BuzzFeed sold First We Feast, a now-independent studio known for producing the popular “Hot Ones” interview show on which celebrities eat increasingly hot chicken wings, for $82.5 million to a ...

By Benjamin Mullin BuzzFeed on Thursday said it had reached a deal to sell the company behind the popular interview show “Hot Ones” for $82.5 million, easing a cash crunch that has loomed over ...

In a press release, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti said that selling off First We Feast “marks an important step in BuzzFeed, Inc.’s strategic transformation into a media company positioned to ...

Buzzfeed announced that it officially sold the company behind the "Hot Ones" YouTube show to a George Soros-funded affiliate. In a press release on Thursday, Buzzfeed revealed it closed the sale ...

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 ...

Good news for BuzzFeed: It no longer has a huge debt problem looming over its head. Slightly less good news for BuzzFeed: Solving the debt problem means the company needed to sell one of its ...

“Hot Ones” is going solo. BuzzFeed announced a deal to sell First We Feast, the studio behind the popular YouTube chicken-wing-eating celebrity talk show “Hot Ones,” for $82.5 million in ...

BuzzFeed announced Thursday that it had closed a deal to sell First We Feast, the studio behind “Hot Ones,” a popular interview show in which celebrities eat increasingly spicy chicken wings ...

Pop culture brand BuzzFeed is selling the studio behind the popular chicken wing-style interview show “Hot Ones” to an affiliate of Soros Fund Management, the company announced on Thursday.