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Twitter on the Huffington Post-AOL Deal: '90s Internet Jokes Aplenty

Everyone's a media critic. At least, that's how it seems, as Twitter weighs in on the news that Surge Desk's bosses at AOL have purchased The Huffington Post for $315 million. Of course, Twitter users can't agree on whether this is a smart, bold move or a big mistake for both parties. But what fun would there be in...

Arianna Huffington Joins Forces With AOL: Reactions From Around the Web

Looks like we answer to Arianna Huffington now. The media universe awoke this morning to the news that AOL (our company) CEO Tim Armstrong has worked out a deal to acquire The Huffington Post for $315 million. Arianna Huffington, The Huffington Post's co-founder and driving force, will enter the newly formed Huffington...

Arianna Huffington in Airplane Blackberry Dispute

Media mogul Arianna Huffington experienced some pre-flight turbulence when she "defied" a United Airlines request for travelers to shut down all electronic devices, leading one incredulous male passenger "to get up from his seat in protest of her continued chatting and texting," the New York Post reported. A testy...

NCAA President Takes to the Huffington Post

Myles Brand is the President of the NCAA. He makes nearly a million dollars a year as the steward of college athletics. He's adamant about those athletes not getting paid. And now he's been published in the Huffington Post (guess we know where his politics lean).Neither higher education, of which college sports is only...

Background on The Huffington Post

The Huffington Post is an liberal or leftist American news website, content aggregator, and blog—founded as an alternative to existing conservative online media outlets such as the Drudge Report—by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, the late Andrew Breitbart, and Jonah Peretti, featuring various leftist columnists and various news sources.

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