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Which Blog Mogul’s Life Is The Most Valuable?
6:34AM Ryan Tate | It may seem crass to put a price tag on a human life. But you never know when a brand-name blogger like Matt Drudge or Perez Hilton might be tragically killed. Luckily, AOL’s 24/7 Wall Street has calculated the economic loss. More »
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HuffPo’s Dangerous Quacks, Hacks And Cultists
6:50AM Ryan Tate | Salon has a great post by a doctor about medical quackery at the Huffington Post, where a columnist recently suggested colon cleansing could treat swine flu. This is the downside of HuffPo’s open, unpaid model — and culty recruiter. More »
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Arianna Huffington Seduces Journalist Over Email
6:55AM Ryan Tate | The Huffington Post has hired its fourth ex-Washington Post reporter, young Jose Antonio Vargas. How did Arianna pull of this latest bit of poaching? Emails of “passion” and “exploration.” Oh, my, Ms. Huffington! More »
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Arianna Huffington Crowdsources Her 59th Birthday Party
4:02AM Ryan Tate | Arianna Huffington’s 59th birthday has been nothing if not dramatic. The internet publisher returned to her birthplace of Athens, Greece before ending up in Dubrovnik, Croatia. What did Huffington do for the occasion? Whatever Twitter told her to. More »
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Arianna Huffington’s Hypocrisy On ‘Un-American’ Outsourcing
4:15AM Ryan Tate | 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 »
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Dan Froomkin Becomes Latest Refugee At Huffington Post
1:37AM Ryan Tate | 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 »
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Huffington Post: Acquisition Bait, Now More Than Ever
2:20AM Ryan Tate | 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 favour of revenue growth — the ideal ramp for a sale. More »
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Will Investors Leash Arianna Huffington’s Spending?
4:40PM Ryan Tate | 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 »
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Investor Takes Over Management Of Huffington Post
6:25AM Ryan Tate | 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 »
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