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My Farewell* Post to Politics Daily Readers
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyFor the last couple of years, I have been honored and privileged to be a part of the superb Politics Daily team. It is with some reluctance that I announce my imminent departure from PD for The Daily Caller. PD remains a unique place on the Web, where diverse and often nuanced opinions are welcomed and encouraged -- and where civil debate over incredibly serious (and occasionally trivial) political ideas and news takes place on a daily basis. But while I have loved my tenure at PD, recent news that AOL had acquired The Huffington Post -- and that Arianna Huffington would become editor in ...
Twitter on the Huffington Post-AOL Deal: '90s Internet Jokes Aplenty
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsEveryone's a media critic. At least, that's how it seems, as Twitter weighs in on the news that Surge Desk's bosses at AOL have purchased The Huffington Post for $315 million. Of course, Twitter users can't agree on whether this is a smart, bold move or a big mistake for both parties. But what fun would there be in unanimous opinion online? Some think this is a coup for Arianna Huffington. .bbpBox34626069164204030 {background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/a/1295051201/images/themes/theme1/bg.png) #C0DEED;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px ...
Arianna Huffington Joins Forces With AOL: Reactions From Around the Web
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsLooks like we answer to Arianna Huffington now. The media universe awoke this morning to the news that AOL (our company) CEO Tim Armstrong has worked out a deal to acquire The Huffington Post for $315 million. Arianna Huffington, The Huffington Post's co-founder and driving force, will enter the newly formed Huffington Post Media Group as editor-in-chief, overseeing content on AOL properties ranging from recent AOL acquisition TechCrunch to Moviefone and local journalism start-up Patch. Surge Desk rounds up a few instant reactions to the big deal. All Things Digital's Peter Kafka is a ...
AOL to Acquire Huffington Post in Merger of News Sites
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyBorrowing a line from President Obama, Arianna Huffington announced what she called a "Sputnik moment" for her self-named online publication Sunday night: AOL will purchase the Huffington Post in a $315 million deal that will reverberate through both companies and the larger online news industry. "By combining HuffPost with AOL's network of sites, thriving video initiative, local focus, and international reach, we know we'll be creating a company that can have an enormous impact, reaching a global audience on every imaginable platform," Huffington told readers Sunday night on her website. A ...
AOL Buying Huffington Post for $315M
By not in system - AOL NewsInternet company AOL Inc. is buying news hub Huffington Post in a $315 million deal that represents a bold bet on the future of online news. AOL, once the king of dial-up Internet access known for its ubiquitous CDs and "You've got mail" greeting in its inboxes, is in the midst of a turnaround effort as it tries to find ways to boost online ad sales to offset declines in the access business. The acquisition announced early Monday is among the most aggressive strategic moves engineered by AOL CEO Tim Armstrong in an effort to reshape a fallen Internet icon. Perhaps just as important as ...
'O: A Presidential Novel' -- By Anonymous, Starring Obama and 'Self-Obsessive' D.C.
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyA new story of O has arrived on some capital doorsteps, including mine. "O: A Presidential Novel," is a fictional – or is it non-fiction? – account of the Obama White House and the upcoming 2012 campaign by an author named "Anonymous." Yes, it's another who-wrote-it mystery. "What can I tell you about the author of O? Very little," teases Simon & Schuster Executive Vice President and Publisher Jonathan Karp in a letter to readers. "The author is someone who has been in the room with Barack Obama and knows this world intimately." Whether Karp's "room" is the Oval Office or a vast ...
Recipe Note to Nora Ephron: Spice Divorce Dish Delicately
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyNora Ephron and Nick Pileggi by all indications have a good marriage and will be there for each other on the long ride toward the golden pond. Since the 1970s, Ephron has been a patron saint for women writers of every generation. For writers and readers born too late for Ephron's regular helpings of crazy salad and scribble (scribble), she was like your best friend's cool big sister who gave you concise, witty instructions on birth control, cup size and sexual politics. She is not only the writer uppity women hear in our heads when we most want to sound like ourselves, but she is also the ...
Divorce Hits Prime Time at the Huffington Post, With Nora Ephron at the Helm
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyWell, here's a sign of the times. The Huffington Post is launching a new section devoted to divorce. It was conceived by writer/journalist/filmmaker Nora Ephron, who will also serve as founding editor. In some ways, one's tempted to ask: What took you so long? After all, as my colleague Bonnie Goldstein reported last week, marriage is at a historic low in the United States. And while U.S. divorce rates have declined slightly with respect to their all-time high in the early 1980s, they are still high by international standards. According to The National Marriage Project's State of Our Unions ...
Did Park51 Islamic Center Design Sketches Win Over New Yorkers?
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News
(Oct. 4) -- Developers of the controversial Park51 Islamic center near Manhattan's ground zero recently received their first taste of reactions to the actual look of their proposed building, following the release of the first official architectural renderings on the project's blog last week. The unifying potential in a strong design must not be underestimated. Paul Gunther, president of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America, recently wrote that "a great design would help Park51 transcend cultural borders." "[A great design] is what is called for today, whether through ...
Studies Suggest 'It's Complicated' When It Comes to Teens and Online Ethics
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Sept. 21) -- The Internet is great, but it can also be a scary place, haunted by unethical teens, "cyberbullies" and, of course, insidious, anonymous online commentators. That's at least according to several recent studies indicating that even in an increasingly Web-friendly world, logging online can still be a somewhat pernicious activity. At the same time, teens' habits of sharing tons of personal information online may be paving the way for a more civil discourse. How can this be? Surge Desk has the rundown. Teens fail to consider ethics online According to an ongoing study from Harvard ...
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