The editor of BuzzFeed has had discussions with the company started by Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of the late Steve Jobs, about investing in the digital media company’s news division, according to two people with knowledge of the talks.Discussions between Ms Powell Jobs’ company, theEmerson Collective, which last year took a majority stake inThe Atlantic magazine, and Buzzfeed’s editor, Ben Smith, are at a preliminary stage and people close to the talks cautioned that a deal may not materialise.BuzzFeed, which split its business into separate news and entertainment units 18 months ago, has won plaudits for its news coverage but was recently hit by job cuts in London and New York.Its distributed content model, which relies heavily on social media, has also been hit by recent changes to Facebook
据两名知情人士表示，BuzzFeed的主编与乔布斯的遗孀劳伦•鲍威尔•乔布斯(Laurene Powell Jobs)创办的公司探讨了投资这家数字媒体公司的新闻部的可能性。