Media
The Independent takes control of UK and Irish arms of BuzzFeed and HuffPost
The parent company of The Independent will gain control of the UK and Irish arms of HuffPost and BuzzFeed under the deal
BuzzFeed, once the poster child of disruptive online media, will hand what remains of its UK and Ireland operations to British news business Independent Digital News & Media in a long-term licensing agreement.
The Independent will gain BuzzFeed UK’s website, commercial and editorial staff and back-end technology. The deal also includes the UK and Irish arms of BuzzFeed-owned operations HuffPost, food network Tasty, and Seasoned, a vertical targeted at Black audiences.
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