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At BuzzFeed, a Pivot to Movies and Television

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Re: At BuzzFeed, a Pivot to Movies and Television

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Post by teej »

jonez450 wrote: post #20
teej wrote: post #4

One of the major drivers of this new age in BuzzFeed has been driven by Ze Frank[0] of all people. He ushered in an era of "viral" content before that was even a thing. I'm surprised there hasn't been more discussion of how he has helped transform them into more of a original content company. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ze_Frank

That's a shame - I used to like Ze Frank a decade ago when he had that 1 year long series. Now he's literally promoting cancer.

My persepective is completely different. I still see him as a brilliant and hard working guy. I think he was given an opportunity to take something crappy and transform it into something else, something worthwhile. What an incredible challenge! I think he has risen to that challenge and carved out a diamond in the rough that is BuzzFeed.

Re: At BuzzFeed, a Pivot to Movies and Television

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Post by QAPereo »

teej wrote: post #21
jonez450 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a shame - I used to like Ze Frank a decade ago when he had that 1 year long series. Now he's literally promoting cancer.

My persepective is completely different. I still see him as a brilliant and hard working guy. I think he was given an opportunity to take something crappy and transform it into something else, something worthwhile. What an incredible challenge! I think he has risen to that challenge and carved out a diamond in the rough that is BuzzFeed.

BuzzFeed isn’t even a chunk of dirty glass, never mind diamonds.

Re: At BuzzFeed, a Pivot to Movies and Television

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Post by Lazare »

QAPereo wrote: post #22
teej wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My persepective is completely different. I still see him as a brilliant and hard working guy. I think he was given an opportunity to take something crappy and transform it into something else, something worthwhile. What an incredible challenge! I think he has risen to that challenge and carved out a diamond in the rough that is BuzzFeed.

BuzzFeed isn’t even a chunk of dirty glass, never mind diamonds.

I believe you may be letting your biases run away with you, or you haven't noticed how much Buzzfeed has grown.

They generate a lot of content. Like most large content empires, much of it is bad, but some of it is great.

Re: At BuzzFeed, a Pivot to Movies and Television

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Post by danso »

dghughes wrote: post #6

I really hope not. Buzzfeed Canada is terrible a slimy tabloid organization I couldn't imagine in the 80s The National Enquirer starting a cable TV channel. Maybe the US version of Buzzfeed is different.

BuzzFeed News has a large investigative team with several Pulitzer Prize winners. Last year they were a finalist for international reporting: https://www.poynter.org/news/buzzfeed-news-gets-its-first-pu...

Re: At BuzzFeed, a Pivot to Movies and Television

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Post by untog »

jonez450 wrote: post #20
teej wrote: post #4

One of the major drivers of this new age in BuzzFeed has been driven by Ze Frank[0] of all people. He ushered in an era of "viral" content before that was even a thing. I'm surprised there hasn't been more discussion of how he has helped transform them into more of a original content company. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ze_Frank

That's a shame - I used to like Ze Frank a decade ago when he had that 1 year long series. Now he's literally promoting cancer.

What is he promoting that is literally cancer?

Re: At BuzzFeed, a Pivot to Movies and Television

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Post by QAPereo »

Lazare wrote: post #23
QAPereo wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

BuzzFeed isn’t even a chunk of dirty glass, never mind diamonds.

I believe you may be letting your biases run away with you, or you haven't noticed how much Buzzfeed has grown. They generate a lot of content. Like most large content empires, much of it is bad, but some of it is great.

They generate masses of content, vast and endless swathes of it; they’re the cancerous clenched fist of Brandolini’s law incarnate.

Re: At BuzzFeed, a Pivot to Movies and Television

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Post by kamphey »

xemdetia wrote: post #3

This makes sense to me because there are a lot of these youtube-esque clones that are finally reaching fairly good production value and can recut what they are building for a youtube format as well as a structured format. It feels like an easy landing area for these premium (in production) web channels, where their content has the youtube value curve of 1-3 days but easily could be repackaged in a form to be resold t…

That is exactly what we're doing at TBD

http://www.tbd.com

Packaging top quality digital content from YouTube, and vimeo, getting the rights direct from creators and managers. Then repackaging it into 30 minute and 60 minute shows.

Re: At BuzzFeed, a Pivot to Movies and Television

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Post by katastic »

QAPereo wrote: post #26
Lazare wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe you may be letting your biases run away with you, or you haven't noticed how much Buzzfeed has grown. They generate a lot of content. Like most large content empires, much of it is bad, but some of it is great.

They generate masses of content, vast and endless swathes of it; they’re the cancerous clenched fist of Brandolini’s law incarnate.

BuzzFeed is just another gawker.

I mean, who cares if Gawker outed a gay guy just for clicks, or air'd people's sex tapes? THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL, right? They should be admired!

That's what this thread is leaning to at the moment.

Re: At BuzzFeed, a Pivot to Movies and Television

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Post by majormajor »

katastic wrote: post #28
QAPereo wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They generate masses of content, vast and endless swathes of it; they’re the cancerous clenched fist of Brandolini’s law incarnate.

BuzzFeed is just another gawker. I mean, who cares if Gawker outed a gay guy just for clicks, or air'd people's sex tapes? THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL, right? They should be admired! That's what this thread is leaning to at the moment.

Has BuzzFeed done either of those?

I don't follow them that closely, but this seems like a pretty huge leap of a comparison.

Re: At BuzzFeed, a Pivot to Movies and Television

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Post by flukus »

manachar wrote: post #15
overcast wrote: post #14

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They've been known to steal a ton of their recipes from other people, without acknowledging them. https://mic.com/articles/163958/the-secret-ingredient-to-buz... Also, there is a reason we have an executive chef developing menus. Ever heard of too many cooks spoiling the soup? That, and the general population has shit taste in everything from food, to entertainment. Having the children of buzzfeed deciding this, will…

Can an executive chef be replaced with enough data? I'm inclined to believe so. Also, recipes are not copyrightable or otherwise able to be locked up in some form of intellectual property. Thankfully. I would hate to see a world where I could only buy chocolate chips and chocolate chip cookie recipes from Nestle. Of course, it would be nice if they add attribution as needed, but tough to prove for something like this…

> Can an executive chef be replaced with enough data? I'm inclined to believe so.

I want what tastes good to me, not what tastes good to most people. You can't solve personal subjective problems with data.

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