In its first Asian launch, Huffington Post expands to Japan
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The Huffington Post rolled out its first Asian edition in Japan on Tuesday. Read more »
Judge allows case over HuffPo ownership to go forward, adds fraud claim
A bitter fight over who started the Huffington Post took a major twist today after a judge not only refused for the second time to dismiss the case, but also expanded it. Read more »
AOL exec is new CEO of HuffPo, will report to Arianna
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Huffington Post has a new CEO who will be tasked with building traffic and revenue and continuing the brand’s international expansion. The move comes at a time when parent company AOL appears to have figured out how to manage its media properties. Read more »
HuffPo is not for sale, except maybe at the right price
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AOL is getting investor interest for taking Huffington Post off its hands. But the pair are fixed on taking Arianna and TechCrunch worldwide. Next up is Japan, nine other launches and a possible UK newspaper tie-up. Read more »
Huffington Post launches social streaming video network, HuffPost Live
AOL is hoping that the Huffington Posts’s new streaming video network, HuffPost Live, will set itself apart from competitors because of its focus on user participation, twelve hours of live programming daily from New York and LA, and a varied group of hosts. Read more »
paidContent turns 10: A brief history of digital media
Remember when Friendster was the hot social network, publishers doubted that ebooks would ever sell, and Netflix thought DVDs in red envelopes was the future? We do — that was that state of digital media when paidContent launched in 2002. Read more »
Huffington: Smart experiment, or old-media mistake?
Huffington Post now looks less like a blog network and more like a traditional media entity, having launched its own weekly digital magazine for the iPad — but is launching a subscription app a smart way of branching out, or a sign of old-media thinking? Read more at GigaOM »
Emails reveal new details about Arianna’s role in HuffPo founding, ‘cover-up’ alleged
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A series of emails between Arianna Huffington, her partners and the late conservative activist Andrew Breitbart shed new light about the early days of popular liberal news site Huffington Post. Read more »
Does AOL need HuffPost more than HuffPost needs AOL?
Arianna Huffington says everything is fine at AOL and she doesn’t mind having her power reduced, but she also admits that private-equity firms have raised the idea of a spin-off of Huffington Post. Could this be the beginning of the end for the faded former portal? Read more at GigaOM »
Arianna Huffington’s billion-dollar Kickstarter idea
Does Arianna Huffington want to buy back the Huffington Post from AOL? Read more »
The 2012 Pulitzers: The medium doesn’t matter
The Huffington Post won a Pulitzer Prize Monday, an important prize from a group that not too long ago thought the medium was the message — and has since learned that the work is the message. Read more »
Tim Armstrong may have saved AOL, but at what cost?
Just over a year after AOL acquired the Huffington Post, much of the integration between the two is being unwound, and control over key elements of the business are reverting to founder Arianna Huffington. Should AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong be watching his back? Read more at GigaOM »
HuffPo Blog Formerly Known As Parentlode Will Now Be Called ‘Parentry’
It’s always tough to come up with a unique name for your offspring, but a little lawsuit sure can get the creative juices flowing. And so st… Read more »
Where Does Arianna Fit Into AOL’s New Patch Plans?
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AOL (NYSE: AOL) has hired a new Chief Content Officer in its latest attempt to reboot Patch, the network of hundreds of sites that offer “hy… Read more »
Another AOL Reorg: Dial-Up, Mobile And Web Services Report Directly To CFO
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On the back of its latest executive appointments — a new head of sales, and a new head of HR — AOL (NYSE: AOL) is pressing on with more re… Read more »
El Huffington Post: Arianna Goes To Spain With El Pais Partnership
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The news aggregating behemoth Huffington Post is continuing its march into new markets: the next stop is Spain, where the site will partner… Read more »
New York Times Sues HuffPo Over Mommy Issues
The Huffington Post not only poached the Gray Lady’s popular “Motherlode” columnist, it also had the chutzpah to name the upstart blog “Pare… Read more »
Arianna Huffington’s Colorful Court History
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Arianna Huffington’s current legal battle over the rights to the idea for the Huffington Post isn’t her first encounter with the court syste… Read more »
Arianna Huffington Loses Ruling In Fight Over HuffPo Ownership
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Two politicos who sued Arianna Huffington and her partner for stealing their idea for the Huffington Post will get to go forward after a New… Read more »
Update: HuffPo UK ‘We’re The Only Independent Digital Destination For News’
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Today, Arianna Huffington’s online news phenomenon The Huffington Post is making its European debut, with the launch of Huffington Post UK,… Read more »
HuffPo Lawyers Can’t Get ‘Idea Stealing’ Lawsuit Thrown Out
The class-action lawsuit filed by Jonathan Tasini isn’t the only questionable legal claim that The Huffington Post is fighting off right now… Read more »
Tasini On HuffPo Lawsuit: We Have ‘All Sorts Of Inside Information’
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There’s been plenty of discussion of Jonathan Tasini’s recent lawsuit against The Huffington Post and AOL (NYSE: AOL), much of it critical.… Read more »
@ AADigital: Arianna: Paywalls Only Work For Special Content, ‘Weird Porn’
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Life is pretty good at AOL (NYSE: AOL) these days, including the use of three “resting rooms” that the newsroom has dubbed “NapQuest,” Arian… Read more »
pC2011 Video: Q&A With Arianna Huffington and Tim Armstrong
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What do Tim Armstrong and Arianna Huffington have in mind for the newest version of AOL? (NYSE: AOL) At our recent conference paidContent 2… Read more »
Updated: AOL’s Post-HuffPo Layoff Round Begins; 700 Jobs Affected In India
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Last week, AOL (NYSE: AOL) CEO Tim Armstrong told the crowd at paidContent 2011 that layoffs — aka “job changes” — were coming following t… Read more »
It’s Official: AOL Now Owns The Huffington Post; Announces New Hires
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AOL (NYSE: AOL) CEO Tim Armstrong said from the stage at paidContent 2011 that the company was within days of closing its $315 million deal… Read more »
@ pC2011: AOL-HuffPo Merger Will Produce $20M In ‘Synergies’ – And Layoffs
The $315 million AOL/Huffington Post merger could close next week, said CEO Tim Armstrong, seated next to his new partner Arianna Huffington… Read more »
Arianna Huffington Joins Us At paidContent 2011, March 3, NYC
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AOL’s $315 million acquisition of The Huffington Post is still waiting for regulatory approval but Arianna Huffington is already in the thi… Read more »
72 Hours: Inside Arianna’s Mission To Change AOL
Late Monday afternoon, Arianna Huffington tweeted a picture from AOL (NYSE: AOL) headquarters with the note “Valentine’s Day transition meet… Read more »
Armstrong Puts Another $10 Million In AOL; Huffington Takes Stock
Tim Armstrong, already the largest individual shareholder in AOL (NYSE: AOL) as well as chairman and CEO, nearly doubled his stake in the co… Read more »
AOL-HuffPo: Arianna And The Free Blog Economy
Some of Huffington Post’s 9,000+ bloggers have already announced that they won’t be following Arianna to AOL (NYSE: AOL) – either unhappy ab… Read more »
Steve Case On The AOL-HuffPo Math
AOL (NYSE: AOL) Founder Steve Case has a sense of humor and a PhD in merger math. Here’s his response to current AOL CEO Tim Armstrong’s rat… Read more »
Facebook’s Sandberg: In The Future, All Media Will Be Personalized
There will always be a place for mass marketing, but in the next three- to five years, a website that isn’t tailored to a specific user’s in… Read more »
@ NewFront: If Martha Were Starting A Mag Today; Arianna’s Ad Advice For BP
Twitter appeared to be down, so when Martha Stewart took the stage with AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher and Arianna Huffington, she was able to fo… Read more »
Video Of The Year: Arianna Huffington And Mathias Dopfner At The Monaco Media Forum
Earlier today at the Monaco Media Forum, there was a great debate about the future of news media. I would nominate it as the discussion an… Read more »
@140Conf: How Media Companies Are Dealing With The Real-Time Information Onslaught
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Twitter Report Card: Arianna Huffington
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Whether you like it not, Twitter is changing the way people communicate, and media companies are eager to harness this new tool. Every week,… Read more »
Arianna Huffington: ‘Staying Still Doesn
One way to get some almost uninterrupted time with peripatetic Arianna Huffington: talk to her while she’s on jury duty, waiting to be picke… Read more »
Updated: HuffPo Changes CEOs: Betsy Morgan Being Replaced By SoftBank’s Eric Hippeau
The Huffington Post, which has achieved great popularity but is still looking for the profit to match, is getting its second CEO in as many… Read more »
Video: Ashton Kutcher And Arianna Huffington At Our L.A. Mixer
At our L.A. Year-End Digital Media Review and Mixer last week, Ashton Kutcher and Arianna Huffington took the stage to discuss the actor’s f… Read more »
