BuzzFeed gets A Buzz

BuzzFeed, the online content sharing site, received a $50 million dollar investment from one of the biggest VC firms, Andresson Hororwitz, according to a report in the New York Times. BuzzFeed presently gets about 150 million viewers per month, with about 75 percent of the traffic coming via social media. It seems that the out-sized reliance on social media is a concern for the company, and they are looking to perhaps use the new capital infusion to build put different initiatives anD expand globally. In addition, according to the NY Times, BuzzFeed will introduce new content sections, create a technology incubator arm, and allocate more capital to further develop BuzzFeed Motion Pictures.