BuzzFeed faces $11m defamation lawsuit from viral news agency

Mark Sweney

from Technology | The Guardian on 2016-01-27 11:18 (#1208H)

Central European News and its founder Michael Leidig claim that an article titled 'The King of Bullsh*t News' deliberately set out to damage the business

BuzzFeed is being sued for $11m (7.7m) by a news agency and its founder over an article titled "The King of Bullsh*t News".

Central European News, founded and run by British journalist Michael Leidig, has launched a US legal action claiming that BuzzFeed's 7,000-word article deliberately set out to damage its business.

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