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BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti: Record-high audience, record-low revenue
Rapid Response
English - June 06, 2020 13:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsManagement Business energy sports news leadership science retail healthcare culture technology startup Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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BuzzFeed audience is at record highs. But the pandemic's economic effects have crushed the bottom line. BuzzFeed co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti shares how his company is making hard decisions to build long-term stability. “But the transition is painful,” he says. While BuzzFeed is leaning into food vertical Tasty, new e-commerce habits, and BuzzFeed News, he worries that businesses like his don't have more resources to support staffers of color. But, he says, there's a clarity of purpose in crisis, in bearing witness to the things that are happening in the world.
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