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With Robert Mueller’s report out, BuzzFeed addressed its differences with Mueller’s office over its report on Michael Cohen’s testimony. In January, BuzzFeed reported President Donald Trump told his personal attorney to lie to Congress under oath about negotiations with Russians to build Trump Tower Moscow and say…

President Donald Trump sent federal workers back to work this week allegedly out of sympathy for their payless plight. But he had little emotional support left for the journalists laid off this week by BuzzFeed and the Huffington Post. In an afternoon tweet, Trump predicted other news organizations would soon…

Many of those affected by BuzzFeed’s latest round of layoffs have been taking to Twitter this morning to share the unhappy news. The company confirmed Wednesday it planned to lay off 15% of its workforce, or about 200 people, including many news staffers. In a memo to employees on Wednesday, co-founder and CEO Jonah Pe…

UPDATED with Jonah Peretti memo: It certainly has been a tough week at BuzzFeed. A week after Robert Mueller’s office raised doubts about the news org’s report that Donald Trump ordered his lawyer-fixer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress comes word that the one-time poster child for pure-digital growth plans to lay off…

President Donald Trump took a victory lap after Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office issued a statement refuting aspects of BuzzFeed’s article claiming that Trump had insructed attorney/fixer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow project. Trump so far has confined himself to retweets by…

UPDATED: BuzzFeed has responded to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s statement: “We are continuing to report and determine what the special counsel is disputing. We remain confident in the accuracy of our report.” PREVIOUSLY: Friday evening, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office issued a rare statement in response to…

Donald Trump finally “responded” to the blockbuster Buzzfeed report alleging he directed former fixer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow project. Trump cited Fox News’ Kevin Corke in his tweet: “Don’t forget, Michael Cohen has already been convicted of perjury and fraud, and as recently as…

A federal judge in Florida handed BuzzFeed News a victory Wednesday in a defamation suit brought over the site’s publication of the infamous Steele Dossier in January of 2017. Russian technology executive Aleksej Gubarev sued BuzzFeed, claiming that dossier contained details about him that were false. He argued that…

New Line Cinema has snapped up the rights to Dear David, the first urban legend ghost story that unfolded on social media from BuzzFeed contributor Adam Ellis. Mike Van Waes is attached as the writer, based on a story by Van Waes and Evan Turner. The feature film is described as being a high concept horror-thriller…

As the first slate of news shows produced exclusively for Facebook Watch debut next week, the social network today announced a fresh slate of programs from publishers including Bloomberg, BuzzFeed and NowThis. Shows from CNN, Fox News, ABC owned stations, Univision and ATTN begin airing on Monday in a new section of…

Shanique Bonelli-Moore, previously head of internal communications at BuzzFeed, has been hired by UTA as Director of Corporate Communications. She will focus on internal communications programs at the agency, working with human resources, IT, finance, corporate services and other business groups to boost the company's…

Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s embattled attorney, has dropped two libel suits he had pursued against BuzzFeed over the website’s publication of the so-called dossier that allegedly contains damning details about President Donald Trump. The move came late Wednesday and was first reported in Politico. Cohen has been…