The buyers include an affiliate of Soros Fund Management, progressive podcast company Crooked Media and Mythical Entertainment, the media company founded by the YouTube creators known as Rhett and Link.

Hot Ones” is going solo. BuzzFeed announced a deal to sell First We Feast, the studio behind the popular YouTube chicken-wing-eating celebrity talk show “Hot Ones,” for $82.5 million in cash to a group of investors.

The sale, to a group that includes the show’s host, Sean Evans, and Soros Fund Management, will allow BuzzFeed to pay down tens of millions of dollars in debt.

BuzzFeed Inc. has sold First We Feast, its food-centered brand behind the popular YouTube interview show Hot Ones, to a group of investors for $82.5 million, ending a months-long search and raising cash to pay down debt.

BuzzFeed has sold the studio behind the “Hot Ones” interview show, where celebrities eat spicy wings and answer questions about their careers.

Buzzfeed is getting out of the hot wings game. The media company has sold First We Feast, the studio behind the viral YouTube series "Hot Ones," to a group of investors that include the production company's founder Chris Schonberger and the host of "Hot Ones" Sean Evans,

BuzzFeed sold First We Feast, the studio best known for producing “Hot Ones,” a popular interview show where celebrities eat a series of increasingly spicy chicken wings.

Buzzfeed sold the First We Feast media company behind the “Hot Ones" podcast series to an affiliate group of Soros Fund Management on Thursday for $82.5 million.

BuzzFeed said on Thursday it has sold First We Feast, creator of YouTube's popular talk show 'Hot Ones', to a group led by Soros Fund Management affiliate for $82.5 million, as the struggling media company faces a cash crunch.

BuzzFeed Inc. has sold First We Feast, its food-centered brand behind the popular YouTube interview show Hot Ones, to a group of investors for $82.5 million, ending a months-long search and raising cash to pay down debt.