Selling the business that owns "Hot Ones" could help BuzzFeed meet its debt deadline. But that wouldn't be enough.

In an open letter, CEO Jonah Peretti calls out TikTok and Meta for prioritizing AI tech over content and says people miss the mid-2010s "'beer and wine' era of the internet." ...

And now "Hot Ones" — the show where celebrities answer questions while eating increasingly spicy chicken wings — is going to ...

“People are craving the ‘beer and wine’ era of the internet and we can bring that back on BuzzFeed, HuffPost, and Tasty.” (Beyond BuzzFeed, Peretti owns HuffPost and Tasty, the food ...

This isn't BuzzFeed's first foray into branded merchandise. They have a line of Tasty kitchenware, for example. The AirVibe, which retails for $59, is a part of BuzzFeed's initiative to "become an ...