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.

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.

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.

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.

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.