BuzzFeed to shut French website

US news website BuzzFeed is to shut down its French version after four years online, staff told AFP on Thursday.

BuzzFeed in deal to distribute content in China

BuzzFeed has struck an agreement with Chinese technology group Bytedance to distribute its content in China, a rare foray behind the "Great Firewall of China" for Western media as Beijing tightens its censorship of the internet.