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Feb 7
2011

AOL Buys Huffington Post; Huffington to Run AOL Local

AOL will buy The Huffington Post for $300 Million in cash and $15 million in stock, and put Arianna Huffington in charge of the AOL Local sites (Mapquest, Patch, MovieFone) as well as its growing collection of opinionated tech and vertical news properties, such as TechCrunch, Engadget and Popeater. AOL’s vertical sites, such as TMZ.com, …continue reading »

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Feb 22
2010

HuffPo’s Eric Hippeau at IAB: ‘I Didn’t Kill Newspapers’

Huffington Post CEO Eric Hippeau defended the role of the site in journalism and said it is helping to herald in “a golden age of journalism” that has more content and audience participation than ever before. Speaking at IAB’s Annual Leadership Meeting in Carlsbad, CA, Hippeau noted that HuffPo is publishing 500 pieces of content …continue reading »

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Dec 3
2009

Willow Bay Talks About Huffington Post LA’s Launch

The Huffington Post has branched out into local editions, and has just launched its fourth site: Los Angeles. Prior rollouts have occurred in Chicago, New York and Denver. Former ABC TV Correspondent Senior Editor Willow Bay is running the LA site, with one additional editorial person. The local advertising strategy is being handled by former …continue reading »

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Oct 27
2009

Niesenholtz at Web 2.0: Major Opportunities Ahead for Journalism

Speakers at last week’s Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco mused about the future of journalism with moderator John Battelle. “We’re living in an era of great change all over the place,” noted New York Times Digital Head Martin Niesenholtz. The Internet has “given to us a huge global platform to innovate. It is our …continue reading »

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Oct 1
2009

The ILM:09 Lineup: Dec. 9-11 in LA

The lineup for BIA/Kelsey’s Interactive Local Media ’09 is really taking shape. The speakers truly represent a “who’s who” of what’s going on in the space that is interesting, progressive and important. ILM is the culmination of this year’s research and analysis, and takes place Dec. 9-11 at our favorite hotel, The Century Plaza in …continue reading »

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Jul 29
2009

The Huffington Post Slates Denver as Local Market #3

The Huffington Post has hired a staffer for a Denver site, which will launch in September. Denver, the nation’s 20th largest market, will be HuffPo’s third local site. New York and Chicago are already up. Los Angeles is slated to be #4, with more than a dozen sites planned in all. The sites are being …continue reading »

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Jul 20
2009

ESPN Adding New Local Sites in 3 Major Markets

The New York Times reports that ESPN, after a successful launch of its local sports website concept in Chicago, is adding three more markets: New York, Los Angeles and Dallas. The Dallas site launches this fall, while New York and LA will start in early 2010. Fifteen staffers are being added for the three sites, …continue reading »

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