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Inside the takeover of Buzzfeed - that went from high-flying media darling to to 'laughably irrelevant'

Page Six·Katcy Stephan·17 days ago
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After BuzzFeed announced on Monday that Byron Allen is acquiring a majority stake for $120M, former employees are taking the news hard, at the once high-flying media darling. Although stock rose by 100% on Tuesday after news of Allen’s deal broke, it’s a far cry from the company’s worth at its height. In 2014, then-CEO and founder Jonah Peretti (now president of BuzzFeed AI) turned down a reported $650 million offer from Disney. After BuzzFeed announced on Monday that Byron Allen is acquiring a majority stake for $120M, former employees are taking the news hard, at the once high-flying media darling.…

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