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Ranking New York Politicos on Twitter
A reader passed on a link to this highly addictive and unscientific web site which quantifies the clout people have
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Considering the Unexpected Departures
So Kim Jong Il, Christopher Hitchens and former Czech president Václav Havel walk up to Saint Peter at the Pearly
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BuzzFeed Scooped CNN Last Night
BuzzFeed had arguably one of its first big scoops last night since it hired Politico rockstar Ben Smith earlier this
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BuzzFeed Raises $15.5 M Series C and Reunites HuffPo Dream Team
Just a few weeks after poaching star political reporter Ben Smith from Politico and scooping CNN at the Repulican Primaries,
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Interview With Jonah Peretti, on BuzzFeed’s Move Into News
Betabeat met Jonah Peretti, Huffington Post co-founder and now founder and CEO of BuzzFeed, in mid-January 2012, just after the
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BuzzFeed Strikes Again! Poaches From Gizmodo for New Tech Site
BuzzFeed announced its next fully staffed beta will be (as we suspected) tech coverage. The startup has poached again to fill
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Ben Smith and Fred Dicker Disagree About Liz Benjamin, Andrew Cuomo,...
In the wake of Buzzfeed’s bombshell report that Andrew Cuomo’s office kept a dossier on the slights blogger Liz Benjamin
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Tweets From The Trail: Battlefield Earth
Today, political types were focused on the literary works of L. Ron Hubbard, bad hair days and beefing with their
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One Funding Announcement That Probably Won’t Restore Your Faith in Humanity:...
BuzzFeed, the Internet’s biggest time suck, announced in a press release today that it has raised $20 million in a
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Rumor Roundup: Alexis Ohanian Took a Trip to the Jersey Shore and Lo Bosworth...
Cooling Last month, Tumblr CEO David Karp sallied forth to the Cannes Lions festival/advertising love-in, as part of a charm offensive
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Anthony Weiner Goes After ‘Policy Jihadists’ and the Press in Barroom Interview
Former Congressman and mayoral contender Anthony Weiner went after what he described as “policy jihadists,” the media and his opponents
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Amid Anger Over Anti-Abortion Post, Buzzfeed Says It’s Still Figuring Out...
BuzzFeed came under fire today after the viral site ran a post slamming Planned Parenthood. “8 Outrageous Things Planned Parenthood Was Caught Doing,”
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Media Mix: Post Police Bureau Chief Jamie Schram Heading Uptown
New York Post Police Bureau Chief Jamie Schram is moving back to New Corps headquarters as an investigative reporter focused on national and local police stories.
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Uber, but for Oppo Research Against Journalists
Uber executive Emil Michael suggested the company hire a team to do oppo research against journalists.
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The Tabloids Never Would Have Run BuzzFeed’s Trump Dossier
Website aspires to journalistic greatness but falls far short of National Enquirer standards.
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In Libel Suit by Aleksej Gubarev, BuzzFeed and Ben Smith Face a Tough Road
Site best known for lists is being sued for the publication of its 35-page Trump-Russia dossier.
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Update: There’s a Pony in There Somewhere: Buzzfeed Gets a Miniature Horse...
In their latest effort to make the rest of the world feel jealous for not working for Jonah Peretti, Buzzfeed introduced a new friend to the office this morning: Mystic the miniature horse. Politics...
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Michael Hastings to BuzzFeed
Michael Hastings will cover President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign for post-meme social news site BuzzFeed, the company announced today. “Social publishing is the future of journalism, or at...
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Here Is a Round Up of BuzzFeed Hires Making Grand Pronouncements About the...
BuzzFeed launched a new tech blog today, FWD. Not “forward” as in, like, progress, but “forward” as in sharing. Spreading content on the social web. FWD editor Matt Buchanan lays it out in his...
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BuzzFeed’s Latest Hire: New York Magazine’s Approval-Matrix Making Ben...
Time to fire up the old “Has Buzzfeed Hired Anyone New Today?” Tumblr. The Meme-Manufacturing Warhol Factory for Fame-Seeking Cats and plucky news upstart helmed by erstwhile Politco columnist Ben...
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