BuzzFeed has told the UK staff of its recently acquired HuffPost website that it is shutting down its national news operation, leaving more than half its editorial staff at risk of redundancy and confirming the end of a digital journalism era. Of the existing news staff, only the site’s separate politics team will be retained, while the video desk is also to be cut. Every mother on the UK editorial staff has been told they face losing their job, including one person on maternity leave. BuzzFeed’s acquisition of HuffPost last year came after Peretti announced drastic cuts to BuzzFeed’s own highly respected US news division in 2019. Those precedents led many at HuffPost UK to fear the worst when the deal was announced.

Source: The Guardian March 12, 2021 11:54 UTC