Arianna Huffington

AOL's Newsroom Is Now Bigger Than The New York Times'

Stevie Converse — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:05:30 -0400

Full article: Business Insider
Henry Blodget
AOL's news and content operation now has three main parts: Huffington Post, Patch, and the legacy AOL brands and sites. At last count, Patch had about 800 editorial staffers, Huffpo about 200, and the rest of AOL about 300. Given that massive investment, the next question is whether AOL is deploying these 1,300 folks in the best way possible.

Colbert-Stewart Rally Raises Question: Where Is Journalism Headed?

Stevie Converse — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:22:52 -0400

Full article: Christian Science Monitor
Gloria Goodale
If you thought the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" coming up on Oct. 30 in Washington was just a date for some good laughs and maybe hot entertainment, think again. It is also shaping up as yet another event in the ongoing dialogue about where journalism is headed in the brave world of new media -- where points of view are welcome, but facts, fairness and independence are still very much needed.

Tina Brown's Daily Beast Bids for Newsweek -- and a Showdown with the Huffington Post

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:09:02 -0400

Full article: The Guardian
Edward Helmore
Tina Brown, one of New York's best-established British media figures, has set her sights on Newsweek, the historic but ailing weekly news magazine, in a move that could intensify her rivalry with Arianna Huffington, proprietor of internet magazine the Huffington Post.

Murdoch, Huffington Tangle at Media Workshop

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:41:16 -0500

Full article: The Wrap
Ira Teinowitz
Old Media Murdoch and New Media Huffington took off the gloves at the start of a Federal Trade Commission workshop examining the impact of the internet on journalism.

Murdoch, Huffington Squabble Over Online News

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:23:28 -0500

Full article: PC Magazine
Chloe Albanesius
Rupert Murdoch continued his crusade against news aggregation sites at a workshop on the future of journalism, but Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington accused the media tycoon of confusing aggregation with wholesale misappropriation.

David Simon, Arianna Huffington and the Future of Journalism

Stevie Converse — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:07:29 -0400

Full article: The Nation
John Nichols
Much was made of the supposed clash between "old-media" David Simon and "new-media" Arianna Huffington at the Senate hearing on the future of journalism. The truth is that both of them are right. Yes, newspapers are dying, and no, Internet journalism is not filling the void. But it might; in fact, it almost certainly must.

Media Minutes: May 8, 2009

Candace Clement — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:12:14 -0400

The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on “The Future of Journalism.” And a new study from the Future of Music Coalition examines playlist data from across the country to determine if FCC efforts to diversify music on the radio have made an impact.

Media Minutes (2009-05-08)

Candace Clement — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:05:50 -0400

Panel Debates Future of Television

Stevie Converse — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:09:32 -0400

Full article: Variety
Peter Caranicas
What kind of content will continue to work on TV and what will migrate to the Internet was an underlying theme during a panel in Hollywood.

Arianna Huffington: Post Hostess

Stevie Converse — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:46:58 -0500

Full article: Los Angeles Times
Choire Sicha
It wasn't the Bush administration that fueled the distrust of the media. The media's complicity in the lead-up to the war in Iraq is one of the darkest moments in the history of American media. And that helped fuel a lot of the dissatisfaction.