Yes, Buzzfeed has a well staffed news operation that has covered some huge stories. In fact, Buzzfeed seems like one of the few news operations with a business

Yes, Buzzfeed has a well staffed news operation that has covered some huge stories. In fact, Buzzfeed seems like one of the few news operations with a business plan: clickbait and "sponsored content" successfully subsidising actual news output. The problem comes either when a news story conflicts with an advertiser's promoted content, or when shareholders start insisting on better returns and look at the news operation as a liability.