Mediagazer: BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti: on buying Hyper IQ and building apps, creating video, bundling, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

7:20 AM ET, December 19, 2014

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Nilay Patel / The Verge:

BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti: on buying Hyper IQ and building apps, creating video, bundling, and more — BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti: 'It's not just a site, it's a whole process' — BuzzFeed announced today that it's acquiring the talent team behind mobile app developer Hyper IQ …

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David S. Bernstein / Boston Magazine:

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Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:

The Yahoo app gets more personalized with local news and comments on both iOS and Android — Yahoo continues its trend of building personalized content in its latest app update for both iOS and Android. — Today, Yahoo is tweaking its digital content app to provide local news regardless of where you travel to.

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