---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-124791"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BZFD"
cik: "0001828972"
company_name: "BuzzFeed, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T09:04:10.063589+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BuzzFeed announces 12% workforce reduction, expects $8M-$12M in restructuring charges

## Summary
- Approximately 12% workforce reduction due to macro conditions, Complex Networks integration, and shift to vertical video.
- Expected restructuring charges of $8M to $12M, mostly in Q4 2022 with cash payments by Q1 2023.
- Workforce reduction substantially completed by end of Q1 2023; severance offered with separation agreements.
- Senior executives eligible for severance under Change in Control and Severance Plan contingent on release.
- Reduction intended to lower costs amid challenging macroeconomic and audience trends.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-124791
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BZFD
- cik: 0001828972
- company_name: BuzzFeed, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828972/000110465922124791/0001104659-22-124791-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828972/000110465922124791/tm2232065d1_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-124791
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-124791.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-124791.txt

## Key facts
- Restructurings & Charges
  BuzzFeed, Inc. announced a restructuring with charges of $8 million to $12 million (approximately twelve (12) percent reduction in the current workforce).
  - Type: restructuring
  - Charge: $8 million to $12 million
  - Headcount: approximately twelve (12) percent reduction in the current workforce
  source text: of providing, where required, WARN notice; and severance, including outplacement services and benefits continuation. We estimate that the foregoing charges will range between $8 million to $12 million, and we expect that the charges will be recognized primarily in the fourth quarter of 2022, with the majority of such charges anticipated to be paid by the end of
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828972/000110465922124791/0001104659-22-124791-index.htm

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