BuzzFeed plans to eliminate 100 jobs, or about 8 percent of its workforce, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the online publisher feels the effects of an industry-wide slump in advertising.
The company will fire marketing, advertising and creative workers in the U.S. and U.K., Chief Executive Officer Jonah Peretti said in a memo Wednesday. Greg Coleman, who has been president of BuzzFeed for the last 3 1/2 years, will become a senior adviser, and BuzzFeed will begin a search for a new chief operating officer, Peretti said.
BuzzFeed and publishers from Time Inc. to Uproxx have been turning to investments in original video in search of online advertising riches as Facebook and Google vacuum up the vast majority of spending.
BuzzFeed will miss its revenue target of about $350 million this year by as much as 20 percent, according to the Wall Street Journal, which reported the layoffs earlier Wednesday.
The closely held company, which was valued at about $1.7 billion last year after a $200 million investment from NBCUniversal, will devote more resources to developing lifestyle brands such as food site Tasty and the travel-themed Bringme, Peretti said.
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The company will fire marketing, advertising and creative workers in the U.S. and U.K., Chief Executive Officer Jonah Peretti said in a memo Wednesday. Greg Coleman, who has been president of BuzzFeed for the last 3 1/2 years, will become a senior adviser, and BuzzFeed will begin a search for a new chief operating officer, Peretti said.
BuzzFeed and publishers from Time Inc. to Uproxx have been turning to investments in original video in search of online advertising riches as Facebook and Google vacuum up the vast majority of spending.
The closely held company, which was valued at about $1.7 billion last year after a $200 million investment from NBCUniversal, will devote more resources to developing lifestyle brands such as food site Tasty and the travel-themed Bringme, Peretti said.
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