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Byron Allen in 2023.Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg
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Byron Allen wants to turn BuzzFeed Inc., the struggling online media outlet, into a free-TV super app that will combine news, weather reports and entertainment content.

The 65-year-old entrepreneur says he’ll use his experience creating and licensing programming for mass audiences to remake the well-known brand.

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