# BuzzFeed News is shutting down

Source: https://www.thedailybeast.com/buzzfeed-news-is-shutting-down
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## Summary

BuzzFeed News is shutting down, founder and CEO Jonah Peretti announced in a company-wide memo on Thursday. Peretti wrote that the company is reducing its workforce by approximately 15% across its Business, Content, Tech and Admin teams and beginning the process of closing BuzzFeed News. The article is mostly subscription prompts, so it offers no further details on the closure.

## Article

The era-defining media outlet is closing down its once-famed news arm, CEO Jonah Peretti announced.

Reuters

BuzzFeed News is shutting down, the once-iconic media brand’s founder and CEO Jonah Peretti announced in a company-wide memo on Thursday.

“We are reducing our workforce by approximately 15% today across our Business, Content, Tech and Admin teams, and beginning the process of closing BuzzFeed News,” Peretti wrote in the email.

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