{"id":22364,"date":"2024-12-12T09:45:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T14:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/buzzfeed-offloads-hot-ones-producer\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T09:45:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T14:45:33","slug":"buzzfeed-offloads-hot-ones-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/buzzfeed-offloads-hot-ones-producer\/","title":{"rendered":"BuzzFeed Offloads Hot Ones Producer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First We Feast, which produces the hit online show <em>Hot Ones<\/em>, has been sold by BuzzFeed to a consortium led by an affiliate of Soros Fund Management for $82.5 million in cash.<\/p>\n<p>BuzzFeed has been in the process of shifting away from &#8220;lower-margin content products&#8221; to focus on programmatic advertising and affiliate commerce. BuzzFeed acquired First We Feast, which produces a wealth of online shows focused around food, as part of its purchase of Complex Networks in 2021. 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