BuzzFeed Seeks to Block $11 Million Defamation Lawsuit

Advertising Age: BuzzFeed is “respectfully” demanding the dismissal of an eight-figure defamation lawsuit filed in late January by the British journalist Michael Leidig and the news service he founded, Central European News. Leidig claimed that an April 2015 BuzzFeed story damaged his reputation and that of his company, which licenses buzzy news stories to larger news organizations. In return, he asked for BuzzFeed to pay just over $11 million.