Bono’s daughter, Tommy Hilfiger’s daughter, and Edgar Bronfman Jr.’s daughter were among the guests at a recent dinner celebrating Arianna Huffington’s “ubiquitous tome,” Sleep Revolution. Huh. Has anyone actually read this book? Serious question.
Arianna Huffington Declares War on Leakers
Arianna Huffington, whose daytime job consists of running a website that routinely depends on information provided by leakers at other companies, has reportedly soured on the whole idea of leaking things to the press. Erik Wemple of the Washington Post reports on a meeting the Huffington Post founder had with her…
Arianna Huffington Would Like to Remind You She Lives in an Opulent Palace
Media mogul and schmooze artist Arianna Huffington is currently in contract negotiations with her newly unionized employees, and doing her best to piss them off. What better time to show off her fabulous wealth?
Arianna Huffington Goes for the Gold Medal in Conflicts of Interest
Arianna Huffington, a famous liberal pundit who is also the editor-in-chief of one of America’s biggest online news sites, is now a board member of Uber. How does that...work?
The Least Inspiring Group of Class Warriors Ever Assembled in Human History
You know that the ultrawealthy in America are getting nervous when they enlist Deepak Chopra in their showy, useless gestures about fixing income inequality.
Arianna Huffington Goes Conspicuously Silent on the Union Issue
When staffers at the Huffington Post launched their unionization campaign in October, Arianna Huffington said the company would “fully support” its workers and “embrace whatever decision they make on this issue.” She has a strange way of showing it.
The Huffington Post Union Campaign Has Officially Begun
Last week, news leaked that writers at The Huffington Post had formed a committee to unionize. This morning, the campaign began in earnest. Get excited, Arianna!
Hell Is Working at the Huffington Post
Talk to someone who works at the Huffington Post these days and inevitably one word will keep popping up: “demoralized.” “I’ve never seen people so demoralized” is what a typical HuffPost employee usually says.
Arianna Huffington Is Pushing Her Bogus Self-Help Book on Her Employees
Do you need another reason to not work at the Huffington Post? Okay. This afternoon, Arianna Huffington sent out a memo to employees cheerfully announcing that she has made the online class based on her nonsense self-help book Thrive available to them—for free!—via Oprah.com.
Arianna Huffington: We Need More Happy Stories for Facebook
On Friday afternoon, Huffington Post editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington sent a memo to her employees. The gist of the cloyingly adroit missive: Facebook’s proprietary news algorithm currently privileges “stories of people and communities doing amazing things,” so HuffPost needs to publish more of those stories.…
Arianna Huffington Suspends HuffPost Staffers for Crossing Her Friends
Arianna Huffington, the editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, routinely meddles with the work of HuffPost reporters who criticize her friends. According to a new report in Capital New York, the Greek-American multi-millionaire recently picked up an even worse habit: Suspending reporters who write negative but…
Top Huffington Post Editor Was Investigated for Sexual Harassment
In May, The Huffington Post announced that 29-year-old managing editor Jimmy Soni would step down to focus on launching the progressive website’s India edition in New Delhi. As of last month, however, he was no longer employed by the company. What happened?
Arianna Huffington Defanged Article About Friend’s Charity Website
In her new book, Thrive, web hegemon Arianna Huffington promises to “redefine what it means to be successful in today’s world.” On her own website, however, the definition of success remains the same: being friends with Arianna Huffington.
Inside Arianna Huffington's $21 Million AOL Payday
When Arianna Huffington's freelance empire found a new home at AOL, she walked away with $21 million dollars—on the unlikely expectation her unwieldy site would triple its revenue, exploding into profitability. The Smoking Gun got its hands on the full terms of the deal.
Arianna Huffington Sued for Allegedly Trashing $27,000-a-Month Apartment, Leaving Behind 'Bloodied Mattresses'
According to a new lawsuit, Arianna Huffington left quite the mess behind when she moved out of a rented loft in Chelsea. The 4,400 square foot, $27,000-a-month apartment was left in such bad shape that its owner, Eric Steel, is suing Huffington for $275,000 in damages.
Fuck Everyone, I'm Out: The Best Unfounded Rumors I Heard While Working at Gawker
When you are a professional rumormonger, people want to tell you things. They corner you at parties and shout other people's secrets. They call your telephone and whisper. They write urgent emails.
Arianna Huffington Got Bored with These Tech Blogs So Now AOL's Selling Them
AOL is shopping around TechCrunch and its other tech properties for around $70-100 million, according to PandoDaily. TechCrunch's history since AOL bought it in 2010 has been as turbulent as the private roller coasters many Facebook employees will likely install in their Silicon Valley mansions post-IPO. After Arianna…
'It Was Hackers from Nigeria': Huffington Confirms Email Hack
Following this afternoon's report on Arianna Huffington's AOL email account getting hacked, the new media mogul has confirmed the hack and revealed the culprits: Nigerian scam artists. Happens to the best of us.
Arianna Huffington Has Been Hacked
Early yesterday morning, Arianna Huffington's AOL email address sent a spam hyperlink to numerous people in her address book. It was an email virus, the apparent product of a hack on the AOL News headmistress' personal account.
People Who Use Their Phones In Public Restrooms Are Monsters
Bathroom lines are the bane of nightlife, and they only seem to be getting longer. Maybe this is because people are increasingly distracted by their smartphones in the bathroom, unable to go even a single stinky second without human contact. Stop.
