The Rise and Fall of Buzzfeed

Today I'm breaking down the rise and fall of buzzfeed. How did Buzzfeed succeed? Why did they fail? What do the company's financials look like? And most importantly is there still hope for Buzzfeed? Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:30 The First Person to Ever Go Viral 00:02:45 Today's Guests 00:07:24 The Founder of Buzzfeed 00:09:07 Asians Don't Like Being Hugged? 00:11:38 Afraid of Being Racist 00:13:37 How Buzzfeed took off (Huffington Post Sidepiece) 00:18:44 Buzfeed Video and Famous Creators 00:21:46 The Viral Video Formula 00:23:56 Making Inappropriate Jokes & Racism 00:30:46 The Big Problem 00:32:56 What is a Controversial Topic 00:41:13 White People Don't Clean Themselves 00:45:45 Buzzfeed Creators Getting Take Advantage Of 00:49:30 Ghost Town 00:51:00 Do They Make Money? 00:53:04: What is a Liberal? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices