#JonVoyage, RIP 301+, Time’s VR cover: What was in and what was out
Jon Stewart delivered his final moment of zen, capping off a week goodbyes. This week, YouTube finally ditched its weird 301+ view count on viral...
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This Man Shaved for The First Time In 14 Years — and That’s Enough to Go Viral
Changing up your look can be risky, but when one man took the plunge and shaved his beard for the first time in 14 years,...
Mick Fanning’s near miss with a shark: Why everyone won
I assume like most; we all shrieked when an unmistakable, slate-grey, dorsal fin sliced through the water’s surface in J-Bay, South Africa. And when the...
Perfect Pair: Dog and Owner Put Kleenex On Top Viral Video Chart
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BuzzFeed Restores Vanished Posts, Says It Didn’t Delete Them Over Advertiser Pressure
BuzzFeed restored two deleted posts on Friday after Gawker raised questions about whether the viral news and entertainment site removed them because they were critical...
#sowhoknew: The dress that broke the internet
I always imagined that it would be Kim Kardashian’s naked bum that would ultimately break the internet. But it was actually a blue and black...
The Justine Sacco redemption tour: Too little too late?
Justine Sacco made headlines a little over year ago when a very ill-conceived tweet she sent burst into viral flames. Sacco was the head of...
Virool’s CEO On Why Facebook Video Is Starting To Dominate
Face it: It’s unlikely your video campaign will go viral. Unlike Dollar Shave Club’s Michael Dubin, not everyone is a standup comedian. This is why...
Hot Zone: Bieber Fever Strikes the Viral Video Chart
Like it or not, you still can’t escape Justin Bieber — at least on the Viral Video Chart. The new face of Calvin Klein was...
Belize Tourism scores real-time marketing win with ‘Don’t Stop Belizein’
Come take a journey. Or rather Journey. Belize, the small English-speaking Central American nation, may not have the cache of some of its Caribbean neighbors,...
Samsung Jumps On the Ice Bucket Bandwagon to Promote Its Galaxy Phone
Dozens of major corporations have jumped on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge bandwagon, releasing videos featuring their executives doused in frigid water for the viral...
Sorting the Serious From the Silly, BuzzFeed Develops a Mobile App for Real News
BuzzFeed is known for publishing highly shareable lists and quizzes, but the viral publisher is now developing an app to highlight its more serious reported...
Best Practices: How to Make a Campaign Go Viral
Why did Newcastle Brown Ale began moving away from TV advertising last year? “We just realized it was like pissing into the Grand Canyon,” said...
French World Cup team says ‘Yo’ to its fans with viral app
What’s French for “Yo?” If you’ve downloaded Yo, the simple, silly and hugely viral app, you may get to find out – the French Football Federation is...
Jonah Peretti & Co. Get Owned: Watch the ‘Wolf of BuzzFeed’ Spoof Trailer
Our Clip of the Week is the “official trailer” for a movie that doesn’t exist — but that we kind of wish did. “The Wolf...
