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jonah peretti

BuzzFeed Is The Reason It Can’t Sell ‘Hot Ones’

By Alex Sujong Laughlin

July 17, 2024

Media Meltdowns

BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti No Longer Pretending To Care

By Laura Wagner

March 22, 2022

Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Buzzfeed Jonah Peretti gestures as he speaks during a session at The Viva Technology Event in Paris on June 15, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / BERTRAND GUAY

Media Meltdowns

HuffPost Staffers Grill Jonah Peretti Over Layoffs, Diversity

By Laura Wagner

March 15, 2021

Jonah Peretti, CEO, Buzzfeed speaks at NewsCred's Content Marketing Summit at Metropolitan Pavilion on September 18, 2014 in New York City.

Media Meltdowns

Jonah Peretti Lays Off 47 HuffPost Staffers In Latest “Bloodbath”

By Laura Wagner

March 9, 2021

Jonah Peretti, CEO, Buzzfeed speaks at NewsCred's Content Marketing Summit at Metropolitan Pavilion on September 18, 2014 in New York City.

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