Last year, the newsroom was stunned at the exodus of top executives, including then-editor in chief Mark Schoofs and two of his deputies, Tom Namako and Ariel Kaminer.

BuzzFeed News shuts down as parent company lays off 15% of staffers

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BuzzFeed News has published its last listicle.

The parent company of the site that first gained popularity with lists such as “10 Important Life Lessons You Can Learn From Cats” — and also published the now-debunked Steele dossier — is being shut down, according to a memo from BuzzFeed Inc. CEO Jonah Peretti on Thursday.

Peretti said scrapping the site was part of a broader shakeup that includes laying off 15% of staffers companywide — which amounts to 180 jobs. BuzzFeed Inc. also owns the online news sites HuffPost and the Complex Networks. ---More...

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Last year, the newsroom was stunned at the exodus of top executives, including then-editor in chief Mark Schoofs and two of his deputies, Tom Namako and Ariel Kaminer.

BuzzFeed News shuts down as parent company lays off 15% of staffers

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