HUFFINGATON POST
HUFFINGATON POST
The Huffington Post was launched on May 9, 2005, as a liberal commentary outlet, blog and an alternative to news aggregators such as
the Drudge Report, and it continues to maintain a
politically liberal stance. On February 7, 2011, AOL acquired The Huffington Postfor US$315 million,
making Arianna Huffington editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group.
Huff Post is a liberal American news and
opinion website and blog that now has
both localized and international editions. It was founded in 2005 by Andrew
Breitbart, Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer,
and Jonah Peretti.The site offers news, satire,
blogs, and original content and covers politics, business, entertainment,
environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy living,
women's interests, and local news.
In July 2012, The
Huffington Post was ranked No. 1 on the 15 Most Popular Political
Sites list by eBizMBA Rank,
which bases its list on each site's Alexa Global
Traffic Rank and U.S. Traffic Rank from both Compete and Quantcast.
In 2012, The Huffington Post became
the first commercially run United States digital
media enterprise to win a Pulitzer
Prize.
The
Huffington Post was founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer,
and Jonah Peretti on May 9, 2005. It has
an active community, with over one million comments made on the site each
month.
Prior to The Huffington
Post, Huffington hosted the website Ariannaonline.com. Her first foray
into the Internet was the website Resignation.com, which called for the
resignation of President Bill Clinton and
was a rallying place for conservatives opposing Clinton.
In August 2016, Arianna Huffington stepped down from her longtime role
as editor-in-chief to pursue other ventures, and in December of that year was
officially succeeded by Lydia
Polgreen.
In April 2017, Polgreen announced the company would rebrand, changing
its name to HuffPost and
unveiling significant changes to the design of its website and logo. Polgreen
also stated that the redesign would be accompanied by changes in the site's
content and reporting.
The
Huffington Post was founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer,
and Jonah Peretti on May 9, 2005. It has
an active community, with over one million comments made on the site each
month.
Prior to The Huffington
Post, Huffington hosted the website Ariannaonline.com. Her first foray
into the Internet was the website Resignation.com, which called for the
resignation of President Bill Clinton and
was a rallying place for conservatives opposing Clinton.
In August 2016, Arianna Huffington stepped down from her longtime role
as editor-in-chief to pursue other ventures, and in December of that year was
officially succeeded by Lydia
Polgreen.
In April 2017, Polgreen announced the company would rebrand, changing
its name to HuffPost and
unveiling significant changes to the design of its website and logo. Polgreen
also stated that the redesign would be accompanied by changes in the site's
content and reporting.
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