0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
BuzzFeed announced layoffs for the HuffPost newsroom on Tuesday, three weeks after acquiring HuffPost from Verizon Media in February.Hillary Frey, the executive editor, and Louise Roug, the executive editor for international, will be departing in the restructuring effort.HuffPost Canada will also shutter operations later this month.A deal between BuzzFeed, HuffPost and Verizon Media was first made public in November. Verizon Media stated at the time that BuzzFeed and HuffPost would operate as “separate, distinct news organizations†with their own websites and editorial staff while BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti led the combined company. Peretti told staffers that the decision, which will affect U.S. 47 employees, was made in order to “fast-track the path to profitability†for HuffPost, enabling the company to break even this year and eventually turn a profit.
