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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>BuzzFeed laid off dozens of employees on Friday inside its prized news division as the media organization restructures to grapple with the tumultuous digital news landscape.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a slaughter,\u201d one employee, who was not authorized to speak publicly, told CNN Business.<\/p>\n

The entire national desk, which produced some of BuzzFeed News\u2019 most illustrious feature reporting, was cut. The health desk was also slashed, and the national security desk was disbanded. The website\u2019s LGBT desk, an area of coverage in which BuzzFeed News had invested significant resources, was left with only one staffer. The entertainment team also suffered some cuts. Internationally, BuzzFeed News\u2019 offices in Spain were closed.<\/p>\n

Some of BuzzFeed News\u2019 longest serving employees were affected. John Stanton, a senior national correspondent and the former BuzzFeed News DC bureau chief, was laid off. Michael Rusch, the website\u2019s global news curation director who helped build BuzzFeed News\u2019 social accounts into powerhouses, said he too was let go.<\/p>\n

In total, 43 people were let go on Friday from BuzzFeed News, a spokesperson for the company told CNN Business. A person familiar with the layoffs said that the cuts to the newsroom had almost no impact on the politics, investigation, tech, and culture teams.<\/p>\n

Ben Smith, the editor in chief of BuzzFeed News, said in an email to staff that it was a \u201chard day\u201d and that the organization was \u201closing a lot of excellent colleagues.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll do our best to support the people who are leaving and to help them in any way we can going forward,\u201d Smith wrote.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Botswana. BuzzFeed laid off dozens of employees on Friday inside its prized news division as the media organization restructures to grapple with the tumultuous digital news landscape. \u201cIt\u2019s a slaughter,\u201d one employee, who was not authorized to speak publicly, told CNN Business. 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