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ulterior motives
Swift Boat Funder Blogging For HuffPo
Here is famous capitalist T. Boone Pickens, blogging for the "GREEN" section of the liberal HuffPo, asking for Congress to subsidize his business ventures even more than they already do, to protect the planet or whatever. More » -
jobs
Arianna Huffington's Hypocrisy on 'Un-American' Outsourcing
Back in 2004, Arianna Huffington didn't have a well-funded, fast-growing internet publishing empire. So she could afford to call the hiring of foreign workers a "crime against America." You'll never guess what Huffington is doing today. More » -
rich uncles
Why a Huffington Post Co-Founder Buys Extravagant Real Estate For Pretty Young Ladies
Cityfile encountered a stubborn mystery this week: Why did Huffington Post co-founder Ken Lerer help People magazine reporter Joey Bartolomeo buy a $1 million Upper East Side apartment? Bartolomeo and Lerer were mum, but we've found a (mundane!) answer. More » -
jobs
Dan Froomkin Becomes Latest Refugee at Huffington Post
The trail between the Washington Post and Huffington Post is becoming something of a pipeline: ousted liberal WaPo columnist Dan Froomkin has landed at Arianna Huffington's well-funded website. His new home may be worse than the old one. More » -
Media Catfight!
HuffPo's Nico Pitney vs. Washington Post's Dana Milbank: "Pathetic"
HuffiPo's Nico Pitney was called on at an Obama presser to ask a crowdsourced question from Iranians. Dana Milbank called out Pitney in a Washington Post column for collusion with Obama's administration. They smacked each other down on CNN today! More » -
news you can lose
Things For Which There Is No Right Answer
Microfame expert Rex Sorgatz asks: "The second local version of HuffPo, NYC, launched last week. Will anyone read it?" I can say from personal experience: no. In other news, Gothamist is still very servicey. And pays their writers. [Fimoculous] -
stagecraft
Barack Obama Calls on Huffington Post Again
The Huffington Post came up with a great gimmick to get its blogger called on at today's press conference. And the White House came up with a great gimmick to look responsive to the people of Iran. Everybody wins. More » -
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advertising
Google Games Bite Newspapers
Desperate for online advertising, newspapers have learned to aggressively optimize their content for Google. The result: more traffic. Junky traffic. More » -
print is dead
Huffington Post: Acquisition Bait, Now More Than Ever
It's official: Betsy Morgan says she was indeed pushed out as the ineffectual CEO of the Huffington Post. But to what end? The new regime is downplaying profitability in favor of revenue growth — the ideal ramp for a sale. More » -
huffington post
Will Investors Leash Arianna Huffington's Spending?
It's a bold new future at the Huffington Post: investors have installed their own CEO; a CBS producer will launch a Gotham edition next month. Nevertheless, insiders are murmuring about belt-tightening, starting at the top. More » -
exits
Investor Takes Over Management of Huffington Post
As the Huffington Post bulks up, the company is apparently changing management: CEO Betsy Morgan is on her way out, replaced by Eric Hippeau of investor SoftBank Capital, PaidContent reports. More » -
print is dead
The Daily Show Visits the New York Times, Purveyors of 'Aged News'
In what might be the most painfully funny Daily Show skit ever produced, Jason Jones visited the New York Times building in Midtown and interviewed some of the paper's staff, quite uncomfortably. More » -
race baiting
Huffington Post's Generic 'Brown Couple' Picture
Iran, India, what's the difference? Sure, there's language, dominant religion, political system, history, yadda yadda. But if you're a Huffington Post photo editor, the countries are effectively interchangeable. More » -
nip slip politics
Does The Huffington Post Use Sexism To Drive Liberal Page Views?
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charts
Will Arianna Huffington Be Paying You This Month?
The Huffington Post has been taking flack for not paying writers, but it's not so simple. Most bloggers aren't paid, but some are. On staff, there are paid interns, unpaid interns, and paying interns. It's all very complicated, but luckily we made you a chart. More » -
journalismism
Who's Afraid of Arianna Huffington?
Syracuse University's journalism school will next week honor Arianna Huffington, and already alarm bells are going off inside traditional media: Why honor a woman who doesn't pay most of her writers, undermining the school's own graduates? More » -
moguls
Arianna Huffington Discovers 'Weird Porn' on the Internet
Though she's been depicted strangling newspapers and stealing their content, Arianna Huffington was just warmly praised by the Washington Post's publisher. There are several reasons for this, starting with her comment about "very weird porn." More » -
journalismism
Can the Huffington Post's Fresh News Vets Survive Arianna?
For all her success, Arianna Huffington is a notoriously difficult boss. Turnover at her Huffington Post has been high; it's mainly the young and hardy who last. So HuffPo's two new seasoned pros should produce either a surprising turnaround — or an all-too-predictable trainwreck. More » -
charity
The $13,000 HuffPo Intern Speaks
Last week we identified Luisa from Rio as the probable lucky future journalist who's the $13,000 high bidder on a (priceless) Huffington Post internship in a charity auction. Then she emailed us! Meet her:
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explanations
Maureen Dowd Admits to an Act of Accidental Plagiarism
Yesterday we learned that an entry in Maureen Dowd's Sunday Times column appeared to be lifted straight from a blog post by TPM's Josh Marshall on Thursday. Last night, Dowd admitted to plagiarizing Marshall. More » -
making it
Meet Your (Probable) $13,000 HuffPo Intern
Who in the world would bid $13,000 for the right to be an unpaid Huffington Post intern? This lady from Brazil, we think: More » -
the huffpoors
HuffPo Now Killing Journalism By Literally Auctioning Off a Job
Would you like to pay $13,000 for the privilege of doing free work for a website for a couple months? Too bad, kid, because the next minimum bid on the HuffPo internship is $15,500. More » -
twitterati
The Twitterati Feel Awkward, Innocuous, and Sad
Did you know Arianna Huffington's godson is so afraid of Gawker, he can't say its name aloud on Twitter? Or that Ruth Reichl can be bought? The things one learns from the media's Twitter addicts: More » -
awards
Perverse Journalism Prize Loves You, Your Worst Enemy
The Si Newhouse School's journalism awards are next month, and the mood at the ceremony could quickly get uncomfortable. Starting with Arianna Huffington getting a Lifetime Achivement award that last went to her bitter nemesis. More » -
medicine
Jim Carrey Blogs a Blog About Vaccines
Oh, good, Arianna Huffington is using her "Huffingtontowne Evening Post-Gazette" to promote the idiotic vaccine conspiracy nonsense of Earth Girls Are Easy star Jim Carrey. More » -
citizen journalism
Fox News' HuffPo Copy Already Awesome
Fox News Channel today launched TheFoxNation.com, to finally give conservative pundits and commentators a place to gather online. (Cough, cough.) The site is already firing on all cylinders. More » -
jobs
Arianna Huffington Seeks Young Flunkies
The last year brought the Huffington Post record traffic, impressive election scoops and, oh yes, $25 million. So how about hiring some seasoned editors? More » -
publicity stunts
Arianna Huffington Guest-Edits Metro, Any Other Outlet That Will Have Her
Arianna Huffington is guest-editing the Metro free throwaway newspaper today. It's unclear why, exactly, but the "Arianna Says" commentary bubbles are hilarious. More » -
newspapers
Amateur Reporting Starting To Actually Work
"Citizen journalism" is still often a punchline rather than a serious description of the process of amateurs producing news articles. But hotshot citizen-wrangler Amanda Michel makes a compelling case that's changing. More » -
the internet sucks
Ex-HuffPoor Explains Why No One Will Pay You
Former Huffington Post 'blog editor' Francis Wilkinson wrote a column about how no one pays people to write, anymore, so writing is once again just a hobby of the comfortable, but then he basically admitted that it's all his fault: More » -
rumormonger
Huffington Post Bidding On Local News Site?
We hear the Huffington Post is trying to buy Outside.in, the local news aggregator from supremely smug literary Park Sloper Steven Johnson. HuffPo embracing the local news business as promised? Bizarre. More » -
journalismism
Obama Presser Ruffles Insecure DC Hacks
Think Barack Obama's Monday-night press conference was about economic policy or endless Mideast war or whatever? Fool. It was the latest round in the White House press corps' endless dick-measuring contest. More » -
huffpoors
Blogger Dreams of Terrifying Future of Well-Paid Bloggers
Mickey Kaus seems to think that the fact that HuffPo's unpaid contributors and underpaid staffers aren't unionized is proof that unions are Bad and Don't Work and are Bad for America. More » -
wendy and lucy
Why Has Michelle Williams Stolen The Life Of This Ex-Con HuffPo Blogger?
Honestly, we only keep Huffington Post on our Google Reader to keep up with all of Alec Baldwin's histrionic musings. Still, we're glad we didn't miss today's HuffPo dip into kookier, Michelle Williams-related territories. More » -
nightlife
Inauguration Ball: Media Types Claw For Respect, Get Drunk
MSNBC's Chris Matthews was forced to wait in line with the commoners. A blogger was mistaken for a prostitute. And everyone seemed to be Twittering or liveblogging. Inauguration eve was boisterous! More » -
from the mailbag
Arianna Huffington Lays Off 12,000 Citizen Journalists, Hires Godson
Two of the hottest 2008 presidential campaign scoops belonged to the Huffington Post's Off the Bus. Arianna Huffington let the citizen journalism project stagnate, then gave it to her godson.
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23/6
Barry Diller's Funny Business
Just last month, IAC chief Barry Diller was chiding his fellow moguls for laying workers off in a recession and spending indiscriminately. So how does he explain getting rid of 23/6, his humor site? More » -
recessionomics
Huffington Post Worth Just $2 Million?
The Huffington Post raised $25 million right before traffic cratered post election. Ad Age's Simon Dumenco ran the new numbers and decided HuffPo is just a sad new version of Salon. More » -
class war
Debutantes Indulge As Nation Reels
Who were the hugely tacky snobs at the International Debutantes Ball in New York last night? Many were from Texas. One is Arianna Huffington's daughter! More »






























