BuzzFeed, Culture Genesis to combine multicultural ad inventory to sell to advertisers

BuzzFeed has inked a new deal with Culture Genesis that allows the Black-owned and multicultural-targeted media network to package up and sell ads against BuzzFeed’s multicultural content, alongside its own inventory.

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