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Atim Ukoh—Afrolems: Nigeria and North America Atim Ukoh—Afrolems: Nigeria and North America Atim Ukoh is the Creative Director of Afrolems, an African Food Company. She trained at the University of Toronto as a Digital Enterprise Management Specialist and received a Masters in Social Entrepreneurship at Hult International Business School in San Francisco. She has successfully managed the business for over 10 years and received recognition from media outlets like CNN, Buzz Feed, Ventur...

Mass Layoffs at Huffington Post: Journalism at the Edge of a Precipice The only way the media industry can shield itself from the whims of sadistic media baron owners who care nothing for journalism is by looking beyond capitalist ownership. World13/Mar/2021 Given their appalling regularity these days, media layoffs have begun to take on the character of a grim ritual that follows a now all-too-familiar pattern. With great pomp, a big industry player, media baron, or venture capitalist will ann...

Huffington Post, Once a Beacon of Gender Equality, Is Shedding Women Editors Under BuzzFeed On 3/12/21 at 1:04 PM EST The Huffington Post, once praised as a cutting-edge media outlet driven by women, is losing much of its female staff amid widespread layoffs, effectively dealing a blow to its progressive reputation in a male-dominated industry. After the websites acquisition by BuzzFeed was finalized last month, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced a restructuring effort that aims to "fast-trac...

Job cuts come after digital media disruptors failed to match their hype

Image: FrackFeed “Welcome to your new favorite place,” the headline of the website FrackFeed read at the beginning of December. “The dankest memes curated for your lurking enjoyment.” Advertisement If you happen to be obsessed with both fracking and some semblance of early 2010s internet culture, FrackFeed was your playground. The site boasted quizzes (“Pick a Pumpjack”), jokes (“What do you call someone who steals energy? A joule thief”), and listicles (“The Top 5 Oilfield In...

Find Out Which Disney Villain You Are Based Off Your Music Choices This is who I got: Ursula, the sea witch from "The Little M Yes - I am Ursula And I quote - "Your ambition is intense and unquestionable, and youre not afraid to do whatever it takes to get what you deserve. Plus, your sense of humor and outgoing personality puts people under your ~spell.~!" Mostly accurate actually - all except the outgoing personality part. Id much prefer stay home and watch Disney movies!

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read (Reuters) - Online media outlet BuzzFeed is in talks to go public through a merger with 890 5th Avenue Partners Inc, a special purpose acquisition company, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. 890 5th Avenue did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment, while BuzzFeed declined to comment. (bloom.bg/3t90jus) Blank-check firm 890 5th Avenue raised $287.5 million through an initial public offering in January, ...

The far-left BuzzFeed gutted the far-left HuffPost just three weeks after acquiring the failing site.

How Snap came back Just a few years ago, people were ready to write Snaps obituary. User growth had plateaued and it started to look like just another social platform as rivals copied its features. But Snap looks pretty different now from platforms like Facebook and TikTok that are enmeshed in privacy controversies. And as Tanya Dua, Lara OReilly, and Dan Whateley report, its providing the service demanded by advertisers that was missing from its early days. "Snap is on the consideration set ag...

Less than one month after its acquisition of HuffPost from Verizon Media, BuzzFeed has announced sweeping cuts to the HuffPost newsroom. As part of a restructuring, 47 employees in the U.S. have been laid off -- eight of whom work in management. This includes executive editor Hillary Frey, who had been leading the HuffPost U.S. newsroom following the departure of Lydia Polgreen, and executive director, international, Louise Roug. At the same time, HuffPost’s Canadian iteration will cease oper...