The Debrief website aims to be more than 'BuzzFeed for girls'

Bauer Media launches site targeting perceived gap in the market for 'constantly connected, influential, 20-something women'Bauer Media has launched digital brand The Debrief, targeting twentysomething women, with a promise that it is more than "BuzzFeed for girls".The Debrief officially launched online on Monday, with the brand available on platforms including Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Facebook and Twitter.Lauren Holleyoake, publisher of The Debrief, says that there is a gap in the market for pushing a highly-targeted product at "constantly connected, influential, 20-something women.""Our target market does go to Mail Online, Stylist, Metro – those broad, mass-market brands – but they don't feel it is really them, they are not as targeted," she said.She admitted that The Debrief will bear some hallmarks of Jonah Peretti's hugely successful BuzzFeed, which has been built on the back of catchy lists of humorous and "must-read" lists, but denied that Bauer is looking to create a "BuzzFeed for 20-something women"."I don't think we compare to anything else, really. BuzzFeed has been hugely successfully and we will have elements like lists, but we also have our own unique approach," she said. "There will be a depth of content, longer reads, videos, shorter pieces, as well as formats like lists."Bauer Media is the latest magazine publisher to eschew using an established brand – such as Heat or Grazia magazines or Kiss FM – in a bid to target a new generation of digital... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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