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07 Feb 2011 00:23

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Biz, Tech: Three things to know about AOL’s Huffington Post merger

  • one The buyout fits perfectly in with AOL CEO Tim Armstrong’s content strategy. It’s a strategy that led him to buy TechCrunch last year.
  • two The merger of the two companies has the potential to draw in 100 million viewers to a single Web conglomerate with many tentacles.
  • three Arianna Huffington will now be in charge of all of AOL’s editorial content – including such notable things as Moviefone and Mapquest.  source
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07 Feb 2011 00:10

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Biz, Tech: Huffington Post, AOL getting married, having lots of little articles

  • By combining HuffPost with AOL’s network of sites, thriving video initiative, local focus, and international reach, we know we’ll be creating a company that can have an enormous impact, reaching a global audience on every imaginable platform.
  • Arianna Huffington • Revealing to her readers that, holy crap, AOL JUST BOUGHT THE HUFFINGTON POST FOR $315 MILLION! THIS IS HUGE. LIKE BIG HUGE. This would be the largest deal AOL’s ever been involved in if not for that pesky Time Warner thing that ended up in tears for all involved – especially stockholders. source
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16 Nov 2010 10:54

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Politics: Who created The Huffington Post? Our money’s on Breitbart

  • her Arianna Huffington launched The Huffington Post back in 2005 as a mix of news and insight from celebrity figures. It’s been gangbusters ever since then.
  • them Two Democratic operatives say they came up with the idea in 2004 and gave it to Huffington. Now they’re suing. She says she declined to hire them at the time.
  • him Andrew Breitbart claims that he came up with the idea for the site, which makes sense because he and Huffington were longtime allies until after the launch. source
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11 Mar 2010 23:11

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Politics: Andrew Breitbart: A conservative media rebel with a cause

  • The market has forced me to come up with techniques to be noticed. And now that I have them, I’m like, wow, this is actually great. This is fun.
  • Andrew Breitbart • In a lengthy profile piece in Wired, regarding his journalism techniques, his history as an Internet pioneer (he helped put The Drudge Report on the map and played a role in building The Huffington Post, whose leader, Arianna Huffington, used to be tight with Matt Drudge and Breitbart when she leaned right) and his empire. He’s flashy, he’s controversial and he gives divisive gonzo journalist James O’Keefe a paycheck. And the left hates him with the fire of a thousand burning suns. source
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10 Apr 2009 20:47

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Biz, Politics, Tech: Huffington: Consumer habits have changed, AP.

  • Consumer habits have changed dramatically. People have gotten used to getting the news they want, when they want it, how they want it, and where they want it. And this change is here to stay.
  • Arianna Huffington • Talking about newspapers, the media and her role in the whole mess with The Huffington Post. She was on Charlie Rose this week debating the topic with Tom Curley of the Associated Press and said some really insightful things. Huffington knows what she’s talking about. • source
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29 Mar 2009 22:31

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Tech: The Huffington Post goes all investigative journalism

  • $1.75 million to fund something newspapers are killing source
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