{ "site": "BuzzFeed News", "domain": "buzzfeednews.com", "articleUrl": "https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/buzzfeednews/buzzfeed-news-oral-history-2012-2023", "source": null, "fetched": "2026-06-30", "jsonldBlockCount": 3, "totalBytes": 5620, "blocks": [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "NewsArticle", "isAccessibleForFree": true, "description": "BuzzFeed News has been described as a chaos agent, a pirate ship, a reputable news organization, and, most notably, a “failing pile of garbage” by former president Donald Trump. We wanted to tell our own story — in our own words — about what it was like to be a part of it.", "headline": "Definitive Oral History Of BuzzFeed News 2012–2023 ", "datePublished": "2023-05-05T17:07:38.000Z", "dateModified": "2023-05-05T18:04:33.000Z", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "BuzzFeed News", "url": "https://www.buzzfeednews.com", "sameAs": [ "https://www.twitter.com/buzzfeed", "https://www.facebook.com/BuzzFeed", "https://www.pinterest.com/buzzfeed", "https://www.youtube.com/user/buzzfeedvideo" ], "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/images/amp/buzzfeed-60px-high.png", "width": 341, "height": 60 } }, "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2023-05/5/14/enhanced/64bfb194871b/longform-original-564-1683296540-3.jpg?crop=1600:1067;0,0&resize=1250:830&resize=1200:*", "width": 1200, "representativeOfPage": true }, "commentCount": 105, "articleSection": "News", "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "BuzzFeed News", "url": "https://www.buzzfeednews.com/buzzfeednews", "jobTitle": "BuzzFeed News" } ], "keywords": [], "mainEntityOfPage": "https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/buzzfeednews/buzzfeed-news-oral-history-2012-2023", "comment": [ { "@type": "Comment", "datePublished": "2023-05-05T17:24:11.000Z", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "ArbysMachtFries" }, "text": "Wait. BuzzFeed News is no more after today?!? But you guys were the only decent entity of BuzzFeed. 😭 thanks for the stories and the news. You’ll be missed.", "upvoteCount": 103, "downvoteCount": 0 }, { "@type": "Comment", "datePublished": "2023-05-05T17:23:26.000Z", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "sabbysass08" }, "text": "Really bummed that yet another source of news is eliminated. Fewer voices is the LAST thing we need right now. \nThe more voices the better, especially voices willing to counter the very loud, very obnoxious, extreme voices.", "upvoteCount": 91, "downvoteCount": 0 }, { "@type": "Comment", "datePublished": "2023-05-05T17:32:11.000Z", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "tastymalaise" }, "text": "Thank you, for all you’ve done! \n\nOnline news is such an urgent part of our cultural landscape. It’s very sad to lose this accessible comprehensive source. \n\nIt’s also been fascinating to write and read the Community comments on some of the biggest stories, such as election results and the January 6th Insurrection. \n\nA big chunk of what BuzzFeed had become will disappear, and that’s sad. I still hope that the content will comprise more than the Kardashians and celebrity feuds. Here’s hoping!", "upvoteCount": 47, "downvoteCount": 0 }, { "@type": "Comment", "datePublished": "2023-05-05T18:00:07.000Z", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice Lahoda" }, "text": "BuzzFeed News has some of the best reporting and content on the entire internet, and it's such a shame to see it shut down!!", "upvoteCount": 37, "downvoteCount": 0 }, { "@type": "Comment", "datePublished": "2023-05-05T17:47:04.000Z", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "ZeroSymbion" }, "text": "I'm going to miss Buzzfeed News. I hope someday it can be revived. This really sucks.", "upvoteCount": 31, "downvoteCount": 0 }, { "@type": "Comment", "datePublished": "2023-05-05T22:27:17.000Z", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elsie Snuffin" }, "text": "I can’t believe you guys won a Pulitzer and two years later, you’re being shut down. BFN was the best part of this site and I’m going to really miss it (and the comments section, which is both bonkers and lovely).", "upvoteCount": 24, "downvoteCount": 0 }, { "@type": "Comment", "datePublished": "2023-05-06T01:37:51.000Z", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "jolene0717" }, "text": "They should have kept Buzzfeed News and got rid of Buzzfeed Shopping instead", "upvoteCount": 23, "downvoteCount": 0 }, { "@type": "Comment", "datePublished": "2023-05-05T23:21:38.000Z", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "JennyPenny" }, "text": "I worked at the Times during peak BuzzFeed and it can't be overstated how much BuzzFeed changed the way NYT approached headlines, subheds, and tweets. The language became much less formal, like they were leveling with readers. The Times was already on its way to becoming a digital-first operation, and the tone it adopted for this new age was decidedly BuzzFeedian. Your contributions will not be forgotten.", "upvoteCount": 23, "downvoteCount": 0 }, { "@type": "Comment", "datePublished": "2023-05-05T18:19:38.000Z", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Glowstick" }, "text": "What? How can it shut down?? The news is a breath of fresh air from Buzzfeed News, telling it to me like a mate would without the pompous attitude. Is there nothing that could be done to keep you going?\nKeep writing!", "upvoteCount": 18, "downvoteCount": 0 }, { "@type": "Comment", "datePublished": "2023-05-05T17:29:01.000Z", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jessica65t6" }, "text": "Thank you for your hard work!", "upvoteCount": 16, "downvoteCount": 0 } ] }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Organization", "name": "BuzzFeed", "url": "https://www.buzzfeednews.com", "sameAs": [ "https://www.twitter.com/buzzfeed", "https://www.facebook.com/BuzzFeed", "https://www.pinterest.com/buzzfeed", "https://www.youtube.com/user/buzzfeedvideo" ], "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/images/amp/buzzfeed-60px-high.png", "width": 341, "height": 60 } }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "ItemList", "itemListElement": [] } ] }