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In November, BuzzFeed launched a $5 monthly subscription plan that offers access to newsletters and additional content. The main site remains free. (Reuters)
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US free news sites BuzzFeed, HuffPost feel the layoff pinch

At BuzzFeed, it was the second wave of job cuts in 14 months

  • Thomas Urbain
3 min read
At the core of Trump’s message to his raucous, adoring supporters is the now near daily warning that America is literally under attack from an “invasion” of illegal immigrants. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
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BuzzFeed story, video prompt media soul-searching, Trump attacks

Two events have been latched upon by US president Donald Trump to bolster his long-standing grievance that the press is biased against him

  • Chris Lefkow
4 min read
Buzzfeed has just announced it is letting go of around 100 of its 1
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Time is running out for BuzzFeed, Mashable

Less than two years ago, blog turned news site Mashable was valued at $250-million, with Time Warner among its investors.

  • Thomas Urbain
3 min read
Irrespective of the examination by the Federal Maritime Commission, the ICJ Case and NATO Summit will provide the Trump administration with policy windows to convey its threats. (Reuters)
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Unfiltered Trump gets boot as BuzzFeed likens ads to cigarettes

"We don’t run cigarette ads because they are hazardous to our health, and we won’t accept Trump ads for the exact same reason," said BuzzFeed’s CEO.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
Today’s Facebook
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Facebook app poses a dilemma for publishers

Today’s Facebook, it seems, has decided that it doesn’t particularly like sending its users to publishers’ sites at all, writes Felix Salmon.

  • Felix Salmon
4 min read