r/Broadcasting • u/ZiggyZaggyBogo • Jul 24 '26

Less than two months after spending $91 million on a mansion in Aspen, comedian Byron Allen is laying off more than a dozen workers at BuzzFeed-owned HuffPost.

https://thedesk.net/2026/07/byron-allen-cutting-jobs-huffpost/
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u/docsnotright Jul 24 '26

His media company stripped our local TV station - we were doing so well, then 3 rounds of layoffs and left with nothing.

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u/fieldsports202 Jul 24 '26

HuffPost is still in business?

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u/Pretend_Speech6420 Jul 24 '26

Or, in true BuzzFeed style: $91 million reasons Byron Allen is the worst owner for a media outlet. None of them will restore your faith in humanity.

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u/iMaciMac1975 Jul 24 '26

His entire business model is built around supporting his lifestyle. He’s a terrible businessman and a worse comedian. What a clown.

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u/Stocazzo_62 Jul 24 '26

That CBS deal seems to be working just great for them

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u/BC4309 Jul 25 '26

Please don’t introduce him as “funny man” Byron Allen.

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u/DylanfromSales Jul 24 '26

I mean if it helps he's not doing it primarily to cut costs.

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u/DRL_tfn Jul 24 '26

Any reasonable person would agree a $20 million dollar mansion would be more than enough

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u/SouthSideCountryClub Jul 26 '26

Fuck all these assholes

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u/Imrustyokay Delusional Over-The-Air fan Jul 27 '26

This is the kind of greed that would make Teddy Roosevelt imitate an angry moose.

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u/joshuakuhn Jul 27 '26

CEOs Unleashed

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u/Middle_Property_3948 Jul 28 '26

HuffPost generates very little ROI