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Buzzfeed联合创始人兼新闻聚合网站Buzzfeed CEO乔纳•佩雷蒂。
Buzzfeed 纽约和洛杉矶 成立年份:2006年 雇员人数:没有数据 读者人数:截至2013年3月份,4,000多万人 掌门人:《赫芬顿邮报》联合创始人乔纳•佩雷蒂担任CEO。政治家校友本•史密斯担任主编。 成名原因:《让你觉得自己老了的40件事》等榜单如病毒般在互联网上传播开来。 背景:佩雷蒂创建BuzzFeed,准则是聪明的人会带着自己的资产,而不是无偿的博客文章或者无名的互联网用户,与商务社交网站LinkedIn这样的公司抢风头。他去年秋季在接受《财富》杂志采访时说:“现在这些平台都在说:‘我们怎样才能获得超越用户生成内容的优质内容?'” 资助者:SV Angel的罗恩•康威,莱勒风投公司(Lerer Ventures)、社交营销公司Buddy Media联合创始人迈克尔•拉泽罗,软银资本风投公司(Softbank Capital),以及其他投资者贡献了4,600万美元。 商业模式:原生广告,即融入到该网站其他报道之中的广告。 营收情况:没有数据,不过佩雷蒂曾透露,在2012年的大部分时间里,营收翻了两番。《华尔街日报》(The Wall Street Journal )估计,Buzzfeed今年可产生4,000万美元的营收。 盈利情况:没有数据。 未来动向:在网络视频先驱扎•弗兰克的领导下,Buzzfeed将推出更多的原创视频。 |
Buzzfeed New York and Los Angeles Founded: 2006 Employees: Not available Readers: 40 million-plus, as of March 2013 Who runs it: HuffPost co-founder Jonah Peretti as CEO, Politico alum Ben Smith as Editor-in-Chief. What it's known for: Lists that go viral like 40 Things that Will Make You Feel Old. Backstory: Peretti built BuzzFeed with the mantra that smart people will carry his property, not unpaid bloggers or unknown Internet users, matching companies like LinkedIn. "'Now these platforms are all saying, 'How can we get good content that goes beyond user-generated content?'" he told Fortune last fall. Backers: SV Angel's Ron Conway, Lerer Ventures, Buddy Media co-founder Michael Lazerow, Softbank Capital, and others contributed $46 million. Business model: Native advertising, or ads that blend in with the other stories on the site. Revenues: Not available, although Peretti has said revenues quadrupled through most of 2012.The Wall Street Journal suggested Buzzfeed could generate $40 million in sales this year. Profitable: Not available. What's next: More original videos thanks to web video pioneer Ze Frank. |