BuzzFeed's advertising business has been struggling, with a decline in revenue across various streams. Despite this, the company is banking on AI-generated content to drive direct traffic and boost programmatic demand. CEO Jonah Peretti aims for BuzzFeed to become the leading media company in the AI era, but acknowledges that they are still at the beginning of this transformation.
The recent earnings report highlighted challenges faced by BuzzFeed, including a significant drop in ad revenue and the need to reverse the revenue decline. Selling off the Complex portfolio provided some stability to the business, but there are ongoing issues with unifying sales teams. BuzzFeed is focusing on AI-driven experiences to engage audiences and increase direct traffic to its owned-and-operated sites.
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