BuzzFeed News

*BuzzFeed News*
	Buzzfeed News website on July 21, 2018
Type of site	News
Available in	English
Founded	December 2011; 12 years ago
Dissolved	May 5, 2023; 18 months ago
Headquarters	New York City, U.S.
Owner	BuzzFeed
Key people	Mark Schoofs (editor-in-chief); Ben Smith (former editor-in-chief);
URL	buzzfeednews.com
Advertising	Native
Current status	Discontinued

BuzzFeed News was an American news website published by BuzzFeed beginning in 2011. It ceased posting new hard news content in May 2023. It published a number of high-profile scoops, including the Steele dossier, for which it was strongly criticized,^[1]^[2]^[3] and the FinCEN Files. It won the George Polk Award, The Sidney Award, the National Magazine Award, the National Press Foundation award, and the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.

On April 20, 2023, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced that BuzzFeed News would be gradually shut down as part of company-wide layoffs.^[4] BuzzFeed, Inc. refocused its news efforts on HuffPost, which the company had acquired in 2020.^[5]^[6] BuzzFeed News discontinued adding new content on May 5, 2023.^[7] As of November 2024 there continue to be new celebrity gossip articles being posted to the buzzfeednews.com domain.^{[citation needed]}

^ Borchers, Callum (January 12, 2017). "Why so many journalists are mad at BuzzFeed". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 7, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
^ Graham, David A. (January 11, 2017). "The Trouble With Publishing the Trump Dossier". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on January 6, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
^ Greenwood, Max (January 10, 2018). "BuzzFeed editor defends publication of dossier". The Hill. Archived from the original on February 16, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
^ Spangler, Todd (April 20, 2023). "BuzzFeed News Is Shutting Down, Company Laying Off 180 Staffers". Variety. Archived from the original on April 20, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
^ Huston, Caitlin (April 20, 2023). "BuzzFeed News Shutting Down Amid Major Layoffs". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 2, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
^ Darcy, Oliver (April 20, 2023). "BuzzFeed News will shut down". CNN. Archived from the original on April 20, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
^ Waclawiak, Karolina (May 5, 2023). "A Final Editor's Note". BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on May 5, 2023. Retrieved May 5, 2023.

[1] Borchers, Callum (January 12, 2017). "Why so many journalists are mad at BuzzFeed". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 7, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

[2] Graham, David A. (January 11, 2017). "The Trouble With Publishing the Trump Dossier". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on January 6, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2018.

[3] Greenwood, Max (January 10, 2018). "BuzzFeed editor defends publication of dossier". The Hill. Archived from the original on February 16, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2018.

[4] Spangler, Todd (April 20, 2023). "BuzzFeed News Is Shutting Down, Company Laying Off 180 Staffers". Variety. Archived from the original on April 20, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.

[:3-5] Huston, Caitlin (April 20, 2023). "BuzzFeed News Shutting Down Amid Major Layoffs". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 2, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2023.

[:4-6] Darcy, Oliver (April 20, 2023). "BuzzFeed News will shut down". CNN. Archived from the original on April 20, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2023.

[Waclawiak-7] Waclawiak, Karolina (May 5, 2023). "A Final Editor's Note". BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on May 5, 2023. Retrieved May 5, 2023.

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