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PUMA, Huffington Post Debut Branded Stock Index

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 22, 2009 - 12:45pm.
Boston - Footwear and apparel maker Puma said on Tuesday that it has partnered with news and opinion site The Huffington Post to launch the Puma Index, a playful "stock ticker" site featuring models whose level of dress is dependent on the performance of global stock market indices. As the stocks go down, clothes come off; and as stocks rise, models get dressed. The site is designed to showcase the company's clothing and new Bodywear line.

tags: Marketing | Advertising | Retail | Publishing | PUMA | Huffington Post |

Ex AOLer Greg Coleman Named President of Huffington Post

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 16, 2009 - 12:18pm.
New York - Greg Coleman, who for two months earlier this year served as the president of AOL's Platform-A ad business, will become the new president and chief revenue officer of popular left-leaning political news site The Huffington Post, AllThingsD reported. Coleman also is the former executive vice president of global sales at Yahoo, as well as the CEO of search and ad targeting start-up NetSeer. Huffington CEO Eric Hippeau has been a member of Yahoo's board for several years. The status of James Smith, Huffington's current chief revenue officer, remains unclear.

tags: Advertising | Blogs | Moves | AOL | Publishing | Huffington Post |

Facebook Integrates News Blog The Huffington Post

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 17, 2009 - 3:04pm.
Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook has partnered with liberal blog The Huffington Post to integrate usage of the two sites via Facebook Connect. HuffPost Social News allows Facebook users to see their friends' activity on Huffington Post, and vice versa.

tags: Blogs | Social Networking | Facebook | News | Publishing | Huffington Post |

Huffington Post Names Eric Hippeau as New CEO

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 15, 2009 - 11:57am.
New York - The Huffington Post has named former Ziff Davis chairman and CEO Eric Hippeau as its new chief executive, replacing Betsy Morgan, who joined the company in late 2007, PaidContent reports. Hippeau sits on the board of Huffington Post, and is currently a managing partner at SoftBank Capital.

tags: Blogs | Moves | News | Publishing | Huffington Post |

Gawker, Huffington Post Top List of Most Valuable Blogging Firms

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 24, 2009 - 9:09am.
New York - Gawker Media, the New York-based publisher of popular blogs including Gawker, Jezebel, Gizmodo, Lifehacker and Jalopnik, tops a newly released list of the 25 most valuable blogging companies, as determined by 24/7 Wall St.
tags: Advertising | Blogs | Reports | Publishing | Research | Gawker Media | Huffington Post |

Huffington Post Makes History at Obama Press Conference

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 13, 2009 - 9:12am.
Washington - A reporter for the left-leaning Huffington Post made history earlier this week when he became the first member of an Internet-based news organization to be called upon during an official White House press conference.
tags: Blogs | Publishing | Washington | Politics | Barack Obama | Huffington Post |

Huffington Post's New Funding Round Totals $25 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 1, 2008 - 8:58am.

New York - News and opinion website The Huffington Post announced on Monday that it has raised $25 million in new financing, bettering the $15 million that had been mentioned in earlier reports on the investment.

tags: Deals | VC | Blogs | Publishing | Politics | Oak Investment Partners | Huffington Post |

Report: Huffington Post Closing on $15 Million Third Round

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 21, 2008 - 11:15am.

London - Politics and culture blog The Huffington Post is near the close of a new $15 million third round of venture capital financing, The Times reported, while PaidContent adds that sources tell it that Oak Investment Partners will lead the round.

tags: Deals | VC | Publishing | Oak Investment Partners | Huffington Post | Arianna Huffington |

Political Blogs and News Sites See Explosive Growth in Traffic

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 22, 2008 - 11:08am.

Reston, Va. - The number of visitors to political blogs and news sites has skyrocketed during the 2008 presidential election season, compared with a year ago, according to new figures from Web audience measurement firm comScore.

tags: Blogs | Reports | comScore | Publishing | Research | Politics | Huffington Post | Drudge Report | Politico |

Huffington Post Going Local, Raising New Funding

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 20, 2008 - 8:16am.

London - Left-leaning political news blog Huffington Post plans to expand into local news across the U.S., and is pursuing a third round of venture capital to help fund the initiative, founder Arianna Huffington said at a conference hosted by U.K. newspaper the Guardian.

tags: Deals | VC | Blogs | Newspapers | Publishing | Huffington Post |

Big Redlasso Clients Depart in Wake of Network Demands

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 13, 2008 - 10:16am.

New York - In the wake of a raft of cease-and-desist notices sent by networks demanding that Redlasso no longer tailor TV news clips for bloggers, several of the company's high-profile clients -- including The Huffington Post and Crooks and Liars -- have stopped using the service, Silicon Alley Insider reported. The networks sent their notices to New York-based Redlasso in late May, and gave the company until May 29 to respond. The service is still producing condensed TV news clips for the Web for sites including TVNewser, PopCrunch and HotAir.

tags: Video | Law | TV | Copyright | Huffington Post | Redlasso |

IAC, Huffington Post Launch News Satire Website "23/6"

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 9, 2007 - 11:30am.

New York - IAC/InterActiveCorp. (NASD: IACI) on Friday announced the launch of 23/6, a news satire website joint venture with the Huffington Post that will cover politics and people in the news, The Wall Street Journal reported. The site, which will fall under the same IAC division as CollegeHumor.com, has been in development for more than a year. The 23/6 team includes former writers for "The Daily Show" and "The Simpsons," in addition to Huffington Post bloggers.
tags: Video | IAC | News | 23%% | Politics | Huffington Post |

Which Presidential Hopefuls do Tech & Media Companies Fund?

Authored by Scott Goldberg on October 17, 2007 - 10:35am.
FundRace 2008The Huffington Post runs a campaign finance section of its site called FundRace 2008, which breaks donations into several categories.  You can search by celebrities, occupations, and companies.  FundRace featured three tech companies today, Microsoft, Google, and AOL, as well as two media companies, NBC and CBS.  Here are the results:
tags: Internet | Microsoft | AOL | Google | CBS | NBC | Media | Politics | Huffington Post |

Huffington Post Names CBSNews.com GM Morgan as CEO

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 2, 2007 - 10:15am.

New York - Politics and news website The Huffington Post will name former CBSNews.com general manager Betsy Morgan as its new chief executive today, The New York Times reported.

tags: Blogs | Moves | CBS | News | Publishing | Huffington Post | Betsy Morgan |

Giuliani’s Daughter Backs Obama on Facebook Profile

Authored by dmw on August 6, 2007 - 12:45pm.
Rudy Giuliani and daughter CarolineWashington — Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani’s daughter Caroline, 17, has signaled that she supports Democrat Barack Obama for president, according to her Facebook profile. She belonged to Democrat Barack Obama's Facebook group "Barack Obama (One Million Strong for Barack)" until today when she left the group after the online magazine Slate sent an inquiry.
tags: Social Networking | Facebook | Politics | Slate | Huffington Post |

Yahoo, Slate, Huffington Post to Host Online-Only Presidential Debates

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 23, 2007 - 10:04am.

Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo announced on Monday that it will play host, along with The Huffington Post and online magazine Slate, to two online-only presidential debates.

tags: Video | Yahoo | Washington | Politics | Slate | Charlie Rose | Huffington Post |