In an attempt to hold what was once an experimental viral-content lab to higher standards of conduct, BuzzFeed has published a new comprehensive standards and ethical guidelines document that tells staff what they should and shouldn't do…
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Ben Smith on BuzzFeed’s mass deletion: Part of being experimental is deleting your failed experiments
Part of BuzzFeed's challenge as it evolves into a major media entity is to somehow marry its experimental nature with its broader journalistic ambitions, and the deletion of thousands of old articles is a symbol of the tension between those two things…
Read MoreBuzzFeed puts in new policies for “community” posts: an uneasy attempt at control
Political and activist groups are using BuzzFeed's self-publishing tools to promote controversial messages. On Wednesday, the site put out new policies and guidelines to govern "community" submissions.…
Read More3 signs you’ve left your job: creator of “BuzzFeed Lists” departs
Scott Lamb, who laid the foundation for much of BuzzFeed, has left the company to begin a new, undisclosed project.…
Read MoreBuzzFeed hires Guardian bureau chief in latest push for influence
BuzzFeed is in the process of a rapid-fire evolution from banal list site to serious news player. Its hiring of a senior Guardian journalist also reflects its enviable financial position.…
Read MoreBuzzFeed parties on with launch of Hollywood site
BuzzFeed has had a very good year after earning heaps of funding and expanding its serious news footprint from New York to Washington. Now, the viral site wants a piece of entertainment reporting.…
Read MoreCan you mix hookers with highbrow? 5 questions for BuzzFeed in 2013
BuzzFeed became a disruptive media force in 2012 by adding serious news to the silly and sleazy stuff it's long produced. Here are some questions that will determine whether BuzzFeed can shape news in the long run.…
Read MoreThe disruption in media and real-time politics at paidContent 2012
As part of paidContent 2012: At The Crossroads on May 23 in New York, I'll be talking with venture capitalist Fred Wilson about the future of media and with Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo and Vivian Schiller of NBC News about real-time politics.…
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