Benjamin Mullin

The sale, to a group that includes the show’s host, Sean Evans, and Soros Fund Management, will allow BuzzFeed to pay down tens of millions of dollars in debt.

Ms. Gold, a managing editor at The Washington Post, is the latest in a series of high-profile departures from the paper.

The new publicly traded company is set to debut next year, with a bundle of channels that also includes Oxygen, E! and Syfy.

A hearing is scheduled for Monday to review the auction process, which is being contested by a losing bidder associated with Alex Jones, the Infowars founder.

The newsletter start-up, which once drew an overture from Elon Musk, is betting on politics content and recruiting stars. But profits remain elusive.

The reductions come just two weeks after Election Day, when The A.P. played a key role in calling races across the United States.

The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.

Liberty Media, which owns stakes in Formula 1 and Live Nation, is spinning off some of its assets in a corporate restructuring.

He Saw Digital Media Melt Down. His Next Act? A Media Start-Up.

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