Huffington Post

HuffPo Poised To Rival Cable News With Upcoming Huffington Post Streaming Network - Posted January 18, 2012
The Huffington Post continues to position itself for world domination with a soon-to-launch 24-hour online news network poised to rival cable networks like CNN and Fox. The channel, which Forbes ... [10,000 Words]

Good News Is Good (And Now Easier) To Find Online - Posted January 17, 2012
Last week, the Huffington Post launched its Good News section in a public bet that people will click and read articles online that don't include sex, violence or celebrities. As one of the holdout optimist journalists (... [10,000 Words]

Revolving Door: 'Today' turns 60, @SpinReviews, Top Media Pinners, and more - Posted January 13, 2012
[caption id="attachment_32565" align="alignleft" width="184" caption="The January 6, 1964 cover"][/caption] Today ... [PRNewser]

Yet Another Departure from HuffPost - Posted January 10, 2012
Just as news came that Nico Pitney is leaving his position of managing editor at The Huffington Post,... [FishbowlNY]

BuzzFeed Raises $15.5 Million - Posted January 9, 2012
BuzzFeed keeps growing. After making a statement by ... [FishbowlNY]

Revolving Door: AOL, HuffPo, NY 'Daily News,' and More - Posted January 5, 2012
[caption id="attachment_32223" align="alignleft" width="394" caption="The lead story this afternoon on HuffPo Science."][/caption] AOL is partnering with Bonnier's Parenting Group to bring ... [AgencySpy]

Revolving Door: Kindle Fire, The Root, Andy Rooney, and More - Posted September 29, 2011
[caption id="attachment_27988" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo: Mark Lennihan / AP"][/caption] A slew of magazine publishers have signed on to Amazon's new Kindle Fire device. Among the magazines that will appear on the ta... [PRNewser]

Twitter Photos: Why You Should Think Before You Post - Posted September 21, 2011
Twitter can sometimes be a place of TMI - too much information. When I'm consulting clients on why they should be on Twitter, the biggest and most common complaint I receive is that they can't stand the thought of having to read what people are watching, reading or eat... [10,000 Words]

Twitter Photos: Why You Should Think Before You Post - Posted September 21, 2011
Twitter can sometimes be a place of TMI - too much information. When I'm consulting clients on why they should be on Twitter, the biggest and most common complaint I receive is that they can't stand the thought of having to read what people are watching, reading or eat... [AllTwitter]

HuffPo May Not Be Driving As Much Traffic By Aggregating Your Articles As You'd Like to Think - Posted July 11, 2011
The Huffington Post defends its use of aggregation in part by claiming that it drives major traffic to the sites featuring the original stories, so it's in a happy, symbiotic relationship with the media at large. But is this really true? At Ad Age, ... [FishbowlLA]

Huffington Post Introduces 'Blog Concierge Service' for Celebrities - Posted June 17, 2011
The days of blogging being a meritocracy are long over. At last Tuesday night's "At Home With Arianna" event, an event that takes place in ... [FishbowlNY]

Most Popular FishbowlNY Stories for the Week - Posted June 10, 2011
Here's a look at what FishbowlNY stories made the most buzz this week. The Best Angry Goodbye Notes from Fired Journalists, June 6 ... [FishbowlNY]

Top Six Reasons Why Arianna Huffington Will Be AOL's Undoing - Posted June 7, 2011
Jeff Bercovici at Forbes wrote a significant takedown of ... [FishbowlNY]

Senior Style Editor Anya Strzemien Leaves Huffington Post for Jane Pratt's Website - Posted May 25, 2011
Jane Pratt's new website, the adorably name xoJane.com, might have gotten off to a rocky star... [FishbowlNY]

Optimizing News Websites for Google TV - Posted May 12, 2011
In late 2010, Google developed their new smart TV platform entitled Google TV. The service is built on the Android operating system, and functions as a set-top box to allow users to watch on-demand... [10,000 Words]

Aol News Will No Longer Be Producing Any Original Content - Posted April 29, 2011
There has been much condensing and slashing since the Aol Huffington Post merger, and now Mediaite reports that Aol News is officially folding into Huffington Post, and will no... [FishbowlNY]

The Real Value of Huffington Post's Blogs - Posted April 22, 2011
As the world knows, angry unpaid bloggers are suing Arianna Huffington for $105 million after the sale to AOL for $315 mi... [FishbowlNY]

AOL Takes On Movie Sentiment (And Justin Bieber Too?) - Posted April 22, 2011
We reported a couple of months back about how AOL's purchase of the Huffington Post delivered some more semantic technology to its doorstep. But that's not the only semantically-related project underway there: Amit Moran, R&D Ma... [semanticweb.com]

The New York Times on Why It Still Pays Writers Who Would Write for Free - Posted April 14, 2011
In light of the current lawsuit by unpaid bloggers against AOL-Huffington Post, HuffPo defenders have made the argument that people knowingly, willingly wrote for the digital n... [FishbowlNY]

AOL's Patch to Hire as Many as 800 New Journalists - Posted April 13, 2011
AOL's Patch websites are looking to hire as many as 800 full-time employees at the local-news operations across the country, Bloomberg reports. ... [FishbowlNY]

Most Popular FishbowlNY Stories for the Week - Posted April 8, 2011
Here's a look what FishbowlNY stories made the most buzz this week. Hot 97 DJ Mister Cee Arrested for Public Lewdness, April 6 ... [FishbowlNY]

Huffington Post Union of Bloggers Launches Website - Posted April 4, 2011
The Huffington Post Union of Bloggers, or HPUB, a non-profit corporation comprised of current and former bloggers and employees of the Huffington Post, has announced the launch of its website, www.hpub.org. We learned a little more about HPUB through its... [FishbowlNY]

Revolving Door: Univision, 'GQ,' HuffPo, and More - Posted March 25, 2011
Here are this week's media highlights from Mediabistro's Revolving Door Newsletter: Cindy Hatcher... [PRNewser]

AOL Shutting Down 30 Blogs - Posted March 22, 2011
Time to update your media list again. The changes resulting from the AOL/Huffington Post merger continue. AOL is shutting down 30 blogs, moving them over to other existin... [AgencySpy]

Dan Abrams Defends Huffington Post From the "Strikers" - Posted March 21, 2011
Huffington Post had an unlikely ally today -- Dan Abrams, founder of digital media company Abrams Media, wrote a post on ... [FishbowlNY]

Revolving Door: 'Town & Country,' Huffington Post, MarieClaire.com - Posted March 17, 2011
Here are this week's media highlights from Mediabistro's Revolving Door Newsletter: Stellene Volandes... [PRNewser]

Biz Stone Given Stock to be Adviser to AOL's Huffington Post - Posted March 14, 2011
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone will be working with AOL and its recently acquired Huffington Post in the coming months as a "strategic adviser for social impact". He will get some AOL stocks as part of the deal, and wil... [AllTwitter]

AOL's Purchase of HuffPo Leaves Many Confused - Posted February 18, 2011
In the wake of AOL's purchase of the Huffington Post, bystanders have reacted with confusion. Stephen Colbert, for example, ... [semanticweb.com]

Exclusive: Complex Media Unveils New Website - Posted December 13, 2010
Complex Media, which incorporates Complex magazine and Complex.com, is a top destination for twenty-something professional men. Last fall the company announced a few important hires. Recently, FishbowlNY sat down with CEO Rich... [FishbowlNY]

No Joke: The Huffington Post Seeks New Comedy Editor - Posted November 29, 2010
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APCO and HuffPo Reorder Fortune's 'Most Admired' List - Posted November 11, 2010
APCO Worldwide and the Huffington Post announced today a co-developed model t... [PRNewser]

The Huffington Post Launching a 'Divorce' Vertical - Posted October 5, 2010
Continuing its rapid expansion into new verticals and topics, The Huffington Post is planning a section dedicated to the subject of "Divorce." Journalist and author Nora Ephron conceived the vertical, and will serve as its founding editor, with ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Facebook's Sandberg Talks Privacy, 'The Social Network,' and More During Ad Week - Posted September 30, 2010
[caption id="attachment_5408" align="alignleft" width="259" caption="Photo: Nancy Lazarus"][/caption] The growing role of social media versus websites, openness versus privacy, community giving, and the new movie The Social Network were among the topics covered when ... [PRNewser]

Huffington Post Fires Back While Tabloids Fail the Accuracy Test, Plus Other News of the Day - Posted September 28, 2010
- The Week is starting to look rather Radar-y. As the Business Insider points out, the weekly publication has attempted to booster its website over the past year, and in doing so it has brought on six new digital hires, including three from the now defunct magazine Radar. Sounds like an... [MediaJobsDaily]

Former HuffPo Blogger Wonders Why She Couldn't Get Paid - Posted September 27, 2010
Mayhill Fowler had one demand for the Huffington Post, if she was going to continue writing for the news platform. She wanted to get paid. Unfortunately, the editors at HuffPo didn't really want to do that. Despite multiple attempts, the editors continued to deny Fowler's requests for paying gigs. So Fowler told... [MediaJobsDaily]

Using Web 3.0 Technology to Share Stories that can Change the World (WATCH) - Huffington Post (blog) - Posted September 21, 2010
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Thomson Reuters OpenCalais Sees Commercial Adoption For Media Monitoring, Search Engine Optimization, Reader Engagement, Corporate Governance and More - Posted June 24, 2010
Pioneering Partners Include Moreover Technologies, Morris Communications, Magus Ltd. and Prefix Technologies SemTech 2010 – San Francisco, Calif. – June 24, 2010 – Thomson Reuters today cited four innovative companies that are pioneering the large-scale and commercial use of its OpenCalais service to enrich and optimize digital content. They include Moreover Technologies,... [semanticweb.com]

Huffington Post Buys Adaptive Semantics To Keep Up With 100000 Comments A Day - TechCrunch (blog) - Posted June 17, 2010
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The Semantic Web: Win-Win Solution for the Toyota Mess? - Huffington Post (blog) - Posted February 15, 2010
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Jon Stewart's Tough Love For Blogs - Posted February 5, 2010
Are there no sacred cows that Daily Show host Jon Stewart won't take on? Fresh off his "Two Days Of Yelling With Bill O'Reilly" tour -- ... [FishbowlNY]

Jay Leno To Reclaim 11:30 Slot?|Car & Driver SVP Leaves Hachette|Huffington Post Parody|Forbes Sells Building - Posted January 7, 2010
TMZ: ... [FishbowlNY]

FishbowlNY's 2009 Lists: The Events That The Media Loved This Year - Posted December 22, 2009
Last week, we asked FishbowlNY readers: What party or event did the media overrun in 2009? And we got our reply: an overwhelming 88 percent of you said that the Presidential Inauguration was the biggest media blow-out of the yea... [FishbowlNY]

FishbowlNY's 2009 Lists: The Year's Biggest Moves In Media - Posted December 21, 2009
This year -- full of flux and uncertainty about where the media is heading -- has resulted in a vast number of job changes and departures across all matter of media companies and publications. In almost every field of journalism, big names have either been fired, promoted, retired, or simply moved... [FishbowlNY]

HuffPost's Impact Kicks Off 12 Days Of Giving To Needy Families - Posted December 15, 2009
Two months since the launch of The Huffington Post's socially conscious vertical HuffPost Impact,... [FishbowlNY]

The Business Insider Continues Its Content Sharing Conquest - Posted December 7, 2009
Don't be alarmed if you start to see articles from The Atlantic's Megan McArdle reprinted in full on another Web site. It's just ... [FishbowlNY]

NY Nonprofit Buys Investigative Public Policy Pub City Limits - Posted November 23, 2009
The nonprofit Community Service Society of New York is launching a journalism experiment, by buying investigative public policy publication City Limits for $200,000. CSS plans to retain the title's current staff and name, and will invest $1 million into it, in t... [FishbowlNY]

Lou Dobbs|HuffPost Sports|More AP Layoffs To Come?|News Corp. May Join Time Inc.'s "Hulu For Magazines"|Late Night Writing Staffs Lack Ladies - Posted November 12, 2009
TVNewser: ... [FishbowlNY]

Mika Brzezinski On Upside Of Being Fired: Becoming A Better Parent - Posted November 3, 2009
No matter how many times people tell you it will all be okay, there's no easy way around it: getting laid off sucks. We've tried our hand at being inspirational, and now "Morning Joe" co-hos... [FishbowlNY]

HuffPost Introduces Nominees For Game Changers In Media - Posted October 30, 2009
The Huffington Post has asked its readers to help pick the top 100 "game changers": people who are "using new media to reshape their fields and change the world." But as the site has reveale... [FishbowlNY]

UGCX Coverage|AP Amends Fairey Countersuit|Conde Launches New iPhone App|HuffPost CEO Hippeau - Posted October 20, 2009
WebNewser, PRNewser: Some coverage of mediabistro.com's user-generated focused conference UGCX today: ... [FishbowlNY]

Excitement For BusinessWeek Deal At MPA Conference - Posted October 15, 2009
Yesterday, we spent a few hours at the Magazine Publishers of America's Magazine Innovation Summit. In between panels and interviews like The New York Times' ... [FishbowlNY]

MSNBC.com Acquires Hyperlocal Site|FT Plans For Micropayments|Gourmet Launches Foodie TV Show|Kurtz Poo-poos Rather's Presidential Commission Idea - Posted August 17, 2009
WebNewser: ... [FishbowlNY]

Will You Use HuffPo's New Social News Service? - Posted August 17, 2009
Today, the Huffington Post announced a new venture with Facebook called HuffPost Social News, which allows you to share HuffPo stories, news and comments with your friends through Facebook. According to our sister blog WebNewser, ... [FishbowlNY]

Mediaite.com's Colby Hall On The Menu: His Site's Success, Obama's Op-Ed And HuffBook - Posted August 17, 2009
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Rodale CEO Leaves, Replaced By Founder's Granddaughter - Posted July 30, 2009
Pennsylvania-based magazine and book publisher Rodale Inc. said today that president and CEO Steven Pleshette Murphy has decided not to renew his contract and will be leaving the company at t... [FishbowlNY]

On The Menu: How To Make It In NYC & Gawker's Hamilton Nolan - Posted July 30, 2009
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White House Advisor's Son Joins HuffPost In Colorado - Posted July 29, 2009
FishbowlDC reported last night that White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod has a reason to be a proud papa today. His 22-year-old son, Ethan Axelrod, has managed to snag a highly coveted job in journalism right... [FishbowlNY]

100 Veteran AP Staffers Take Buyouts - Posted July 29, 2009
The Associated Press said yesterday that about 100 staffers had taken a voluntary buyout offered by the news collective. Among those to take the offer were 49-year veteran r... [FishbowlNY]

From Texas Monthly to Texas Weekly: Evan Smith Picks Up Experienced Staff For New Venture - Posted July 23, 2009
After announcing his departure from Texas Monthly just last week, ... [FishbowlNY]

Trying To Find A Business Model That Works - Posted July 17, 2009
Last night's panel produced by Mediabistro.com and sponsored by Demand Studios focused on finding a business model for news on the Web but -- like most panels of its kind -- no real conclusions were reached. The panel was moderated by BusinessWeek... [FishbowlNY]

ABC Pays $200K For Jackson Interview|Who Inappropriately Touched David Brooks?|Pageviews May Have Sealed Froomkin's Fate. Or Not.|Journal-er Dana Heads To Daily Beast|Search Wars: Twitter vs. Google - Posted July 13, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Econ... [FishbowlNY]

Talking Social Media And Twitter At The Personal Democracy Forum - Posted June 29, 2009
During the afternoon session at the Personal Democracy Forum today, we sat in on one panel about citizen journalism and another focused on organizing and fundraising using Twitter. The first panel of the afternoon was moderated by The Nation's ... [FishbowlNY]

Former HuffPo CEO On Departure: "Bummer" - Posted June 17, 2009
On Monday, the Huffington Post announced that it had named a new CEO, longtime board member and venture capitalist Eric Hippeau. Current CEO ... [FishbowlNY]

What's New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller Up To In Iran? - Posted June 16, 2009
The developing story in Iran (and how the media has been covering it) has been a ... [FishbowlNY]

What's Next In Blogs: 4 Questions For "Bloggers On The Bus" Author Eric Boehlert - Posted June 15, 2009
Newspapers are dying, magazines are closing and more journalists are finding themselves without paying gigs every day. Everyone is wondering: what does the future hold for the media? We brought the questions to the front lines, asking leaders in the field to tell us: what's next? This week, we decided to talk... [FishbowlNY]

NYT Draws Ire For Use Of Anonymous Sources - Posted June 10, 2009
Over the weekend, The New York Times published an article examining the internal debate at the Justice Department in 2005 about interrogation techniques. In the days since, the paper has b... [FishbowlNY]

With Future Of Media Uncertain, Mirror Awards Honor Journalists Covering Media - Posted June 9, 2009
Today's Mirror Awards luncheon at the Harmonie Club uptown was swarmed by all manner of media types. Media critics who were nominated for Mirrors like Vanity Fair's Michael Wolff, ... [FishbowlNY]

Huffington Post Expands Business Side With Two New Positions - Posted May 27, 2009
As other media companies contract, the Huffington Post continues to expand, and its adding people who can bring in more money to fund its expansion. Today, the online pub announced that its had added a CFO, ... [FishbowlNY]

Web Voters Award Sklar Two Mirror Award People's Choice Prizes - Posted May 21, 2009
Former Huffington Post contributor Rachel Sklar nabbed two People's Choice awards following online voting for Mirror Award nominees. 2009 marks the third year that Syracuse University's S.I. Newho... [FishbowlNY]

Newmark, Sklar, Sullivan Talk Consumer Protection With Consumer Reports and Consumerist - Posted May 20, 2009
Last night's panel (from left to right) Kevin McKean, Craig Newmark, Rachel Sklar, Ben Popken and Bob Sullivan Last night, we hit a panel at 92Y Tribeca hosted by the Consumerist and Consumer Reports that foc... [FishbowlNY]

Washington Post Investigations Editor Named Exec Editor For HuffPo's Investigative Fund - Posted May 20, 2009
Yesterday, we reported that New York Times media columnist David Carr... [FishbowlNY]

Maureen Dowd Blames Plagiarism On A Friend - Posted May 18, 2009
Yesterday, a sharp-eyed blogger accused New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd... [FishbowlNY]

Huffington Post Puts Internship Up For Sale - Posted May 14, 2009
Can this be true? Our collegeaues at MediaJobsDaily have a story about a charity auction selling a two- or three-month internship at the Huffington Post. The current bid is $13,000 but if you're interested you'll have to bid at least $15,500. The money r... [FishbowlNY]

Fomer Maxim Editor Keith Blanchard Joins Ad Agency - Posted May 8, 2009
Keith Blanchard (left) has worn many hats during his career, most recently founding The Daily Lowdown, a content aggregation site for young men. But the Huffington Post columnist and former editor-in-chief of lad mag ... [FishbowlNY]

The Huffington Post Recruits Biz Dev VP - Posted May 5, 2009
These new media properties are getting increasingly serious about the business side of their operations. Last week, The Daily Beast ... [FishbowlNY]

No Hope in the New Media World - Posted April 20, 2009
Over on The Big Money, Lesley M. M. Blume -- who pen... [FishbowlNY]

New Hire at Newsweek - Posted April 13, 2009
Newsweek has officially brought Seth Colter Walls on board as a reporter. Those of you who feel like ... [FishbowlNY]

For $1.75 Million The Huffington Post Starts Investigative Journalism - Posted March 30, 2009
While newspapers sit and debate the practicalities and merits of venturing into a non-profit business model, the Huffington Post runs full steam ahead. Over the weekend the Post ... [MediaJobsDaily]

23/6 Closes Its Offices, Downsizes to Three Staffers - Posted January 30, 2009
FBNY has learned that 23/6, the online humor site launched in 2006, has been downsized to three staffers and has closed its offices. The site will continue as a Huffington Post vertical, to be run ou... [FishbowlNY]

Tina Brown on The Daily Beast: 'I Spend a Hell of a Lot of Time in My Pajamas' - Posted November 24, 2008
One sometimes wonders if Tina Brown's The Daily Beast would have had such an easy time defining itself if not for the sprawling presence of the ... [FishbowlNY]

Dude, You Adequately Attributed My Quote - Posted August 15, 2008
Where does aggregation end and plagiarism begin? Bill Boyarsky (former City Editor of the Los Angeles Times and current columnist for Truth Dig): "The... [FishbowlNY]

Strike a Pose: HuffPo Launches a Style Vertical - Posted July 29, 2008
We've been hearing rumors of this for a week or so, and can now confirm that the Huffington Post has just to added a new style vertical to its website. We are told the Style Section that it will differ from HuffPo's living section in so ... [FishbowlNY]

HuffPo Not Returning to 1993 Anytime Soon - Posted July 18, 2008
Earlier today Portfolio picked up on an interview Huffington Post CEO Betsy Mor... [FishbowlNY]

The Jezebellion Wave - Posted July 16, 2008
We're not sure how many FBNY readers have been keeping up with the whole Jezebel kerfuffle — between the July 4 holiday and going Canadian we most... [FishbowlNY]

Commenters: Barnacles on the Web 2.0 Whale? - Posted July 11, 2008
Most people who write online for a living (or even just regularly for their own pleasure) will have their own story to tell regarding commenters, and usually it's bad (though we here at FishbowlNY have no complaints! Mostly because our readers choose to forego the complicated(?) commenting system and write... [FishbowlNY]