HuffPost is a USA website covering National News.
HuffPost was known as The Huffington Post until April 2017 and is sometimes referred to as HuffPo. It is a liberal news and opinion website offering blogs and video coverage. The site was founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, Jonah Peretti and Andrew Breitbart and was launched on May 9, 2005. Initially it focused on news commentary but quickly expanded into breaking news coverage.
In February 2011, AOL Inc. agreed to buy The Huffington Post for $315M in cash and stock. In June 2015, Verizon Communications bought AOL and HuffPost became part of a Verizon division called Verizon Media Group (formerly Oath). On November 19, 2020, Verizon announced the sale of HuffPost to BuzzFeed Inc., which operates BuzzFeed News. As part of the deal, Verizon Media became a minority shareholder in BuzzFeed.
This website is owned by BuzzFeed Inc.
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Danielle Belton Named Editor-in-Chief of HuffPost HuffPost Closes Brazil and India Editions BuzzFeed Buys HuffPost from Verizon
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-- On April 12, 2021, Danielle Belton will start work as the new editor-in-chief of HuffPost, which BuzzFeed acquired from Verizon Media Group late last year. Belton, who began her career at the Bakersfield Californian, is currently the Editor-in-Chief of The Root, an online magazine serving African Americans.
BuzzFeed issued this press release:
BuzzFeed Announces Danielle Belton As Editor-In-Chief Of HuffPost
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, April 6, 2021
-- On November 24, 2020, HuffPost shut down its Brazil and India editions, costing about 20 people their jobs. This follows the November 19, 2020 announcement that Verizon Media Group will see HuffPost to BuzzFeed Inc., which operates BuzzFeed News and other services.
The Brasil and India HuffPosts were launched in 2014 as part of HuffPost's global expansion. This past May, BuzzFeed shut down its news operations in the UK and Australia.
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, December 4, 2020
-- November 19, 2020: Verizon Media has wanted to sell HuffPost for over a year and has finally succeeded. Today it announced that BuzzFeed will buy the service. With the deal, Verizon Media will become a minority shareholder in BuzzFeed. BuzzFeed founder and president Jonah Peretti said "We want HuffPost to be more HuffPosty, and BuzzFeed to be more BuzzFeedy." Some will be...
-- September 28, 2020: With HuffPost reported to be losing $15 to $20 million a year, owner Verizon Communications has spent months trying to find a buyer according to the New York Post. The sales pitch has had a chilly reception, with one digital media executive saying "It's such a mess, I wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot pole."
Alexandra Steigrad wrote at the New York Post on September 28, 2020:
Verizon scrambling to unload HuffPost as losses mount
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, September 30, 2020
-- On October 18, 2019, the Financial Times of London reported that cellphone giant Verizon is looking for a buyer for HuffPost. HuffPost is part of Verizon Media Group, formed from Verizon's acquisition of AOL in 2015 and Yahoo! in 2017.
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, October 23, 2019Also See:
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