BuzzFeed Launches Free Video Apps
BuzzFeed, which has seen huge play for its video content on YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat and other platforms, is moving to capture more of that audience with its own mobile video apps. The BuzzFeed...
View ArticleNewFronts: BuzzFeed Brags of Bigger Bite of Digital Pie as CEO Touts 7...
Social-driven media player BuzzFeed now has 7 billion monthly views of its content — up 2.5 times a year ago — and CEO Jonah Peretti says that’s driven by a deep understanding of what its audience...
View ArticleTelemundo and BuzzFeed Want to Reinvent the Telenovela Using Audience Data...
The time-tested telenovela genre is getting a digital overhaul from NBCUniversal’s Telemundo and BuzzFeed, which are collaborating on 10-part millennial soap opera “Much Ado About Nada.” Storylines for...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Notches TV Comedy Hit With ‘You Do You’ Series on iTunes
BuzzFeed normally boasts about the billions of views that its viral videos, quizzes and listicles generate. But the digital-media player has also seen success, albeit so far fairly limited, in...
View ArticleWarner Bros. Making ‘Brother Orange’ Friendship Movie
Warner Bros. is developing a movie based on Matt Stopera’s BuzzFeed article “Brother Orange” about his international story of friendship. The studio is developing “Brother Orange” with Flagship...
View ArticleTwitter to Live-Stream ‘Suicide Squad’ Red-Carpet Premiere in NYC
Twitter will live-stream “Suicide Squad” red-carpet coverage from the film’s premiere Monday in New York — marking its first live-video deal in the entertainment space. The “Suicide Squad” live stream...
View ArticleComcast’s Watchable Unveils First Original Series, Including Show With Vine...
Comcast has invested in its first batch of original digital shows exclusively available on Watchable — its free, ad-supported multiplatform video service aimed at reaching millennials, a cohort that...
View ArticleYouTube Picks Up BuzzFeed’s Try Guys Show, ‘Broke’ Comedy for Subscription...
YouTube is again banking on known quantities to build out its YouTube Red originals slate, ordering two series from BuzzFeed Motion Pictures with built-in fanbases: competition show “Squad Wars”...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Motion Pictures Teams With Keshet International for Game Show
BuzzFeed Motion Pictures is getting into business with media giant Keshet International. The two are teaming up to create a new “transmedia” version of Keshet’s game show “Touch,” geared toward...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Lays Off About 100 Staffers, Refocuses Content Efforts
BuzzFeed will lay off approximately 100 employees and refocus its content development efforts, the company’s CEO, Jonah Peretti, announced Wednesday. The move comes as BuzzFeeed is anticipating falling...
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