Los Angeles Times
Tim Rutten says AOL and The Huffington Post “simply recapitulate in the new media many of the worst abuses of the old economy’s industrial capitalism — the sweatshop, the speedup and piecework; huge profits for the owners; desperation, drudgery and exploitation for the workers.”
> Milbank: Did Huffington just sell out her fellow progressives?
> Huffington says AOL won’t have a leftist political bent
> Jon Friedman: “I’d be surprised if this combination soared”
> Keith Kelly: AOL has shed $315M in value over last five trading days
> Manjoo: SEO won’t work forever for Huffington and AOL
> Salmon: Why New York Times will lose to The Huffington Post
> Mutter: Wall Street likes companies that aggregate free content
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