BuzzFeed has promoted Richard Alan Reid to the role of President of Studio, the digital media company announced on Thursday.
This comes following three and a half years in which he’s served as EVP, Head of Studio & International. As part of Reid’s promotion, BuzzFeed Studios is absorbing and refocusing the video arm of BuzzFeed, Inc., which is home to fan-favorite channels like BuzzFeed Celeb, BuzzFeed Video, Unsolved Network, and the BuzzFeed Animation Lab, into one combined entity.
His role will now oversee all of the expanded studio encompassing digital video, distribution and premium programming across film, television, documentary, audio, FAST and licensing for BuzzFeed, HuffPost, Hot Ones and Tasty.
As President, he will also lead all business and content operations across the company’s international portfolio of editions and partnerships around the world.
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