The Great Hollywood Migration: Top Talent Streams to Silicon Beach
When Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine became employees of Apple Inc. last week, it was the acqui-hire heard 'round the world. Here were two music luminaries who, through Apple's $3 billion purchase of Beats,...
View ArticleVideo Site Upworthy Closes $8M Round, Will Build Revenue Through Sponsored...
Yahoo Apple Facebook Twitter Google Microsoft news Comment Video Site Upworthy Closes $8M Round, Will Build Revenue Through Sponsored Content Eliza Brooke View Staff Page Follow me on twitter Eliza...
View ArticleCIMM and SMPTE Take Critical Next Step Toward Industry Adoption of a UPC for...
(Source: SMPTE - Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) Study Group Session Including Networks, Advertisers, and Engineers Meets to Explore Binding of Unique Content Identifiers to Media...
View ArticleStockbait? BuzzFeed announces IPO as clicks and videos keep public hooked
Chief executive Jonah Peretti has not offered a timeline for the move, but investors will want to know after site was valued at $850m in August ...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Raises $50 Million, Creates Motion Picture Division
BuzzFeed plans to make video a larger part of its business under the newly created BuzzFeed Motion...
View ArticleThis Facebook Exec Doesn't Like Buzzfeed, And That's Very Bad News For Buzzfeed
Chris Cox "has a problem" with Buzzfeed In Buzzfeed, Huffington Post veteran Jonah Peretti has created a massive new media property with 130 monthly unique visitors. Buzzfeed got huge by creating (and...
View ArticleNative advertising is all about the content
Native advertising spending in the US was $1.3 billion in 2013 and is expected to increase $9.4 billion by 2018. The intention of native advertising is to blend into the content around it in an effort...
View ArticleProducer Michael Shamberg Joins BuzzFeed Motion Pictures
BuzzFeed is bringing on a prolific Hollywood producer to shepherd its growth into feature films. Michael...
View ArticleMillennials Are Switching Off TV In Favor Of ... BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed has released a detailed report on how technology is impacting the media. It reads almost as a crystal ball for legacy media companies: more than 50% of US millennials read BuzzFeed per month,...
View ArticleShamberg: “Anyone with a laptop is their own movie studio”
Pulp Fiction exec and BuzzFeed consultant hails digital opportunities for filmmakers. Acclaimed US producer Michael Shamberg has hailed the filmmaking opportunities afforded by digital platforms and...
View ArticleBuzzFeed to Interview President Obama
BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith will interview President Obama Tuesday, the website announced Sunday. Smith’s interview with the president from the White House will be featured across BuzzFeed’s...
View ArticleBuzzFeed 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...
View ArticleWhy BuzzFeed Is Following Its Audience Into The Stream
BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti is just as obsessed with network effects now as he was back in 2001, when his email exchange with Nike became one of the earliest examples of "viral" media. At the SXSW...
View ArticleBuzzFeed To Aggressively Expand Video Operation In Partnership With YouTube...
(Source: TBS - Turner Broadcasting Systems Inc) BuzzFeed And CNN Launch "CNN BuzzFeed" News Video Channel for Millennials BuzzFeed To Build Social Video Studio In Los Angeles New York, NY - MAY 28,...
View ArticleThis week's top videos: Kid President hits the big time, 'The Wolf of...
by Alex Dalenberg April 4, 2014 1:19pm EDT Last Modified:April 4, 2014 1:23pm EDT Photo 1 of 8 What We Watched this Week Videos that caught our attention and won't let go: Google seeks Pokemon Masters,...
View ArticleBuzzFeed 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...
View ArticleVH1 inks BuzzFeed video deal aimed at driving users to TV (exclusive)
MTV Networks' VH1 has enlisted BuzzFeed to create a series of video segments designed to drive the site's users to the cabler's TV shows -- yet another example of traditional media teaming with an...
View ArticlePixar's John Lasseter, Buzzfeed's Ze Frank discuss filmmaking in digital world
Pixar co-founder John Lasseter believes "if you use technology correctly, you can change opinions overnight." And the animation legend can prove it. Twenty years ago, the idea of creating a full-length...
View ArticleQuora Will Push Its Most Link-Baity Content to BuzzFeed (Though It Would...
On Quora, answers to the question “What are the most surreal places one can ever visit?” are a fantastical mix of caves and mountains and formations and reefs. The page has more than half a million...
View ArticleBuzzFeed 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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