BuzzFeed names Christian Baesler as COO


FILE PHOTO A screen announces the debut of BuzzFeed Inc. at the Nasdaq Market in Times Square in New York City U.S. December 6 2021.  REUTERSBrendan McDermid

FILE PHOTO: A screen announces the debut of BuzzFeed Inc. at the Nasdaq Market in Times Square in New York City, U.S., December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

(Reuters) - BuzzFeed Inc on Thursday named Christian Baesler as chief operating officer, filling a role that has remained vacant for over seven years just a month after the digital media company's disappointing debut on the Nasdaq.

The company hasn't had a COO since Jon Steinberg stepped down from his role in 2014.

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