New York Times
Arianna Huffington will take control of all of AOL’s editorial content as president and editor-in-chief of a newly created Huffington Post Media Group. “The deal carries a risk for The Huffington Post, which has had none of AOL’s troubles and is widely viewed as a business success with its own unique voice and identity,” write Jeremy Peters and Verne Kopytoff. “Now that it is to become part of a large corporate entity, what becomes of that unique character is an open question.” || Read Arianna’s post about the deal, and the press release. || Kara Swisher interviews Huffington and AOL CEO Tim Armstrong.
> Read Armstrong’s memo to AOLers (Deal “is core to our strategy”)
> Fineman: Possibilities are exciting, responsibilities challenging
> Paul Carr: “For once, I find myself applauding Armstrong”
> Parr: “AOL has catapulted itself back into relevancy”
> Jarvis: Why didn’t a big, old media company buy HuffPo?
> Read what HuffPo, AOL CEOs told analysts in a conference call
Uncategorized
AOL buys The Huffington Post for $315 million
More News
Topography of a news ecosystem: A first-of-its-kind study diagnoses the local news crisis in a single state
Media scholars at the University of Maryland documented the spread of local news dead spots — and unexpected vibrant areas — in that state.
April 19, 2024
$12 million Global Fact Check Fund opens applications for second year of grants
A partnership between Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network and Google and YouTube continues to support fact-checking initiatives worldwide
April 19, 2024
Opinion | A columnist made a controversial introduction to Caitlin Clark
IndyStar sports columnist Gregg Doyel has been crushed online and accused of being creepy, sexist and worse. He’s since apologized multiple times
April 19, 2024
‘Satanic rituals’ at Taylor Swift shows? That’s false. And experts say the attack isn’t new.
Experts say musicians have been accused of performing satanic rituals for decades
April 19, 2024
How a longtime film critic’s death represents the great dissolve of local film criticism
Bryan VanCampen of The Ithaca Times was an institution in the central New York college town of 32,000. He might have been the last of his kind.
April 18, 2024
Comments are closed.
Comments