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Xavier Yelmo ᕦ(ò_ó)ᕤ
@xavieryelmo · Digital Strategist
From the episode description
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BuzzFeed is one of the most important and successful new media companies, tying together deeply reported impact journalism with content optimized for the digital age. Peter Kafka talks with founder and CEO Jonah Peretti, and later on, The Verge’s Lauren Goode discusses the Apple event and Jason Del Rey … See more
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
I listened to this yesterday. I didn't know BuzzFeed started as a technology side project while Jonah worked at HuffPo.
Mike Bracco
@bracco · Product at JibJab
I listed a couple days ago as well and enjoyed it. The most interesting thing to me was the breakdown on consumption of Buzzfeed across all platforms. Crazy how big Snapchats Discover is for them already. Here was the breakdown: https://twitter.com/bracco/statu...
This was a great episode -- so many cool stories about early BuzzFeed (and the breakdown of traffic percentages!)
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Mike Coutermarsh
@mscccc · Code @ Product Hunt
just listened this morning. loved it, super interesting hearing about how buzzfeed came to be.
interesting how unexpected challenges (such as being delisted in Google) can lead to huge changes (investment/success in social))