BuzzFeed is shutting down its namesake news division, which rose from quirky digital upstart to a Pulitzer Prize-winning operation but fell prey to the punishing economics of digital publishing that has laid low many of its peers.It’s a sobering end for a pioneering publication once seen as a serious challenger to legacy media outlets that had been slow to adapt to the internet, and closes the final chapter of a venture-capital-fueled digital era that left an indelible mark on how journalism is produced and consumed.
Origen: BuzzFeed Lays Off 15% of Staff, Shuts Down News Division – The New York Times
