{"id":117116,"date":"2021-06-24T19:15:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T19:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=117116"},"modified":"2021-06-24T19:15:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T19:15:40","slug":"buzzfeed-confirms-plan-to-go-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/buzzfeed-confirms-plan-to-go-public\/","title":{"rendered":"BuzzFeed Confirms Plan to Go Public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The digital media company, which will merge with a publicly listed shell company in what is known as a SPAC deal, also lined up about $150 million in debt financing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/06\/24\/business\/24econ-brf-buzzfeed\/merlin_111300698_07a190d5-f59f-418a-acf8-a7b30d69ee35-articleLarge.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2018\/07\/10\/multimedia\/author-edmund-lee\/author-edmund-lee-thumbLarge.png\"><\/p>\n<p><span>By <\/span><span>Edmund Lee<\/span><\/p>\n<p>BuzzFeed, the digital publisher known for viral content, announced on Thursday its plan to go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, signaling a shift in the business strategy of the once high-flying media start-up.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/24\/business\/media\/buzzfeed-merger-spac.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The digital media company, which will merge with a publicly listed shell company in what is known as a SPAC deal, also lined up about [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":117115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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