- CEO
- Jonah Peretti
- Full Time Employees
- 611
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Internet Content & Information
- Address
- 14 Elm Place New York City NY United States of America 10580
- IPO Date
- Dec 6, 2021
- Business
- BuzzFeed, Inc. BuzzFeed, Inc. (Nasdaq: BZFDW) is a digital media company that distributes entertainment, news, food, pop culture, and commerce content across owned and operated platforms including BuzzFeed, Tasty, and HuffPost, as well as third-party distribution channels in the United States and internationally; it offers articles, lists, quizzes, videos, original series, display advertising, programmatic advertising, video advertising, feature films, content licensing, and TV projects. Founded in 2006 by Jonah Peretti and John S. Johnson III and headquartered in New York City, the company generates revenue through its three primary business lines of advertising, content, and commerce while targeting the most diverse, online, and socially engaged global audiences. In recent developments, BuzzFeed sold First We Feast to an affiliate of Soros Fund Management in a $82.5 million all-cash deal in December 2024 to focus on high-margin programmatic advertising and affiliate commerce; it divested Complex Networks in February 2024; launched beta testing of BF Island, its AI-native social media app, in 2025; achieved a feature film topping Hulu charts in June 2025; and reaffirmed 2025 revenue guidance amid advertising challenges while advancing AI-driven initiatives.