KEY POINTS
  • BuzzFeed on Tuesday announced plans to cut its workforce by nearly 12%, or around 180 staffers.
  • The digital media company said the decision to lay off staff comes in response to challenging economic conditions.
  • The company expects to cut most of the jobs by the end of the first quarter.

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The BuzzFeed website on a smartphone arranged in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021.

BuzzFeed on Tuesday announced plans to cut its workforce by nearly 12%, or around 180 staffers.

The digital media company said the decision to lay off staff comes in response to challenging economic conditions, its acquisition of Complex Networks and an ongoing audience shift to short-form, vertical video.

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