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Minimum starting salary for HuffPost and Buzzfeed will rise to $66,625, highest for any online media site unionized by WGA East

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 The 91-member union is seeking competitive compensation, annual wage increase, continued COVID-19 protocols and better benefits

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...

CDC ponders partnership with Dollar General for COVID-19 vaccines, BuzzFeed slammed for recent layoffs, and TikTok introduces anti-harassment features Also: Target and CVS partner on vaccine distribution, Twitter aims to launch ‘Spaces’ in April, 58% of creative teams have larger workloads, and more. Target is partnering with CVS to offer COVID-19 vaccines at 600 of its locations. “Our top priority since the onset of the pandemic: the health and safety of our team members, guests and the ...

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...

BuzzFeed cuts nearly 50 staff members from the HuffPost newsroom just three weeks after the two newsrooms merge.

Laid off during a pandemic: Former HuffPost employees find new ways to commiserate Fortune 3/10/2021 © Getty Images HuffPost and Buzzfeed, two large online publications, announced they would be merging on February 16. On Tuesday, less than one month later, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti notified staff that 47 of the 190 U.S. HuffPost employees would be laid off, and HuffPost Canada would be shut down entirely.  The layoffs came as a surprise to employees, who were reportedly invited to an onli...