Seeking Original Content, Buzzfeed Adds Politico's Ben Smith

Buzzfeed has expanded once again, this time adding Ben Smith, veteran of Politco, as its new Editor-in-Chief. Smith will continue to contribute for Politico on a weekly basis, but his main duties will be guiding original content and helping Buzzfeed become a social media news entity once the new year begins.

At Buzzfeed, Smith will be hiring reporters who will create original content and break news specifically formatted for the social web. This movement began last week, when Buzzfeed hired