About this episode
Byron Allen discusses his plans for BuzzFeed and his vision for a major media company.
Media investor and new BuzzFeed majority stakeholder Byron Allen joins Dylan to discuss his plans for the platform—and his long-term goal of building the world’s biggest media company. They discuss how the acquisition could help boost awareness for his app, Local Now, and his plan to ultimately turn BuzzFeed into a free streaming service (like YouTube) to appeal to advertisers and content creators. See all the ways bp is driving American energy forward at bp.com/InvestingInAmerica. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Dylan
Guest: Byron Allen
Topics covered
- media investment
- streaming services
- advertising
- content creation
- acquisitions
Keywords
- Byron Allen
- BuzzFeed
- Local Now
- streaming service
- media company
- advertisers
- content creators
Sponsors
bp
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: BuzzFeed, Local Now
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