Love you forever BFN : Definitive Oral History Of BuzzFeed News 2012–2023
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#WritersStrike ✊🏽
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I'm incredibly proud of how transparent our union is. In the 's strike announcement, we included a list of our proposals, and the AMPTP's responses. Read it for yourself: it explains in black and white we're forced to go on strike.
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jesus christ.
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A Texas man shot his neighbors, killing an 8-year-old, three women and a man, after the family asked him to stop firing in his yard because they were trying to sleep, authorities said. Two victims were found lying over their children to protect them. apnews.com/article/mass-s
The amount of talent that Vice laid off today could fill multiple award-winning newsrooms. Could not be more gutted for my coworkers who have continued to turn out incredible work in spite of the constant threat of financial disaster at this company and lost their jobs anyway.
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BREAKING: Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx says she will not run for re-election
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Fate unknown????
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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese company tries to land spacecraft on moon; fate unknown.
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Good morning to readers.
Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands. Please RT this thread. It’s an important one.
Some news: I’m leaving NPR as part of the layoffs that dramatically cut the org's workforce.
I’ve decided to go back into Ukraine to keep reporting.
But this time, alone.
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Breaking News: Harry Belafonte, the barrier-breaking singer, actor and activist who became a major force in the civil rights movement, has died at 96. nyti.ms/444e0xM
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Nine days after Gorsuch was appointed to the Supreme Court, the head of Greenberg Traurig—a major law firm that’s before the Court all the time—bought land he’d been trying to sell for two years. Gorsuch did not report the identity of the purchaser.
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Good thing the economists shot down that corporate greed idea, otherwise I'd start to get worried about these numbers
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Pepsi. 14% revenue growth. Virtually no volume growth. investor.pepsico.com/docs/default-s
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NEW: Justice Clarence Thomas said he was advised he didn’t have to disclose trips and gifts from billionaire Harlan Crow because Crow, a close friend, “did not have business before the court.”
But in at least one case to reach the justices, Crow did.
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This is getting so spicy, y'all
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Don Lemon’s statement about this morning’s events is inaccurate. He was offered an opportunity to meet with management but instead released a statement on Twitter.
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Something about a statement in abnormally large indigo text with no margins says "unserious" but who am I to judge
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Carlson's last show was this past Friday. The primetime host closed that segment by saying, "We'll be back on Monday."
Seems like this departure was brand new information to Carlson.
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This is the face of a man knowing that he’s walking home with an Emmy no matter which category he submits in. Go off Kieran. #Succession
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really good week for a #Succession about how people can run companies and have billions of dollars without actually being good at anything
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The way I yelled “HOOOOOOOOO” at the TV!!!
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"Sure, lecture me, Vaulter guy." OOOOOF. #Succession
I wrote about a new achievement in capitalism history: Getting celebrities from every walk of life imaginable to forcefully deny that they paid for your product on the same weekend, because they find it embarrassing
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It is now against free speech to clarify you have not bought something when a company claims you have.
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Jeff Shell, the CEO of NBCUniversal, is stepping down "effective immediately," according to a statement released by Comcast Corporation.
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Why are half a dozen Republican-controlled states suddenly rolling back child labor laws?
The legislation all goes back to the same source: A billionaire-backed Florida lobbying group.
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NEW: Democrats’ state-level comeback hit its limits.
New maps and a surge of donor interest in downballot races have helped the party crawl out of the wilderness, but swathes of the country remain deeply inhospitable.
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This is so disappointing, they really chose to stand by the misogynoir. No thanks.
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“Beef” creator Lee Sung Jin and stars Steven Yeun and Ali Wong released a statement about David Choe’s interview where he joked about being a “successful rapist” during a massage
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You do not, under any circumstances, have to hand it to Jonah Peretti for building BuzzFeed. He was also the one who, for profit, voluntarily drove it into the ground
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Here is a list of BuzzFeed News reporters, editors, and talent that you should follow (and if this applies to you... hire):
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many people have asked for a drinks venmo fund for our ongoing funeral wake. it’s my twitter handle on venmo!! many thanks to those who have already contributed!!
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Terrible day.
helped free people from prison, changed laws, got sexual harassers fired, and more. As it did so, it won a Pulitzer, Pulitzer finalist honors 3 times, 3 Polk Awards, a National Magazine Award, etc.
Happy to help editors find great journalists.
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There are no "economic headwinds" there are no "evolutions in the media industry" causing these layoffs. The blame is fully and always with these rich dudes in charge, making bad business decisions, and never facing any fucking consequences for them.
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In case it isn’t obvious, I’m looking for a new job after 10 years!
Please hire me! I’m very good at reporting the news, particularly investigation and finding people. I’ve produced definitive coverage on online extremism. Also, I write viral stories about the royal family.
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Breaking News: BuzzFeed is shutting down its news division, BuzzFeed News, as part of an effort to cut the company’s work force by 15%, the chief executive said. nyti.ms/41nXMOh
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