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Axel Springer is paying a massive premium to buy Business Insider
A few months ago, German publishing house Axel Springer narrowly failed in its attempt to buy the Financial Times, the august pink-sheeted UK newspaper that dates back to 1888. Instead, it is splashing...
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What if Bollywood superstars from the 90s were on Tinder
Bollywood stars have always been trendsetters in India. Lately, the likes of Hrithik Roshan and Shah Rukh Khan have motivated several Indian men to achieve waxed torsos and chiseled six packs. But...
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Once again, the internet is confusing a Sikh man with a Muslim terrorist
The aftermath of the Paris terror attacks included calls for calm and solidarity—and some dangerous rumour-mongering and distortions. Amid the swirl of misinformation, a Sikh man from Canada found...
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Brining turkey is the worst, according to science
It’s a topic of perpetual debate, especially this time of year: To brine or not to brine? Common wisdom says that brining a turkey, or soaking it in a bath of saltwater (plus extras, depending on the...
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A newspaper thought it was a good idea to install motion sensors at its...
When journalists at The Daily Telegraph’s London headquarters turned up to work on Monday morning (Jan 11), they were in for a shock. The British newspaper had installed wireless motion detectors on...
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Zenefits is learning the lesson of skirting the law to “disrupt” an industry
It starts with the seemingly impossible: a claim to “disrupt” a tightly regulated industry with a new model of doing things, typically centered around software. But under closer inspection, their...
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Marco Rubio’s “morning in America” ad opens with a shot of the wrong country
“It’s morning again in America,” a narrator declares at the beginning of Marco Rubio’s latest campaign ad. Well, in North America at least—the ad opens on a shot of a tugboat chugging across the harbor...
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Uber explains why a search for “rape” in its customer support inbox gets...
Searching Uber’s customer support inbox for “sexual assault” or “rape” turns up over 11,000 results, Buzzfeed reported on March 7, citing a former customer service representative who provided screen...
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Clickbait is devouring journalism but there are ways out
Collecting eyeballs is a diversion of publisher resources. As the ad model loses steam, focusing on page views generates less and less value and leads to commoditized, lowest-common-denominator news...
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Chinese online shopping! Here’s how to not...
Facebook is flooded with ads for stylish, cheap women’s clothing made in China, and US shoppers appear to be getting suckered. Companies use stolen images and deep discounts to attract customers, who...
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All hail the rise of India’s urban stupid
India’s 1% are suffering like its 99%—that is, if the 99% had sports cars and Louis Vuitton shoes. According to anecdotes reported by BuzzFeed, an aspiring actress works in a dance bar to afford a...
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Americans aren’t getting the Facebook news experience they want, but it’s the...
It may seem absurd to some that a onetime purveyor of digital pokes is now a crucial player in the 2016 presidential race, but 12 years after Facebook was founded in Mark Zuckerberg’s dorm room, 63% of...
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BuzzFeed canceled an ad deal with the Republican party, citing Trump’s...
BuzzFeed said it has terminated an advertising deal with the Republican National Committee (RNC) ahead of the November US presidential election. In an email sent to staffers, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti...
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BuzzFeed turned down $1.3 million in ad spending from the Republican Party
Online media outlet BuzzFeed has said “No thank you” to the Republican party’s ad money. In an email sent to employees on Monday, founder Jonah Peretti explained that the website won’t accept money...
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How to watch the nail-biting Brexit votes roll in live
Brexit is upon us. Voters in Britain have gone to the polls, and while the final results are expected between 5am and 7am this morning (June 24) local time in Britain, both the BBC and ITV News have...
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Facebook just sent a chill over every digital news organization
Facebook is teaching media organizations a valuable lesson in not putting all their eggs in one basket. Today (June 29), the world’s largest social network announced a change to its news feed algorithm...
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This bot will spend the next year tweeting the Chilcot report
The Chilcot report is long—2.6 million words long. It takes the form of 12 hefty volumes that occupy a table measuring several meters in length, in print form. It looks like this (with humans for...
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Snapchat is getting sued because its media partners are posting highly sexual...
Even the teens aren’t happy with all the content on Snapchat. An unnamed 14-year-old filed a class action suit in California against Snapchat over inappropriate images on the ephemeral messaging...
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Facebook’s divide-and-conquer tactics are an unnecessary attack on the media...
No one seems happy with Facebook’s recent algorithm change. The anger is growing among those who put too much faith in the giant social network’s ability to monetize news content. June 29, 2016 should...
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How the media’s reliance on social media made us all angrier—and dumber
Exactly like climate change keeps bringing more droughts and floods, the way news is consumed on social will lead to greater instability and accidents—and collateral damage to democracy. For news, this...
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