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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b) Departure of Chief Legal Officer
On November 11, 2022, Rhonda Powell announced her intention to resign as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of BuzzFeed, Inc. (the “Company”), effective January 2, 2023, in order to pursue other opportunities outside of the Company.
(c) Appointment of Chief Legal Officer
On November 11, 2022, the Company further announced that David Arroyo would be appointed as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company to succeed Ms. Powell. Mr. Arroyo is currently Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Litigation at the Company. His appointment will become effective on January 2, 2023.
Mr. Arroyo has more than 25 years of experience in news, cable television, digital publishing and large law firm practice, most recently as Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer & Head of Litigation at the Company, which he joined in2019. Prior to joining BuzzFeed, Mr. Arroyo was Senior Vice President, Global Head of Compliance at Discovery, Inc. from 2018 to 2019. Previously, he spent 14 years at Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. as Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer from 2016 to 2018; Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and Internal Audit from 2014 to 2016; Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs from 2012 to 2014; Vice President, Legal Affairs from 2007 to 2012 and Director, Legal Affairs from 2004 to 2007. Before joining Scripps Networks, Mr. Arroyo worked at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP and served as a Law Clerk to U.S. District Court Judge James G. Carr. Mr. Arroyo graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Public Policy and from the University of Michigan Law School with a Juris Doctor.
Item 9.01. Financial Statement and Exhibits.
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: | November 14, 2022 | ||
| BuzzFeed, Inc. | |||
| By: | /s/ Jonah Peretti | ||
| Name: Jonah Peretti | |||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | |||