Vivek Ramaswamy demanded a “major shift” at media outlet BuzzFeed after buying a stake in the company, according to a report.

Ramaswamy sent a letter to the outlet after buying an 8.4% stake, demanding it apologize for mistakes in its coverage and asking that it hire prominent conservative commentators to “challenge” its audience, according to the Guardian.

Ramaswamy reportedly drafted an apology for the outlet to issue saying sorry for “past journalistic mistakes” after the tech entrepreneur bought his stake in the company.

Ramaswamy, who ran for the Republican nomination for president in 2024, suggested the company hire conservative commentators, including Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, plus other outspoken political pundits such as Bill Maher, Aaron Rodgers, and Charles Barkley.

The Washington Examiner reached out to a representative of Ramaswamy for comment.

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Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeed’s co-founder and CEO, responded to the letter and said, “I’m very skeptical it makes business sense to turn BuzzFeed into a creator platform for inflammatory political pundits. … And we’re definitely not going to issue an apology for our Pulitzer prize-winning journalism.”

BuzzFeed has been struggling since going public in 2021 and shuttering its news division last year, according to the report. BuzzFeed is notable for publishing 35 pages of the unverified Steele dossier in 2017.