And less revenue has meant the closure of Buzzfeed’s news operation – itself a loss leader to give the site extra credibility – and a resultant loss of jobs for its journalists. This was itself caused by a switch to its users watching and sharing more video on sites like TikTok. This made me slow to accept that the big platforms wouldn’t provide the distribution or financial support required to support premium, free journalism purpose-built for social media.”Ī decline in traffic to the site seems to have been caused by a drop in referrals from feeder sites such as Facebook.

The site’s founder, Jonah Peretti, is reported to have told staff: “I made the decision to over-invest in BuzzFeed News because I love their work and mission so much.

The cheeky and provocative – if at times annoying – provider of endless listicles and outrageous clickbait headlines is reported to have fallen into financial difficulties. This press release features multimedia.Leeds (England), May 1: Buzzfeed News, once a shining star of digital journalism, has announced it will shut its award-winning news division for good, laying off about 60 journalists in a move its founding editor, Ben Smith, described as “the end of the marriage between social media and news”.īuzzfeed – for a few years regarded as a top exponent of viral news – has been struggling to maintain its buzz of late. With this latest AI-powered innovation, BuzzFeed reaffirms its position as a leading force in the creative utilization of artificial intelligence. In the Tasty app, users can have a real-time conversation with 'Botatouille,' a chatbot, by asking cooking questions like: what recipes can I make with the ingredients in my fridge? how long do you cook salmon? how do you clean cast iron? and more. (Nasdaq: BZFD), a premier digital media company for the most diverse, most online, and most socially engaged generations the world has ever seen, today announced the launch of 'Botatouille,' the first AI-powered culinary companion designed by Tasty to revolutionize the cooking, meal prep and shopping experience for Tasty's global community.

NEW YORK, May 23, 2023-( BUSINESS WIRE)- B uzzFeed, Inc. Tasty’s AI Innovation Redefines Cooking and Meal Prep with Cutting-Edge Technology Offers Premium Partnership Opportunities and Solutions for Clientsĭownload the Tasty iOS app to access Botatouille: here

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