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	<title>Observer &#187; OMG, WIN: BuzzFeed Hires Doree Shafrir</title>
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		<title>OMG, WIN: BuzzFeed Hires Doree Shafrir</title>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:50:58 -0400</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-213815" href="http://www.observer.com/2012/01/omg-win-buzzfeed-hires-doree-shafrir/buzzfeed-2/"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-213815" title="BUZZFEED" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/buzzfeed.jpeg" alt="" width="189" height="249" /></a>RollingStone.com senior editor Doree Shafrir has been named executive editor of BuzzFeed, the company announced today. She will oversee the social news site's expanding pop culture coverage, joining <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2012/01/18/buzzfeed-jonah-peretti-meme-streak-ben-smith/">CEO Jonah Peretti</a>, managing editor Scott Lamb and editor in chief Ben Smith (whose politics team is currently enjoying <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/01/ben-smith-on-buzzfeeds-plan-to-cover-politics.html">a glittery debut </a>on the GOP campaign trail) at the top of the masthead. <!--more--></p>
<p>“I am an avid reader of Doree’s work and beyond thrilled she is joining the team as Executive Editor,” said <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2012/01/18/buzzfeed-jonah-peretti-meme-streak-ben-smith/">Mr. Peretti</a>. “She was ahead of her time writing stories with the emotional intelligence and social impact that has now become the currency of the social web.”</p>
<p>Prior to Rolling Stone, she was a writer and editor at this newspaper and at Gawker. Speaking of, she'll also be working with fellow Gawker Media alumni Whitney Jefferson and Matt Cherette.</p>
<p>As Ms. Shafrir told <a href="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/buzzfeed-makes-another-splashy-hire-this-one-from-rolling-stone/?src=tp">the <em>New York Times</em></a>, “BuzzFeed is   super hot right now. There’s incredible talent there,  because BuzzFeed   is built for the world that journalists live and work  in right now — one   in which the social web has become dominant.”</p>
<p>Earlier this week, BuzzFeed introduced new Facebook integration that allows users to share content with a range of sentiments beyond the hegemonic "Like" button. They include: LOL, CUTE, WIN, FAIL,  OMG, WTF, and GEEKY.</p>
<p>Sorry,<a href="http://www.observer.com/2010/culture/my-town-kind"> Old Meanness</a>: Still no "dislike."</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-213815" href="http://www.observer.com/2012/01/omg-win-buzzfeed-hires-doree-shafrir/buzzfeed-2/"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-213815" title="BUZZFEED" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/buzzfeed.jpeg" alt="" width="189" height="249" /></a>RollingStone.com senior editor Doree Shafrir has been named executive editor of BuzzFeed, the company announced today. She will oversee the social news site's expanding pop culture coverage, joining <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2012/01/18/buzzfeed-jonah-peretti-meme-streak-ben-smith/">CEO Jonah Peretti</a>, managing editor Scott Lamb and editor in chief Ben Smith (whose politics team is currently enjoying <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/01/ben-smith-on-buzzfeeds-plan-to-cover-politics.html">a glittery debut </a>on the GOP campaign trail) at the top of the masthead. <!--more--></p>
<p>“I am an avid reader of Doree’s work and beyond thrilled she is joining the team as Executive Editor,” said <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2012/01/18/buzzfeed-jonah-peretti-meme-streak-ben-smith/">Mr. Peretti</a>. “She was ahead of her time writing stories with the emotional intelligence and social impact that has now become the currency of the social web.”</p>
<p>Prior to Rolling Stone, she was a writer and editor at this newspaper and at Gawker. Speaking of, she'll also be working with fellow Gawker Media alumni Whitney Jefferson and Matt Cherette.</p>
<p>As Ms. Shafrir told <a href="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/buzzfeed-makes-another-splashy-hire-this-one-from-rolling-stone/?src=tp">the <em>New York Times</em></a>, “BuzzFeed is   super hot right now. There’s incredible talent there,  because BuzzFeed   is built for the world that journalists live and work  in right now — one   in which the social web has become dominant.”</p>
<p>Earlier this week, BuzzFeed introduced new Facebook integration that allows users to share content with a range of sentiments beyond the hegemonic "Like" button. They include: LOL, CUTE, WIN, FAIL,  OMG, WTF, and GEEKY.</p>
<p>Sorry,<a href="http://www.observer.com/2010/culture/my-town-kind"> Old Meanness</a>: Still no "dislike."</p>
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