Exclusive: Jonah Peretti explains why he sold BuzzFeed (opens in new tab)

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Today, I’m talking with Jonah Peretti, who is, technically, the CEO of BuzzFeed — although that will be coming to an end very soon. Just days before we spoke, Jonah agreed to sell 52 percent of BuzzFeed for a total of $120 million to Byron Allen, who owns The Weather Channel, a number of broadcast […]

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“What was most exciting is that he’s a better media executive than I am, and he could be a media executive, and that could allow me to be more of a tech executive.”

Media Briefing: Publishers brace themselves for the zero-click era amid Google’s AI search overhaul

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