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Luis von Ahn: Duolingo landed translation contracts with CNN and BuzzFeed
“And we landed a contract with CNN and a contract with BuzzFeed that we were going to Translate all their news from English to Spanish.”
Raz: BuzzFeed Built a Larger Newsroom Than Most US News Outlets
“A company that just six years ago didn't even employ a single journalist, and today it has a bigger news team than most newsrooms in America.”
Peretti: John Johnson personally funded BuzzFeed's expenses at launch
“When we started, John just paid every month the expenses of BuzzFeed.”
Peretti: BuzzFeed Doubled Audience Annually From Launch
“We basically doubled our audience every year from when we launched the site, and it started with something like 200,000 or 300,000 people a month.”
Peretti: BuzzFeed's branded HBO 'Game of Thrones' quiz hit 1M views
“When quizzes got really big, a month after that, we could have a branded quiz for HBO, which is, how will you die in Game of Thrones? And you answer questions, and it'll be like, you'll be trampled, or you'll be beheaded. And, like, it was, it got a million vi…”