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The decision to fire the in-house team has been unpopular in the BuzzFeed newsroom.В Some of the now-canceled podcasts had been promoted as part of a strategy of reaching out to nontraditional listeners. вЂњAs neededвЂќ often means temporary, episodic or contract work. Alex Sujong Laughlin September 20, 2018

ItвЂ™s not вЂњpivot to videoвЂќ itвЂ™s вЂњpivot to freelancersвЂќ and thatвЂ™s true across audio and across media. Hilton, vice president of news and programming at BuzzFeed News, in a memo to employees. вЂњWeвЂ™ve decided to move to a production model that is more like our TV projects - that is, treating shows as individual projects, with teams brought on as needed,вЂќ said Shani O.

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The moveВ also reflected twoВ truths in the industry: Quality podcast-making is expensive and not for dilettantes, and many podcast вЂњseasonsвЂќ often donвЂ™t amount to full 52-week employment conducive to salaries. The announcement Wednesday that BuzzFeed would be discontinuing most of its podcasts and firing its in-house audio team was the latest discordant note in a fast-growing medium.Д«uzzFeed's move followed Panoply'sВ announced exit from podcast-making last week and reinforced the latest flavor for digital sites: Making content deals with Hollywood.