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American news aggregator, blog launched 2005

*HuffPost*

Type of site	News aggregator, blog
Available in	English French Greek Italian Japanese Korean Portuguese Spanish
Founded	May 9, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-05-09)
Headquarters	770 Broadway New York City, U.S.
Area served	Anglosphere, Francosphere, Hispanosphere, Lusosphere
Owner	AOL (2011–2015) Verizon (2015–2020) BuzzFeed (2020–present)
Created by	Arianna Huffington Kenneth Lerer Jonah Peretti Andrew Breitbart
Parent	AOL (2011–2015) Oath/Verizon Media (2015–2020) BuzzFeed (2020–present)
URL	www.huffpost.com
Commercial	No
Registration	Optional
Launched	May 9, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-05-09)
Current status	Active

HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017, itself often abbreviated as HuffPo) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and covers politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy eating, young women's interests, and local news featuring columnists. It was created to provide a progressive alternative to conservative news websites such as the Drudge Report. The site contains its own content and user-generated content via video blogging, audio, and photo. In 2012, the website became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize.

Founded by Arianna Huffington, Andrew Breitbart, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, the site was launched on May 9, 2005, as a counterpart to the Drudge Report. In March 2011, it was acquired by AOL for US$315 million, with Arianna Huffington appointed editor-in-chief. In June 2015, Verizon Communications acquired AOL for US$4.4 billion, and the site became a part of Verizon Media. In November 2020, BuzzFeed acquired the company. Weeks after the acquisition, BuzzFeed laid off 47 HuffPost staff, mostly journalists, in the U.S. and closed down HuffPost Canada, laying off 23 staff working for the Canadian and Quebec divisions of the company.

History

The Huffington Post was launched on May 9, 2005, as a commentary outlet, blog, and an alternative to news aggregators such as the Drudge Report. It was founded by Arianna Huffington, Andrew Breitbart, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti. Prior to this, Arianna Huffington hosted the website Ariannaonline.com. Her first foray into the Internet was the website Resignation.com, which called for the resignation of President Bill Clinton and was a rallying place for conservatives opposing Clinton.

An early Huffington Post strategy was crafting search-engine optimized (SEO) stories and headlines based around trending keywords, such as "What Time Is the Super Bowl?"

In August 2006, The Huffington Post raised a $5 million Series A round from SoftBank Capital and Greycroft.

In December 2008, The Huffington Post raised $25 million from Oak Investment Partners at a $100 million valuation and Fred Harman of Oak Investment Partners joined its board of directors. The money was to be used for technology, infrastructure, investigative journalism, and development of local versions.

In June 2009, Eric Hippeau, co-managing partner of Softbank Capital, became CEO of The Huffington Post.

In January 2011, The Huffington Post received 35% of its traffic from web search engines (SEOs), compared to 20% at CNN. This strategy appealed to AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, who tried to implement similar SEO-driven journalism practices at AOL at the time of its acquisition of The Huffington Post.

In March 2011, AOL acquired The Huffington Post for US$315 million. As part of the deal, Huffington became president and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post and existing AOL properties Engadget, TechCrunch, Moviefone, MapQuest, Black Voices, PopEater (now subpage on the HuffPost Entertainment subpage), AOL Music, AOL Latino (now HuffPost Voices), AutoBlog, Patch, and StyleList.

In December 2011, The Huffington Post said it had 36.2 million unique visitors.

The Huffington Post subsumed many of AOL's Voices properties, including AOL Black Voices, which was established in 1995 as Blackvoices.com, and AOL Latino, Impact (launched in 2010 as a partnership between Huffington Post and Causecast), Women, Teen, College, Religion, and the Spanish-language Voces (en español). The Voices brand was expanded in September 2011 with the launch of Gay Voices, dedicated to LGBT-relevant articles.

By late 2013, the website operated as a "stand-alone business" within AOL, taking control of more of its own business and advertising operations, and directing more effort towards securing "premium advertising".

In June 2015, Verizon Communications acquired AOL for US$4.4 billion and the site became a part of Verizon Media.

Huffington resigned to pursue other ventures and was succeeded as editor-in-chief by Lydia Polgreen in December 2016.

In April 2017, Polgreen announced the company would rebrand, changing its official full name to HuffPost, with changes to the design of its website and logo, and content and reporting.

On January 24, 2019, 20 employees were laid off as a part of Verizon Media laying off 7% of its staff. The opinion and health sections were eliminated. Pulitzer Prize finalist Jason Cherkis lost his job.

On March 6, 2020, Polgreen announced that she would step down as editor-in-chief to become the head of content at Gimlet Media.

In November 2020, HuffPost shut down its India operation after six years. According to some media reports, the acquisition did not include the India site due to regulations barring foreign ownership of Indian Digital Media.

On February 16, 2021, BuzzFeed acquired HuffPost from Verizon Media in a stock deal. On March 9, 2021, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti said that the company had lost "around $20 million" during the previous year, and HuffPost Canada was shut down and ceased publishing. On April 12, 2021, Danielle Belton became editor-in-chief.

Following the gradual shut-down of BuzzFeed News announced in 2023, BuzzFeed, Inc. refocused its news efforts into HuffPost, with plans to rehire past BuzzFeed News employees at HuffPost or at BuzzFeed.

Local editions

In spring 2007, the first local version, HuffPost Chicago, was launched.
In June 2009, HuffPost New York was launched.
HuffPost Denver launched on September 15, 2009.
HuffPost Los Angeles launched on December 2, 2009.
HuffPost San Francisco launched on July 12, 2011.
HuffPost Detroit launched on November 17, 2011.
HuffPost Miami launched in November 2011.
HuffPost Hawaii was launched in collaboration with the online investigative reporting and public affairs news service Honolulu Civil Beat on September 4, 2013.

International editions

On May 26, 2011, HuffPost Canada, the first international edition, was launched. Following BuzzFeed's acquisition of HuffPost, it was announced on March 9, 2021, that HuffPost Canada would stop publishing content and cease operations the following week as part of a broader restructuring plan for the company.
On July 6, 2011, Huffington Post UK was launched.
On January 23, 2012, The Huffington Post, in partnership with Le Monde and Les Nouvelles Editions Indépendantes, launched Le Huffington Post, a French-language edition and the first in a non-English speaking country.
On February 8, 2012, Le Huffington Post Québec (a.k.a. HuffPost Québec), a French language edition, was launched in Canada's primarily French-speaking province, Quebec.
On May 1, 2012, a U.S.-based Spanish-language edition was launched under the name HuffPost Voces, replacing AOL Latino.
In June 2012, the edition in Spain, El Huffington Post (later ElHuffPost), was launched.
On May 6, 2013, an edition for Japan, ハフポスト (HuffPost Japan), was launched with the collaboration of Asahi Shimbun, the first edition in an Asian country.
On September 24, 2013, an Italian edition, L'Huffington Post, was launched, directed by journalist Lucia Annunziata in collaboration with the media company Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso.
In June 2013, Al Huffington Post, the third francophone edition, launched for the Maghreb French area. On December 3, 2019, the Maghreb edition was closed.
On October 10, 2013, Munich-based Huffington Post Deutschland was launched in co-operation with the liberal-conservative magazine Focus, covering German-speaking Europe. On January 11, 2018, it was announced that the German language edition would shut down on March 31, 2018.
In January 2014, Arianna Huffington and Nicolas Berggruen announced the launch of the WorldPost, created in partnership with the Berggruen Institute. Its contributors have included former British prime minister Tony Blair, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, novelist Jonathan Franzen, and musician Yo-Yo Ma.
On January 29, 2014, the Brazilian version was launched as Brasil Post, in partnership with Grupo Abril, the first in Latin America. Brasil Post was later renamed Huffington Post Brasil in 2015, then HuffPost Brasil. In November 2020, the edition was closed down following BuzzFeed's acquisition.
In February 2014, a Korean language edition was launched in South Korea in partnership with the local center-left newspaper The Hankyoreh.
In September 2014, planned launches were announced for sites for Greece, India, as well HuffPost Arabi, an Arabic version of the website.
On August 18, 2015, HuffPost Australia was launched.
On November 21, 2016, HuffPost South Africa, the brand's first sub-Saharan edition, was launched in partnership with Media24. The South African edition stopped when the partnership with Media24 ended in 2018.

Contributor network

The site originally published work from both paid reporters and unpaid bloggers through its contributor network.

In February 2011, Visual Art Source, which had been cross-posting material from its website, went on strike against The Huffington Post to protest against its writers not being paid. In March 2011, the strike and the call to boycott was joined and endorsed by the National Writers Union and NewsGuild-CWA; however, the boycott was dropped in October 2011.

In April 2011, The Huffington Post was targeted with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by Jonathan Tasini on behalf of thousands of bloggers who had submitted material to the website. On March 30, 2012, the suit was dismissed with prejudice by the court, holding that the bloggers had volunteered their services, their compensation being publication.

In 2015, Wil Wheaton stated that he refused to allow his work to be reused for free on the site.

The practice of publishing blog posts from unpaid contributors ended in January 2018. This transformed the site, which had become notable for featuring extensive sections in a broad range of subjects from a significant number of contributors. Contributors had included:

Adrienne Wu on gender, and species, identity
Arianna Huffington
Barack Obama on politics
Robert Reich on politics
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge on mental health issues.
Harry Shearer on life issues
Jeff Pollack on music
Kurtis Chadwick on international culture
Roy Sekoff on politics
Craig Taro Gold, spiritual author
Jeff Halevy on health
Cenk Uygur
Diane Ravitch on education
Jacob M. Appel on ethics
Howard Friedman on statistics and politics
Auren Hoffman on business and politics
Cara Santa Maria on science
Nancy Rappaport on child psychiatry
Iris Krasnow on marriage
Anand Reddi publishes on global health
Radley Balko on civil liberties and the criminal justice system
Frances Beinecke on climate change and the environment
Jenna Busch on the entertainment industry
Jerry Capeci on the mafia
Margaret Carlson on politics
Dominic Carter on politics
Deepak Chopra on integrative medicine and personal transformation
John Conyers (deceased) on politics
Danielle Crittenden on Jewish lifestyle
Laurie David on environmental and food issues
G. Roger Denson on art, media and cultural criticism
Andrea Doucet on gender relations
Ryan Duffy on demographic trends
Maddy Dychtwald on gender relations
Ivan Eland on defense
Mitch Feierstein on the Federal Reserve
Bruce Fein on law
Ashley Feinberg on politics, media, and technology
Michelle Fields on politics
Rob Fishman on social media
Myriam François-Cerrah on France and the Middle East
Dan Froomkin on politics
Yvonne K. Fulbright on sexuality
Phil Radford on climate change and the environment
Lauren Galley on issues important to teen girls
Mort Gerberg publishes cartoons
Tim Giago on Native Americans
Steve Gilliard on politics
Philip Giraldi on counterterrorism issues
David Goldstein on politics
Nathan Gonzalez on foreign policy
Kent Greenfield on constitutional law, business law, and legal theory
Anthony Gregory on habeas corpus
Greg Gutfeld on politics in a comedic taste
David Hackel on politics
Leon Hadar on foreign policy
Katie Halper on politics
Thor Halvorssen on human rights
Jane Hamsher on politics
Aaron Harber on politics
Johann Hari on drugs and addiction
David Harsanyi on politics and culture
Gary Hart on international law
Mehdi Hasan on the Middle East
Auren Hoffman on entrepreneurship
Nicholas von Hoffman on politics
Paul Holdengräber on the arts
Hamid Naderi Yeganeh on math art

Criticism and controversy

Alternative medicine and anti-vaccination controversy

HuffPost has been criticized for providing a platform for alternative medicine and supporters of vaccine hesitancy, including in a detailed critique in 2009 by physician and author Rahul Parikh. In 2020, biology professor and founder of the science blog Pharyngula addressed hesitancy and other issues. Steven Novella, president of the New England Skeptical Society, criticized The Huffington Post for allowing homeopathy proponent Dana Ullman to have a blog on the site. In 2011, skeptic Brian Dunning listed it at No. 10 on his "Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites" list.

Anne Sinclair appointed editorial director in France

In January 2012, The Huffington Post was criticized for appointing as editorial director in France the well-known former TV journalist Anne Sinclair, because she stood by her husband Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former IMF head, when several women accused him of sexual assault. Commentators at l'Express, Rue89, and Le Monde warned against potential conflict of interest in the French edition's news coverage.

Apology by the South African edition

In April 2017, HuffPost South Africa was directed by the press ombudsman to apologize unreservedly for publishing and later defending a column calling for disenfranchisement of white men, which was declared malicious, inaccurate and discriminatory hate speech.

Jeffrey Epstein

In July 2019, HuffPost was criticized for publishing a story written by Rachel Wolfson, a publicist, that praised financier Jeffrey Epstein, a sex offender. Editors later removed the article at the author's request.

Political stance

HuffPost has been seen as a mostly progressive, liberal or liberal-leaning outlet, being described as such by the BBC, CNN, and Politico. Upon becoming the editor-in-chief in December 2016, Lydia Polgreen said that the "wave of intolerance and bigotry that seems to be sweeping the globe" after the election as US president of Donald Trump was remarkable, and that The Huffington Post had an "absolutely indispensable role to play in this era in human history."

Commenting in 2012 on increased conservative engagement on the website despite its reputation as a liberal news source, The Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington stated that her website was "increasingly seen" as an Internet newspaper that is "not positioned ideologically in terms of how we cover the news". According to Michael Steel, press secretary for Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner, Republican aides "engage with liberal websites like The Huffington Post no other reason than they drive a lot of cable coverage". Jon Bekken, journalism professor at Suffolk University, has cited it as an example of an "advocacy newspaper". The Wall Street Journal editor James Taranto has mockingly referred to it as the "Puffington Host", while Rush Limbaugh referred to it as the "Huffing and Puffington Post".

2016 U.S. presidential election

During the 2016 United States presidential election, HuffPost regularly appended an editor's note to the end of stories about candidate Donald Trump, reading: "Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims—1.6 billion members of an entire religion—from entering the U.S." After Trump was elected on November 8, 2016, HuffPost ended this practice to "give respect to the office of the presidency."

Awards

Won a Pulitzer Prize in 2012 in the category of national reporting for senior military correspondent David Wood's Beyond the Battlefield, a 10-part series about wounded veterans.
2010 "People's Voice" winner in the 14th Webby Awards. The Huffington Post lost the 2010 Webby Award jury prize for "Best Political Blog" to Truthdig.
Peabody Award in 2010 for "Trafficked: A Youth Radio Investigation".
Named second among the "25 Best Blogs of 2009" by Time.
Won the 2006 and 2007 Webby Awards for "Best Politics Blog".
Contributor Bennet Kelley was awarded the Los Angeles Press Club's 2007 Southern California Journalism Award for Online Commentary for political commentary published on the site.
Ranked the most powerful blog in the world by The Observer in 2008.
Co-founder Arianna Huffington ranked 12th in the 2009 list of the "Most Influential Women in Media" by Forbes. She was ranked 42nd in the 2009 Top 100 in Media List by The Guardian.
Nominated in 2015 for the "Responsible Media of the Year" award at the British Muslim Awards.

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	'''''HuffPost''''' ('''''The Huffington Post''''' until 2017; often abbreviated as '''''HuffPo''''') is an American ]<ref name=":4" /><ref name=~~":5"~~ ~~/><ref name=~~":6" /><ref name=":2" /> news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and covers politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy ~~living~~, women's interests, and local news featuring columnists.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~ \|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june11/aolhuffington_02-07.html \|title=Huffington, AOL CEO on Shared Vision for Online Content, Ads ~~\| PBS NewsHour \| Feb. 7, 2011~~ \|publisher=] \|date=February 7, 2011 \|access-date=March 4, 2012 \|archive-date=March 2, 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302111051/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june11/aolhuffington_02-07.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> It was created to provide a ] alternative to ~~the~~ ] news websites such as the ].<ref>{{cite news \| ~~url~~=~~https://www.cnet.com/news/breitbart-com-has-drudge-to-thank-for-its-success/~~ ~~\| title=Breitbart.com has Drudge to thank for its success \| publisher=] \| date=November 30, 2005 \| access-date=April 27, 2020~~ \| archive-~~date~~=~~April~~ ~~29, 2020 \| archive-url=~~https://web.archive.org/web/20200429125427/https://www.cnet.com/news/breitbart-com-has-drudge-to-thank-for-its-success/ \| url-status=live ~~}}</ref><ref name~~=~~"Buzzfeed"/><ref>{{cite encyclopedia~~ \| url=https://www.~~britannica~~.com/~~topic~~/~~The~~-~~Huffington~~-~~Post \| title=The Huffington Post \| encyclopedia=] \| access~~-~~date=April 27, 2020 \| archive~~-~~date=May 4, 2015 \| archive~~-~~url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504194244/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1192975/The~~-~~Huffington~~-~~Post \| url~~-~~status=live }}<~~/~~ref><ref>{{cite news~~ \|~~url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71092.html~~ \|title=~~W.H~~. ~~sees~~ ~~political~~ ~~win~~ in ~~Richard~~ ~~Cordray~~ ~~move~~ \|~~last1=Budoff\|first1=Carrie\|last2=Thrush\|first2=Glenn\|work~~=] \|~~access-~~date=~~March~~ 4, ~~2012~~ \|~~archive~~-date=~~March~~ 3, ~~2012 \|~~archive-~~url~~=~~https://web.archive.org/web/20120303194809/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71092.html~~ ~~\|url-status=live~~ }}</ref> The site ~~offers~~ ~~content~~ ~~posted~~ ~~directly~~ ~~on the site as well as~~ ] via ], audio, and photo.<ref>{{Cite news \| url=https://money.cnn.com/2015/06/03/media/huffington-post-growth-plan/index.html \| title=Read Arianna Huffington's plan to 'dominate the industry' \| publisher=] \| date=June 3, 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607031540/https://money.cnn.com/2015/06/03/media/huffington-post-growth-plan/index.html \| archive-date=June 7, 2015 \| url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, the website became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a ].<ref>{{cite web \|~~author~~=Flamm \|first=Matthew \|date=April 16, 2012 \|title=Digital media takes home a Pulitzer \|url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120416/MEDIA_ENTERTAINMENT/120419908 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602163829/http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120416/MEDIA_ENTERTAINMENT/120419908 \|archive-date=June 2, 2012 \|access-date=April 17, 2012 \|work=]}}</ref>		'''''HuffPost''''' ('''''The Huffington Post''''' until 2017, itself often abbreviated as '''''HuffPo''''') is an American ]<ref name=":5" /><ref name= ":6" /><ref name=":2" /> ] website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and covers politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy eating, young women's interests, and local news featuring columnists.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june11/aolhuffington_02-07.html \|title=Huffington, AOL CEO on Shared Vision for Online Content, Ads\|publisher=] NewsHour \|date=February 7, 2011 \|access-date=March 4, 2012 \|archive-date= March 2, 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302111051/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june11/aolhuffington_02-07.html \|url-status=live}}</ref> It was created to provide a progressive alternative to ] news websites such as the ].<ref>{{cite news \|first = Greg \| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200429125427/https://www.cnet.com/news/breitbart-com-has-drudge-to-thank-for-its-success/\| url-status= live\|last = Sandoval\| url= https://www.cnet.com/news/breitbart-com-has-drudge-to-thank-for-its-success/ \| title=Breitbart.com has Drudge to thank for its success \| publisher=] \| date=November 30, 2005 \| access-date= \| archive-date=April 29, 2020}}</ref><ref name= "Buzzfeed"/> The site contains its own content and ] via ], audio, and photo.<ref>{{Cite news \| url=https://money.cnn.com/2015/06/03/media/huffington-post-growth-plan/index.html \| title=Read Arianna Huffington's plan to 'dominate the industry' \| publisher=] \| date=June 3, 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607031540/https://money.cnn.com/2015/06/03/media/huffington-post-growth-plan/index.html \| archive-date=June 7, 2015 \| url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, the website became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a ].<ref>{{cite web \|last= Flamm \|first=Matthew \|date=April 16, 2012 \|title=Digital media takes home a Pulitzer \|url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120416/MEDIA_ENTERTAINMENT/120419908 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status= live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602163829/http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120416/MEDIA_ENTERTAINMENT/120419908 \|archive-date=June 2, 2012 \|access-date=April 17, 2012 \|work=]}}</ref>

	Founded by ], ], ], and ],<ref name="Buzzfeed">{{cite news \| url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/how-andrew-breitbart-helped-launch-huffington-post \| title=How Andrew Breitbart Helped Launch Huffington Post \| work=] \|date=March 1, 2012 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901050644/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/buzzfeedpolitics/how-andrew-breitbart-helped-launch-huffington-post \| archive-date=September 1, 2018 \| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \| url=https://www.businessinsider.com/buzzfeed-jonah-peretti-startup-success-how-i-did-it-interview-podcast-2017-5 \| title=How BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti took an instant messaging bot and turned it into a $1.5 billion media empire \| first=Alyson \| last=Shontell \| work=] \| date=June 1, 2017 \| access-date=April 27, 2020 \| archive-date=August 1, 2020 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801201305/https://www.businessinsider.com/buzzfeed-jonah-peretti-startup-success-how-i-did-it-interview-podcast-2017-5 \| url-status=live }}</ref> the site was launched on May 9, 2005 as a counterpart to the Drudge Report.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=February 7, 2011\|title=A brief history of the Huffington Post\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-feb-07-la-fi-huffington-post-timeline-20110207-story.html\|access-date=August 9, 2020\|website=Los Angeles Times~~\|language=en-US~~\|archive-date=September 21, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921043422/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-feb-07-la-fi-huffington-post-timeline-20110207-story.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2011, it was acquired by ] for US$315 million, ~~making~~ ] editor-in-chief.<ref name=":0">{{cite news \| url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-huffington-post-media_n_835283 \| title=The Huffington Post Media Group Makes Key Announcements \| first=Rob \| last=Fishman \| work=HuffPost \| date=March 14, 2011 \| access-date=November 6, 2019 \| archive-date=October 18, 2017 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018132639/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/the-huffington-post-media_n_835283.html \| url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=aolacquirepr>{{cite news \| url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/aol-huffington-post_n_819375 \| title=AOL Agrees to Acquire The Huffington Post \| ~~publisher~~=HuffPost \| date=February 7, 2011 \| access-date=November 6, 2019 \| archive-date=December 24, 2020 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224065915/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/aol-huffington-post_n_819375 \| url-status=live }}</ref> In June 2015, ] acquired AOL for US$4.4 billion and the site became a part of ].<ref name=verizon>{{cite press release \| url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/verizon-completes-acquisition-of-aol-300103255.html \| title=Verizon Completes Acquisition of AOL \| agency=] \| date=June 23, 2015 \| access-date=April 29, 2020 \| archive-date=August 1, 2020 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801180642/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/verizon-completes-acquisition-of-aol-300103255.html \| url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2020, ] acquired the company.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|last=Hagey\|first=Benjamin Mullin and Keach\|date=November 19, 2020\|title=BuzzFeed to Acquire HuffPost in Stock Deal With Verizon Media~~\|language=en-US~~\|work=]\|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/buzzfeed-to-acquire-huffpost-in-stock-deal-with-verizon-media-11605808800\|access-date=November 20, 2020~~\|issn=0099-9660~~\|archive-date=November 19, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119235745/https://www.wsj.com/articles/buzzfeed-to-acquire-huffpost-in-stock-deal-with-verizon-media-11605808800\|url-status=live}}</ref> Weeks after the acquisition, BuzzFeed ] 47 ''HuffPost'' staff in the U.S. ~~(mostly journalists)~~<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/mar/09/huffpost-layoffs-buzzfeed-jonah-peretti\|title=BuzzFeed lays off 47 HuffPost workers less than a month after acquisition\|last=Gabbatt\|first=Adam\|location=New York\|date=March 9, 2021\|website=The Guardian}}</ref> and closed down ''HuffPost Canada'', laying off 23 staff working for the Canadian and Quebec divisions of the company.<ref>{{Cite ~~web\|url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/03/12/truly-a-shame-huffpost-canada-staff-say-site-closure-hurts-underrepresented-voices.html~~\|title='Truly a shame': HuffPost Canada staff say site closure hurts underrepresented voices\|last=Deschamps\|first=Tara\|date=March 12, 2021\|~~website~~=Toronto Star}}</ref>		Founded by ], ], ], and ],<ref name="Buzzfeed">{{cite news \| url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/how-andrew-breitbart-helped-launch-huffington-post \| title=How Andrew Breitbart Helped Launch Huffington Post \| work=] \|date=March 1, 2012 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901050644/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/buzzfeedpolitics/how-andrew-breitbart-helped-launch-huffington-post \| archive-date=September 1, 2018 \| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \| url=https://www.businessinsider.com/buzzfeed-jonah-peretti-startup-success-how-i-did-it-interview-podcast-2017-5 \| title=How BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti took an instant messaging bot and turned it into a $1.5 billion media empire \| first=Alyson \| last=Shontell \| work=] \| date=June 1, 2017 \| access-date=April 27, 2020 \| archive-date=August 1, 2020 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801201305/https://www.businessinsider.com/buzzfeed-jonah-peretti-startup-success-how-i-did-it-interview-podcast-2017-5 \| url-status=live}}</ref> the site was launched on May 9, 2005, as a counterpart to the Drudge Report.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=February 7, 2011\|title=A brief history of the Huffington Post\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-feb-07-la-fi-huffington-post-timeline-20110207-story.html\|access-date=August 9, 2020\|website=Los Angeles Times \|archive-date=September 21, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921043422/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-feb-07-la-fi-huffington-post-timeline-20110207-story.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2011, it was acquired by ] for US$315 million, with Arianna Huffington appointed editor-in-chief.<ref name=":0">{{cite news \| url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-huffington-post-media_n_835283 \| title=The Huffington Post Media Group Makes Key Announcements \| first=Rob \| last=Fishman \| work=HuffPost \| date=March 14, 2011 \| access-date=November 6, 2019 \| archive-date=October 18, 2017 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018132639/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/the-huffington-post-media_n_835283.html \| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=aolacquirepr>{{cite news \| url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/aol-huffington-post_n_819375 \| title=AOL Agrees to Acquire The Huffington Post \| work=HuffPost \| date=February 7, 2011 \| access-date=November 6, 2019 \| archive-date=December 24, 2020 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224065915/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/aol-huffington-post_n_819375 \| url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2015, ] acquired AOL for US$4.4 billion, and the site became a part of Verizon Media.<ref name=verizon>{{cite press release \| url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/verizon-completes-acquisition-of-aol-300103255.html \| title=Verizon Completes Acquisition of AOL \| agency=] \| date=June 23, 2015 \| access-date=April 29, 2020 \| archive-date=August 1, 2020 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801180642/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/verizon-completes-acquisition-of-aol-300103255.html \| url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2020, ] acquired the company.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|last=Hagey\|first=Benjamin Mullin and Keach\|date=November 19, 2020\|title=BuzzFeed to Acquire HuffPost in Stock Deal With Verizon Media \|work=] \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/buzzfeed-to-acquire-huffpost-in-stock-deal-with-verizon-media-11605808800 \|url-access=subscription \|access-date=November 20, 2020 \|archive-date=November 19, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119235745/https://www.wsj.com/articles/buzzfeed-to-acquire-huffpost-in-stock-deal-with-verizon-media-11605808800 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Weeks after the acquisition, BuzzFeed ] 47 ''HuffPost'' staff, mostly journalists, in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/mar/09/huffpost-layoffs-buzzfeed-jonah-peretti\|title=BuzzFeed lays off 47 HuffPost workers less than a month after acquisition\|last=Gabbatt\|first=Adam\|location=New York\|date=March 9, 2021\|website=The Guardian}}</ref> and closed down ''HuffPost Canada'', laying off 23 staff working for the Canadian and Quebec divisions of the company.<ref>{{Cite news \|title='Truly a shame': HuffPost Canada staff say site closure hurts underrepresented voices \|last=Deschamps \|first=Tara \|date=March 12, 2021 \|work=] \|url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/03/12/truly-a-shame-huffpost-canada-staff-say-site-closure-hurts-underrepresented-voices.html \|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	''The Huffington Post'' was launched on May 9, 2005, as a commentary outlet, blog, and an alternative to news aggregators such as the ].<ref>{{cite news \| last1=Jackson \| first1=Lucas \| title=Arianna Huffington Resigns From HuffPost \| url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/08/11/arianna-huffington-resigns-from-huffpost \| work=] \| date=April 13, 2017 \| access-date=April 27, 2020 \| archive-date=March 12, 2021 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061109/https://www.thedailybeast.com/arianna-huffington-resigns-from-huffpost \| url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|last1=Voigt \|first1=Kai-Ingo \|title=Business Model Pioneers \|date=2017 \|publisher=Springer \|page=96 \|isbn=978-3319388458 \|quote=as a commentary outlet, blog, and an alternative to news aggregators such as the '']'' \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JtTBDAAAQBAJ \|access-date=August 27, 2020 \|archive-date=March 12, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061113/https://books.google.com/books?id=JtTBDAAAQBAJ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2"/> It was founded by ], ], ], and ].<ref name="Buzzfeed"/> Prior to this, Arianna Huffington hosted the website Ariannaonline.com. Her first foray into the Internet was the website Resignation.com, which called for the resignation of President ] and was a rallying place for ] opposing Clinton.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/talk/zforum/huffington121698.htm \| title=Direct Access: Arianna Huffington \| newspaper=] \| date=December 16, 1998 \| access-date=August 31, 2017 \| archive-date=December 22, 2017 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222095112/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/talk/zforum/huffington121698.htm \| url-status=live }}</ref>		''The Huffington Post'' was launched on May 9, 2005, as a commentary outlet, blog, and an alternative to news aggregators such as the ].<ref>{{cite news \| last1=Jackson \| first1=Lucas \| title=Arianna Huffington Resigns From HuffPost \| url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/08/11/arianna-huffington-resigns-from-huffpost \| work=] \| date=April 13, 2017 \| access-date=April 27, 2020 \| archive-date=March 12, 2021 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061109/https://www.thedailybeast.com/arianna-huffington-resigns-from-huffpost \| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|last1=Voigt \|first1=Kai-Ingo \|title=Business Model Pioneers \|date=2017 \|publisher=Springer \|page=96 \|isbn=978-3319388458 \|quote=as a commentary outlet, blog, and an alternative to news aggregators such as the '']'' \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JtTBDAAAQBAJ \|access-date=August 27, 2020 \|archive-date=March 12, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061113/https://books.google.com/books?id=JtTBDAAAQBAJ \|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2"/> It was founded by ], ], ], and ].<ref name="Buzzfeed"/> Prior to this, Arianna Huffington hosted the website Ariannaonline.com. Her first foray into the Internet was the website Resignation.com, which called for the resignation of President ] and was a rallying place for ] opposing Clinton.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/talk/zforum/huffington121698.htm \| title=Direct Access: Arianna Huffington \| newspaper=] \| date=December 16, 1998 \| access-date=August 31, 2017 \| archive-date=December 22, 2017 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222095112/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/talk/zforum/huffington121698.htm \| url-status=live}}</ref>

	An early ''Huffington Post'' strategy was crafting ] (SEO) stories and headlines based around ], such as "What Time Is the Super Bowl?"<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/a-brief-history-of-what-time-is-the-super-bowl/283497/ \|title=A Brief History of 'What Time Is the Super Bowl?' \|last=Meyer \|first=Robinson \|work=] \|date=January 31, 2014 \|access-date=September 29, 2018 \|archive-date=September 29, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929233424/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/a-brief-history-of-what-time-is-the-super-bowl/283497/ \|url-status=live }}</ref>		An early ''Huffington Post'' strategy was crafting ] (SEO) stories and headlines based around ], such as "What Time Is the Super Bowl?"<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/a-brief-history-of-what-time-is-the-super-bowl/283497/ \|title=A Brief History of 'What Time Is the Super Bowl?' \|last=Meyer \|first=Robinson \|work=] \|date=January 31, 2014 \|access-date=September 29, 2018 \|archive-date=September 29, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929233424/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/a-brief-history-of-what-time-is-the-super-bowl/283497/ \|url-status=live}}</ref>

	In August 2006, ''The Huffington Post'' raised a $5 million ] from ] and ].<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2006/08/08/the-huffington-post-gets-5-million-injection-in-first-round/ \| title=The Huffington Post Gets $5 Million Injection in First Round \| work=] \| date=August 8, 2006 \| url-access=subscription \| access-date=April 29, 2020 \| archive-date=August 2, 2020 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802032748/https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2006/08/08/the-huffington-post-gets-5-million-injection-in-first-round/ \| url-status=live }}</ref>		In August 2006, ''The Huffington Post'' raised a $5 million ] from ] and ].<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2006/08/08/the-huffington-post-gets-5-million-injection-in-first-round/ \| title=The Huffington Post Gets $5 Million Injection in First Round \| work=] \| date=August 8, 2006 \| url-access=subscription \| access-date=April 29, 2020 \| archive-date=August 2, 2020 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802032748/https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2006/08/08/the-huffington-post-gets-5-million-injection-in-first-round/ \| url-status=live}}</ref>

	In December 2008, ''The Huffington Post'' raised $25 million from ] at a $100 million valuation and ] of Oak Investment Partners joined its board of directors.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/12/01/the-huffington-post-raises-25-million-from-oak-investment-partners/ \| title=The Huffington Post Raises $25 Million from Oak Investment Partners \| work=] \| date=December 1, 2008 \| access-date=April 27, 2020 \| archive-date=August 1, 2020 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801180517/https://techcrunch.com/2008/12/01/the-huffington-post-raises-25-million-from-oak-investment-partners/ \| url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.businessinsider.com/2008/12/huffington-post-deal-25-million-at-100-million-valuation \| title=Huffington Post Deal: $25 Million At $100 Million Valuation \| first=Henry \| last=Blodget \| author-link=Henry Blodget \| work=] \| date=December 1, 2008 \| access-date=April 27, 2020 \| archive-date=August 2, 2020 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802005957/https://www.businessinsider.com/2008/12/huffington-post-deal-25-million-at-100-million-valuation \| url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.adweek.com/digital/huffpo-announces-25-mil-new-initiatives-110474/amp/ \| title=HuffPo Announces $25 Mil. for New Initiatives \| work=] \| date=December 1, 2008 \| access-date=April 27, 2020 \| archive-date=August 2, 2020 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802001837/https://www.adweek.com/digital/huffpo-announces-25-mil-new-initiatives-110474/amp/ \| url-status=live }}</ref> The money was to be used for technology, infrastructure, ], and development of local versions.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass-high-tech/2008/12/huffington-reported-to-take-25m-from.html \| title=Huffington reported to take $25M from Oak Investment \| first=Galen \| last=Moore \| work=] \| date=December 1, 2008 \| access-date=April 27, 2020 \| archive-date=March 12, 2021 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061112/https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass-high-tech/2008/12/huffington-reported-to-take-25m-from.html \| url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=http://allthingsd.com/20081201/huffington-post-nabs-25-million-in-funding-heres-an-exclusive-boomtown-interview-with-oak-investments-fred-harman/ \| title=Huffington Post Nabs $25 Million in Funding – Here's a BoomTown Interview With Oak Investment's Fred Harman \| first=Kara \| last=Swisher \| work=] \| date=December 1, 2008 \| access-date=April 27, 2020 \| archive-date=August 1, 2020 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801184556/http://allthingsd.com/20081201/huffington-post-nabs-25-million-in-funding-heres-an-exclusive-boomtown-interview-with-oak-investments-fred-harman/ \| url-status=live }}</ref>		In December 2008, ''The Huffington Post'' raised $25 million from ] at a $100 million valuation and ] of Oak Investment Partners joined its board of directors.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/12/01/the-huffington-post-raises-25-million-from-oak-investment-partners/ \| title=The Huffington Post Raises $25 Million from Oak Investment Partners \| work=] \| date=December 1, 2008 \| access-date=April 27, 2020 \| archive-date=August 1, 2020 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801180517/https://techcrunch.com/2008/12/01/the-huffington-post-raises-25-million-from-oak-investment-partners/ \| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.businessinsider.com/2008/12/huffington-post-deal-25-million-at-100-million-valuation \| title=Huffington Post Deal: $25 Million At $100 Million Valuation \| first=Henry \| last=Blodget \| author-link=Henry Blodget \| work=] \| date=December 1, 2008 \| access-date=April 27, 2020 \| archive-date=August 2, 2020 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802005957/https://www.businessinsider.com/2008/12/huffington-post-deal-25-million-at-100-million-valuation \| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.adweek.com/digital/huffpo-announces-25-mil-new-initiatives-110474/amp/ \| title=HuffPo Announces $25 Mil. for New Initiatives \| work=] \| date=December 1, 2008 \| access-date=April 27, 2020 \| archive-date=August 2, 2020 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802001837/https://www.adweek.com/digital/huffpo-announces-25-mil-new-initiatives-110474/amp/ \| url-status=live}}</ref> The money was to be used for technology, infrastructure, ], and development of local versions.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass-high-tech/2008/12/huffington-reported-to-take-25m-from.html \| title=Huffington reported to take $25M from Oak Investment \| first=Galen \| last=Moore \| work=] \| date=December 1, 2008 \| access-date=April 27, 2020 \| archive-date=March 12, 2021 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061112/https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass-high-tech/2008/12/huffington-reported-to-take-25m-from.html \| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=http://allthingsd.com/20081201/huffington-post-nabs-25-million-in-funding-heres-an-exclusive-boomtown-interview-with-oak-investments-fred-harman/ \| title=Huffington Post Nabs $25 Million in Funding – Here's a BoomTown Interview With Oak Investment's Fred Harman \| first=Kara \| last=Swisher \|author-link=Kara Swisher \| work=] \| date=December 1, 2008 \| access-date=April 27, 2020 \| archive-date=August 1, 2020 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801184556/http://allthingsd.com/20081201/huffington-post-nabs-25-million-in-funding-heres-an-exclusive-boomtown-interview-with-oak-investments-fred-harman/ \| url-status=live}}</ref>