Comments on: Emails reveal new details about Arianna’s role in HuffPo founding, ‘cover-up’ alleged http://paidcontent.org/2012/05/21/emails-reveal-new-details-about-ariannas-role-in-huffpo-founding/ The economics of digital content Sat, 18 May 2013 18:43:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mark Gisleson http://paidcontent.org/2012/05/21/emails-reveal-new-details-about-ariannas-role-in-huffpo-founding/#comment-100365 Tue, 22 May 2012 14:51:01 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=209440#comment-100365 Actually, there are volumes of business law explaining why you can’t suck someone’s brain dry, use their ideas and then walk away without any obligation.

Flash back a couple of years to how “brilliant” everyone thought Huffington’s new site was. Many tried, few succeeded but fewer still got to pick the brains of top internet talent for free.

Arianna Huffington is a parasite. Her entire life is best described as serial sponging, using people up then moving on.

]]> By: Martin http://paidcontent.org/2012/05/21/emails-reveal-new-details-about-ariannas-role-in-huffpo-founding/#comment-100311 Tue, 22 May 2012 08:53:20 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=209440#comment-100311 Meh. I’m not a fan of Arriana Huffington but to say you stole an idea like this is ludicrous. There is nothing original in taking a concept that already exists and adapting it to something else. Can we please stop being so protective of our ideas? Its all about execution anyway…

]]> By: alexchaffee http://paidcontent.org/2012/05/21/emails-reveal-new-details-about-ariannas-role-in-huffpo-founding/#comment-100273 Mon, 21 May 2012 23:44:43 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=209440#comment-100273 Seriously? You can steal an unpatented idea now? Do Boyce and Daou actually think they were the only ones to ever think of a group news blog?

If they were going to create HuffPo, they would have created HuffPo.

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