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HuffPost and Buzzfeed, two large online publications, announced they would be merging on February 16. On Tuesday, less than one month later, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti notified staff that 47 of the 190 U.S. HuffPost employees would be laid off, and HuffPost Canada would be shut down entirely.
The layoffs came as a surprise to employees, who were reportedly invited to an online video meeting Tuesday morning where the password spr!ngisH3r3 (spring is here) was required for entry. During the meeting, they were told that they would have to wait until 1 p.m. to see if they received an email informing them of their termination.