Well this is interesting... From The New York Times:
Arianna Huffington, the cable talk show pundit, author and doyenne of the political left, will take control of all of AOL's editorial content as president and editor in chief of a newly created Huffington Post Media Group. The arrangement will give her oversight not only of AOL's national, local and financial news operations, but also of the company's other media enterprises like MapQuest and Moviefone.By handing so much control over to Ms. Huffington and making her a public face of the company, AOL, which has been seen as apolitical, risks losing its nonpartisan image. Ms. Huffington said her politics would have no bearing on how she ran the new business.
No bearing? Sure...
I bet that TechCrunch, the last big AOL purchase, aren't going to be thrilled with their new editor...
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risks losing its nonpart... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Falze | February 7, 2011 7:08 AM | Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
risks losing its nonpartisan image
"risks"? Yeah, and this winter's been "a bit" snowy.
1. Posted by Falze | February 7, 2011 7:08 AM |
Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 07:08
2. Posted by Samantha | February 7, 2011 7:24 AM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
One wonders if they've ever read the Huffington Post.
2. Posted by Samantha | February 7, 2011 7:24 AM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 07:24
3. Posted by Stephen Macklin | February 7, 2011 7:44 AM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
AOL still exists?
3. Posted by Stephen Macklin | February 7, 2011 7:44 AM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 07:44
4. Posted by Olsoljer | February 7, 2011 7:50 AM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
I would have thought the old skank's visa would have expired by now?
4. Posted by Olsoljer | February 7, 2011 7:50 AM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 07:50
5. Posted by Gmac | February 7, 2011 8:12 AM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Oh well...
I bought a Garmin Nuvi about three weeks ago.
Good timing as I no longer need to use Mapquest.
5. Posted by Gmac | February 7, 2011 8:12 AM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 08:12
6. Posted by GarandFan | February 7, 2011 9:07 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Arianna Huffington - Keyword "Bonkers"
6. Posted by GarandFan | February 7, 2011 9:07 AM |
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Posted on February 7, 2011 09:07
7. Posted by WildWillie | February 7, 2011 9:07 AM | Score: 6 (8 votes cast)
Well, AOL just lost a sizable number of subscribers. ww
7. Posted by WildWillie | February 7, 2011 9:07 AM |
Score: 6 (8 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 09:07
8. Posted by Don L | February 7, 2011 9:17 AM | Score: 5 (9 votes cast)
Google is leftist -AOL just joined them, ande we have to know that Obama intends to control(and shut off when necessary) the internet (for the sake of the village's children, of course)He knows all who speak against him -(that old White house rat fink site exposed that impulse) We are committing suicide one little inch at a time, while we play with our toys and laugh at our Superbowl ads.
8. Posted by Don L | February 7, 2011 9:17 AM |
Score: 5 (9 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 09:17
9. Posted by Don L | February 7, 2011 9:31 AM | Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
Just came across this:"More than a week after his mysterious disappearance in Egypt, Google executive and political activist ...emerged as a central symbol of the antigovernment protests, cast as the face of a movement and hero in the cause of democracy."
Make no mistake about Eygpt - the insurrection has been described as being cause by the "Muslim Brotherhood" which in the word of EWTN's mid-east expert is the "Mothership of terrorism" and that includes the WTC crowd and the rest hiding in those caves. Thsi expert doesn't care for the anti-Christian persecutor Mubarek, but calls him the lesser of two evils. Our guys are calling the Muslim Brotherhood, the face of democracy. We've been had by our left again.
9. Posted by Don L | February 7, 2011 9:31 AM |
Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 09:31
10. Posted by Sheik Yur Bouty | February 7, 2011 10:00 AM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
AOL: Setting itself up to Win The Future(tm)!!!
10. Posted by Sheik Yur Bouty | February 7, 2011 10:00 AM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 10:00
11. Posted by irongrampa | February 7, 2011 10:08 AM | Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
Guess we'll have to drop the aol mail addy that's been used for years.
Back in the day, we (the right) used to have a field day, lacerating liberals. They were as vicious and deranged then as they are now.
The political chat rooms WERE kinda fun, and exposing the screen berets--people posing as ex-military was nearly a cottage industry.
Shame the left co-opted ail entirely, now the comments sections need to be avoided entirely.
Maybe the upside will be to concentrate the left in one area, and leave the adults alone?
Good times.
11. Posted by irongrampa | February 7, 2011 10:08 AM |
Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 10:08
12. Posted by mag | February 7, 2011 10:52 AM | Score: 2 (8 votes cast)
Who the hell understands what she says anyhow...her accent is so thick, I find it very annoying. Is she even an American???
12. Posted by mag | February 7, 2011 10:52 AM |
Score: 2 (8 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 10:52
13. Posted by hyperbolist | February 7, 2011 11:20 AM | Score: -8 (16 votes cast)
Thickness of a person's accent has exactly what to do with their citizenship status, mag?
Yikes, that's a stupid thing to say.
13. Posted by hyperbolist | February 7, 2011 11:20 AM |
Score: -8 (16 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 11:20
14. Posted by mag | February 7, 2011 12:00 PM | Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
#12
It has nothing to do with her citizenship status...I was just stating her voice and accent is very annoying (she talks like she had a mouthful of something)....and I was wondering if she was an American, that's all....don't get your panties in a bunch.
14. Posted by mag | February 7, 2011 12:00 PM |
Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 12:00
15. Posted by 914 | February 7, 2011 12:18 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
"(she talks like she had a mouthful of something)"
haahahahhahha
15. Posted by 914 | February 7, 2011 12:18 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 12:18
16. Posted by WildWillie | February 7, 2011 12:32 PM | Score: 6 (10 votes cast)
Mag, telling Hyper to not get his panties in a bunch is just not possible. He wakes up agitated and hateful. ww
16. Posted by WildWillie | February 7, 2011 12:32 PM |
Score: 6 (10 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 12:32
17. Posted by 914 | February 7, 2011 1:03 PM | Score: 5 (9 votes cast)
"Is she even an American???"
Yes, every bit as much as Barak Mubarak or hyperbolist is.
17. Posted by 914 | February 7, 2011 1:03 PM |
Score: 5 (9 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 13:03
18. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | February 7, 2011 1:07 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
She is a citizen. So is Obama. Luckily, hyper is not
18. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | February 7, 2011 1:07 PM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 13:07
19. Posted by Jinx McHue | February 7, 2011 1:25 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
What the hell would Arianna Huff-n-Puff know about MapQuest and Moviefone???
19. Posted by Jinx McHue | February 7, 2011 1:25 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 13:25
20. Posted by JTaylor | February 7, 2011 7:13 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Aol is so passe and the only thing I really remember about them was having it on my computer was like having it infected with a virus. It was always so difficult to remove all components and I don't even know anybody that still uses them. Not gonna make much difference in the content world IMHO
20. Posted by JTaylor | February 7, 2011 7:13 PM |
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Posted on February 7, 2011 19:13
21. Posted by Cindermutha | February 7, 2011 8:16 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
And AOL's stock dropped 3.24% today
21. Posted by Cindermutha | February 7, 2011 8:16 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 20:16
22. Posted by dunce | February 7, 2011 9:31 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I wonder if her politics will compel her to pay taxes at the rate that would have been had not the republicans shellacked the dems.
22. Posted by dunce | February 7, 2011 9:31 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on February 7, 2011 21:31