The editor of BuzzFeed has had discussions with the company started by Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of the late Steve Jobs, about investing in the digital media company’s news division, according to two people with knowledge of the talks.Discussions between Ms Powell Jobs’ company, theEmerson Collective, which last year took a majority stake inThe Atlantic magazine, and Buzzfeed’s editor, Ben Smith, are at a preliminary stage and people close to the talks cautioned that a deal may not materialise.BuzzFeed, which split its business into separate news and entertainment units 18 months ago, has won plaudits for its news coverage but was recently hit by job cuts in London and New York.Its distributed content model, which relies heavily on social media, has also been hit by recent changes to Facebook
據兩名知情人士表示，BuzzFeed的主編與喬布斯的遺孀勞倫?鮑威爾?喬布斯(Laurene Powell Jobs)創辦的公司探討了投資這家數字媒體公司的新聞部的可能性。