BuzzFeed Unveils App, Says News is ‘Good Business’

USA Today: On Thursday, BuzzFeed will debut its news app on iOS. The app will give mobile news consumers a briefing on what’s going on in the world without the “Which ‘Orange Is The New Black’ Character Should You Date” fare featured on its main app. The news app was developed under the leadership of Stacy-Marie Ishmael, who was hired away from the Financial Times. “News is becoming a surprisingly good business,” according to BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti. “News benefits from the major shifts that are happening in the tech and media industry right now: social, mobile, and globalization.”