BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti has gone public

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4.4 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

BuzzFeed used to be an internet experiment. Now it’s a publicly-traded company that expects more than $500 million in revenue this year. CEO Jonah Peretti talks to Recode’s Peter Kafka about the route his company took to the NASDAQ; why he’s not worried about investors who bailed on the company; and the state of labor negotiations with the BuzzFeed News union. Featuring: Jonah Peretti (@peretti), CEO of BuzzFeed Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:38.8	talking to Jonah Paredi who by the time you hear this podcast will be running a publicly traded
1:44.0	company welcome Jonah thanks for having me I'm talking to you hear this podcast will be running a publicly traded company welcome
1:45.1	Jonah thanks for having me I'm talking to you Friday but people hear this on Monday
1:49.0	how are you going to commemorate the fact that you're now running a public
1:53.4	company you're trading on the NASDAQ so there's no bell to ring what's the
1:56.6	ritual you're gonna do we're gonna we're gonna have a crew at NASDAQ on Monday
2:00.6	so I guess
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