Today's BuzzFeed-Going-Public Scoop Was Already a Story in 2016

WSJ and Recode had reported on BuzzFeed's potential IPO last November

Axios’ Mike Allen had what appeared to be a scoop this morning on BuzzFeed’s plans to go public next year, something for which the publication has been “quietly making preparations,” as Allen described it.

A number of outlets wrote their own stories based on Allen’s report, but then other kinds of follow-ups emerged, showing just how short historical memory is when it is set against the unrelenting pace of news. As many pointed out on Twitter, the news about a potential BuzzFeed IPO had already come out months ago.

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