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...

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Buzzfeed to use $50m investment to fund new ventures

Here are three insights about BuzzFeed, the viral content startup: 1. BuzzFeed is a web traffic sensation that draws 150 million average monthly viewers. 2. Numbered lists, like this one, are what the...

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BuzzFeed 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....

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Venture 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...

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BuzzFeed 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...

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Andreessen 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 +...

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BuzzFeed 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...

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BuzzFeed 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...

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BuzzFeed 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...

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Online 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...

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BuzzFeed 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...

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Buzzfeed 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...

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BuzzFeed Editor Admits Deleting Posts Wasn't Such A 'Well-Thought-Through...

When it came to light earlier this summer that BuzzFeed had deleted thousands of posts in April, many wondered why the online news site would wipe out so many stories -- and do so completely under the...

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Here's how Jonah Peretti came up with the idea for HuffPo

See Also Buzzfeed CEO and co-founder Jonah Peretti and investor Chris Dixon spoke at San Francisco's on Wednesday, where Dixon asked Peretti about founding Buzzfeed and how he got started. To tell that...

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BuzzFeed pays Facebook millions of dollars to promote its clients' ads

According to the leaked documents, BuzzFeed has been seriously accelerating its spending on those social media ads. The BuzzFeed documents break out the site's "cost of revenue," which is a combination...

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BuzzFeed moves to Japan in partnership with Yahoo

BuzzFeed on Monday announced plans to launch a Japanese news Web site in a partnership with Yahoo Japan, the latest step in a global expansion push. The announcement marks a departure from practice for...

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BuzzFeed COO Steps Down, Joins Lerer Ventures as Advisor

BuzzFeed's chief operating officer and president Jon Steinberg has stepped down from his role at the viral content site. He will remain with BuzzFeed as an advisor for the next six months. Steinberg...

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Gideon Spanier: News, TV, films - BuzzFeed’s plan to be a £5bn company

BuzzFeed loves lists, so here are six facts you probably didn’t know about the fast-growing “social” entertainment and news site: 1) Only 18 months after opening an office in London, the US tech...

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Venture 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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Why BuzzFeed is launching its own Hollywood studio

Are you ready for "Listicle: The Movie"? BuzzFeed, the Internet-media company best known for its shareable list-based articles, is expanding across multiple vectors -- including changing the name of...

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Accel’s Breyer Tells Startups: Raise Money Now If You Can

Accel Partners venture capitalist Jim Breyer has some advice for technology startups as the stock market continues a volatile streak: Raise money now. If the market keeps fluctuating and the initial...

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Andreessen Horowitz Announces $50 Million Investment In Buzzfeed

Andreessen Horowitz has announced a $50 million investment in BuzzFeed. The news puts BuzzFeed's valuation at $850 million, the New York Times' Mike Isaac reports. In a post on his blog, AH's Chris...

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BuzzFeed 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...

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Buzzfeed gets $50m backing from venture capitalists

Internet media company Buzzfeed has received a $50bn investment from venture capitalists Andreeson Horowitz. Buzzfeed, which was valued at $850m, says it will use the money to offer more content,...

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BuzzFeed 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,...

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BuzzFeed funding more than doubles with $50m investment

BuzzFeed, the news and entertainment website that has surged to success on the back of social media sharing, is getting a $50 million shot in the arm from an Andreessen Horowitz...

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Buzzfeed raises $50m for film division

Social news website Buzzfeed is to launch a dedicated feature film arm after receiving $50m in investment from venture capitalist firm Andreessen Horowitz. Film...

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Shamberg joins Buzzfeed Motion Pictures

Social news website Buzzfeed is to launch a dedicated feature film arm after receiving $50m in investment from venture capitalist firm Andreessen Horowitz. Film...

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BuzzFeed cuts projected revenue by half after missing 2015 financial target

The digital media company is ‘very comfortable’, it told the Financial Times, despite a report that internal financial targets were missed by over $80m...

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