“Hot Ones,” originally produced under the Complex Networks umbrella, moved under BuzzFeed after the company purchased Complex for $294 million in 2021, though BuzzFeed eventually sold ...
BuzzFeed acquired First We Feast as part of its 2021 deal for Complex Networks for about $198 million in cash and 2.5 million split-adjusted shares of equity. But the company, founded by Jonah ...
First We Feat was launched at Complex in 2012 and sold to BuzzFeed in 2021. “Hot Ones” premiered on the YouTube channel in 2015 and has since racked up more than 4 billion views. The show ...
After months of searching for a buyer to take First We Feast — the production company behind Hot Ones — off its hands, BuzzFeed has finally secured an $82.5 million all-cash deal to sell First ...
BuzzFeed acquired First We Feast through its purchase of the media company Complex in 2021 for about $198 million. Earlier this year, BuzzFeed sold Complex to the e-commerce platform NTWRK in a ...
BuzzFeed acquired First We Feast as part of its 2021 deal for Complex Networks for about $198 million in cash and 2.5 million split-adjusted shares of equity. But the company, founded by Jonah ...
The company shuttered its news division in 2023, and this year, it sold Complex for $108.6 million, though it held onto First We Feast. Jonah Peretti, the founder of BuzzFeed, said in a statement ...
BuzzFeed is selling First We Feast, the studio behind its popular YouTube talk show “Hot Ones,” for $82.5 million, the latest sale by the digital media company looking to stabilize its ...