Arianna Huffington

There's a new scarlet letter in town. Actually, it's the same letter -- "A" -- but it stands for a different word that's increasingly regarded as shameful: Austerity. The darling idea of 2010 and 2011 has become the pariah concept of 2012. And the evidence of profound change is all around, from France and Greece to Germany and -- gasp -- the Republican Party. The change, when it comes to the conventional wisdom on austerity, has come from a...  

So why do we do it? In 1990, John Kenneth Galbraith tried to answer this vexing question in his book, "A Short History of Financial Euphoria." Using the 1987 market crash as his launch pad, Galbraith looks at the history of financial bubbles ...  

This week, last year's Arab Spring blossomed into the first Egyptian presidential election since the fall of Mubarak; private space travel hit the stratosphere, with SpaceX's Dragon capsule's arrival at the International Space Station; the Group of Eight agreed that focusing on harsh austerity instead of growth isn't working but then couldn't agree on a suitable approach -- pushing Greece ever closer to leaving the euro zone; Colin Powell...  

Arianna Huffington's Huffington Post UK has courted a storm of publicity by hiring Mehdi Hasan – a controversial British journalist described by detractors as “a devout Muslim who has praised Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei” – as their ...  

Arianna Huffington: The Inspirationals: Jeff Skoll, Doubling Down on the Things That Work: ut in fact, Jeff Skoll, beyond being the first president of eBay, has been a pioneer in the world of cutting edge philanthropy with his Skoll Global Threats Fund, confronting the greatest dangers our world faces today; with Participant Media, which has produced more than 30 movies, including Syriana, An  

From a Deadline Hollywood report at the link below: Talk about a lose-lose situation… Recent reports say Arianna Huffington’s job duties over AOL have been greatly downsized, while Oprah Winfrey’s failing OWN Network remains on life support at Discovery after...  

If Arianna Huffington were to get into business today, she would have her sights on wellness and stress reduction. The Editor-in-Chief of ... “But now we can to turn to technology to help us learn to relax.” For the past few years, Huffington has ...  

• Get these products to get your portion control under control. (FitSugar) • What turned Arianna Huffington into a sleep evangelist. (HuffPost Healthy Living) • 10 common superfoods in the world of endurance athletes. (The Blog Of Tim Ferriss) • How yoga can make you successful off the mat. (MindBodyGreen) • Could fevers during pregnancy cause autism? (The Stir) • Baggu makes some of our favorite reusable grocery bags, and now: keychains...  

As an advisory board member of Glamour Women of the Year, I have the privilege of nominating five inspiring women -- or groups of women -- who have made an impact in 2012. And I'd love to hear your suggestions.  

The Huffington Post's Editor-In-Chief Arianna Huffington is in Montreal Wednesday to attend the C2-MTL conference where she will be showcasing our new GPS for the Soul app. Organizers say the conference attracts "game-changers and thought-provokers from ...  

The moment I knew I needed more sleep was four years ago, when I learned the value of sleep -- the hard way. What was the moment you knew you needed to get more sleep? I want to hear your story.  

Democratic advisors Peter Daou and James Boyce are carrying on with their bitter lawsuit claiming that Arianna Huffington and Kenneth Lerer stole their idea for a liberal Drudge Report and cut them out of control and ownership of The Huffington ...  

The stress and strains of our always-connected lives can sometimes take us off course. GPS For The Soul can help you find your way back to balance. GPS Guides are our way of showing you what works for others in the hopes that you can find out ...  

WASHINGTON – Forbes reports new evidence, found through discovery, that sounds troublesome for Arianna Huffington, in the lawsuit brought by Peter Daou and James Boyce. “Significant new evidence has come to light that demonstrates Arianna Huffington ...  

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: This Was Inevitable: Huffington Post + Oprah Coming  —  While it might seem as though Web content queen Arianna Huffington could soon launch a moon edition of her eponymous Huffington Post — perhaps HuffPo Lunar — the AOL-owned unit's next effort will be an Oprah Winfrey section on the huge online publishing platform.  

His Holiness the Dalai Lama sat down with Arianna Huffington at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London to celebrate his Templeton Prize, and discuss the importance of a productive conversation between spirituality and science. The Dalai Lama's role in ...  

The announcement was made by Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group, and Erik Logan and Sheri Salata, presidents of Winfrey's OWN TV network. The Huffington Post's Oprah channel (which won't be calle ...  

His Holiness the Dalai Lama sat down with Arianna Huffington at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London to celebrate his Templeton Prize, and discuss the importance of a productive conversation between spirituality and science. The Dalai Lama's role in fostering positive interactions between religion and science is one of the reasons why he was honored by the prize. As the Templeton Foundation notes: "For decades, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama...  

Arianna Huffington and Oprah Winfrey are forging a new friendship, intended to share the talk show queen’s health-and-happiness mantra with the vast network of Huffington Post readers and bloggers. Come August, the Huffington Post Media Group will publish Oprah Winfrey Network-curated content in a special website section and provide a forum for HuffPost’s vast network of bloggers to dialogue about it. The new section will contain a mix...  

Oprah Winfrey's attempt at running her OWN cable network has had questionable success, but she's getting a helping hand -- in the form of another platform for her content -- from pal Arianna Huffington. In August, a branded OWN section will ...  

May 18 at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. The awards, named for The Women’s Forum founder Elinor Guggenheimer, will honor outstanding women leaders. Gayle King, Emmy® Award winning journalist, will lead a conversation with the honorees ...  

“There's no greater stress than financial stress,’’ said Arianna Huffington Thursday afternoon at the general membership meeting of the Investment Company Institute. Which is one of the fundamental reasons many investors favor mutual funds.  

A series of emails between Arianna Huffington, her partners and the late conservative activist Andrew Breitbart shed new light about the early days of popular liberal news site Huffington Post.  

At this point I was told to forget about writing and get a ‘real’ job. But my desire to write turned out to be stronger than my fear of poverty. I walked into Barclay’s Bank in St. James Square in London and met with a banker named Ian Bell.  

A series of emails between Arianna Huffington, her partners and the late conservative activist Andrew Breitbart shed new light about the early days of popular liberal news site Huffington Post.  

Arianna Huffington, whose role at AOL was thrown into doubt last month with some reports saying she was demoted, is now saying that her portfolio at the online media company has been scaled back to just include the Huffington Post. But, in ...  

(gigaom.com) -- A series of emails between Arianna Huffington, her partners and the late conservative journalist Andrew Breitbart shed new light on the early days of The Huffington Post. The story of the site’s founding is the subject of a ...  

Some of the nation's highest profile CEOs are gathering in Redmond this week for Microsoft's annual CEO Summit, where they will talk about emerging trends shaping global business. More than 130 CEOs and business leaders are attending this year's summit, which runs Tuesday through Thursday and is closed to the news media. Among them are Warren Buffet of Berkshire Hathaway, Arianna Huffington of Huffington Post Media Group, Alan Mulally of Ford...  

As a successful woman entrepreneur, Arianna Huffington is a rarity in the tech world. So, why is it that there are so few women who succeed in tech startups? "Most startups don't succeed. It's not just woman startups," Huffington told us at Startup 2012. Huffington goes on to say that women are more risk averse and don't handle failure the same way men do.  For more on Arianna's take on women tech entrepreneurs, watch a segment from our...  

Some of the nation's highest profile CEOs are gathering in Redmond this week for Microsoft's annual CEO Summit, where they will talk about emerging trends shaping global business. More than 130 CEOs and business leaders are attending this year's ...  

Sure, Arianna Huffington has a bunch of AOL money to spend on whatever she wants, but what's a "frugal Greek peasant girl" to do when lucrative sponsorship opportunities are right at her fingertips? Watch below excerpts from our interview with Arianna Huffington at Startup 2012 where she tries her hardest to get the attention of brands: <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="ooyalaPlayer_3ew5c_h23kzzk5" width="618...  

Oprah Winfrey's OWN network is hemorrhaging money, and her popularity has yet to recover after her public embrace of then-Sen. Barack Obama's race for the White House. Fellow Obama backer Arianna Huffington's much-balleyhooed deal with AOL hasn ...  

Arianna Huffington had tons of money and connections she could throw at that site. She didn’t get the rankings that she gets because of SEO or the age of her domain. Maybe you don’t have the money or connections of an Arianna Huffington…but that ...  

Arianna Huffington poured some cold water on a report that she wants to buy The Huffington Post back from AOL, which acquired the site for $315 million last spring. But she didn't deny the chatter outright. "Listen, The Huffington Post is growing ...  

There are two pieces of gossip going around about Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post, and AOL. One is that Huffington has approached AOL CEO Tim Armstrong and said that she would like to buy back the Huffington Post. In this story, Armstrong told Arianna: "Sure, but it'll cost you $1 billion." The other story we've heard: Huffington may or may not want a spin-out, but she has been approached by several private equity firms who would like to...  

While it's been suspected for years and we here at Ology have pretty much known this since fanny paks went out of style, let's pretend this is news, shall we? A recently surfaced report finally confirms that, yes, unstoppable media behemoth Arianna ...  

(Illo: Chris Gash) It is May, and time to spray the doors and windows of my home. I trudge, unhappily, out to the garden shed. The insect repellent waits for me, but by the time I carry it back to the house, I’ve already decided I’m not going to spray the fucking doors or the fucking windows. It’s a beautiful day. And yesterday, goddamn it, was City Day. City Day is the day, every couple of weeks or so, that I take the train to New York City...  

My mother embodied the qualities that we need to grow into as we grow older -- especially simplicity and a connection with the sacred. For all those blessed to be in her orbit, it felt as if these dimensions of life were taken care of.  

CBSNews.com:Arianna Huffington, founder and editor-in-chief of the The Huffington Post, called the Obama campaign's decision to tout the assassination of Osama bin Laden in a campaign advertisement "despicable." The ad questions whether presidential candidate Mitt Romney would have ordered the raid that killed Osama bin Laden."I don't think there should be an ad about that," Huffington said Monday on "CBS This Morning." "I think it's one...  

Arianna Huffington acknowledged her portfolio at AOL is being scaled back to include only The Huffington Post, undoing a structure put in place when her website was acquired by AOL last year. After buying The Huffington Post for $315 million, AOL gave Huffington editorial oversight of all its properties, including...  

Arianna Huffington will be keynote speaker at the Pennsylvania Conference for Women in Philadelphia this fall. Huffington is president of Huffington Post Media Group, which includes the Huffington Post site that last month won a Pulitzer Prize.  

In conjunction with launching a Men in Black 3 campaign, Arianna Huffington is raising eyebrows on who the mysterious Bug Eyes character is. The journalist is adamant that she is a mere mortal. "Now do you really think that if I wanted to slip ...  

In the aftermath of a bizarre extraterrestrial accusation from the mysterious blogger, BugEyes, Arianna Huffington took the time to respond to the youthful obsessive and his "Men in Black Suits" fixation. Vehemently denying that she comes from a planet ...  

A series of emails between Arianna Huffington, her partners and the late conservative journalist Andrew Breitbart shed new light on the early days of The Huffington Post.  

The announcement was made by Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group, and Erik Logan and Sheri Salata, presidents, OWN. The special section on the website will feature content created and curated by writers and ...  

Arianna Huffington acknowledged her portfolio at AOL is being scaled back to include only The Huffington Post, undoing a structure put in place when her website was acquired by AOL last year. After buying The Huffington Post for $315 million, AOL gave ...  

When AOL bought the Huffington Post for a bazillion dollars, the struggling Internet company made Arianna Huffington the supreme ruler of all things editorial, from TechCrunch to Moviefone. The transition was far from seamless — ask Michael Arrington — but numbers are up for the Huffington Post Media Group, and last month, it was reported that Arianna would take over things like technology, marketing, and communications for that part of the...  

She originally had editorial oversight of all AOL properties when the online company acquired her site, but she shoots down rumors that she could leave AOL. Arianna Huffington said Thursday that her role at AOL is being narrowed to focus on the Huffington ...  

There are two pieces of gossip going around about Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post, and AOL. One is that Huffington has approached AOL CEO Tim Armstrong and said that she would like to buy back the Huffington Post. In this story, Armstrong ...  

With Men in Black III headed to theaters in two weeks, the search for aliens living among us seems to be heating up. Earlier this week, a blogger going by the name of Bugeyes set Arianna Huffington in his sights: I'm not trying to expose you, but you have information I can't get from anyone else. I know you work with the Men in Black Suits. And I want to work with them, too. Please help me. Today, Huffington has fired back with a video...  

We live in a world facing multiple crises, many set in motion by factors beyond ... courage and resilience, when fears are confronted, even overcome, and anything seems possible. For me personally, the biggest step was realizing that fearlessness is ...  

After reviewing the allegations, our Editor-in-Chief sat down with ET to put the rumors of her "ET" origins to rest. Watch her response below. You're an extraterrestrial. I know it. You know it. I'm not trying to expose you, but you have ...  

Grants are awarded to women over the age of 35 who, after suffering great adversity and an interruption in their education, are now pursuing undergraduate college degrees. Students in this population are often single parents, economically ...  

(CBS News) Arianna Huffington, founder and editor-in-chief of the The Huffington Post, called the Obama campaign's decision to tout the assassination of Osama bin Laden in a campaign advertisement "despicable." The ad questions whether ...  

Peter Daou and James Boyce, former advisers to John Kerry, have amended their lawsuit against Arianna Huffington that claims she stole the idea for The Huffington Post from them. Forbes reports that the original complaint was filed in 2010, but new emails allegedly show Huffington and her business partner Ken Lerer were asking others to work on the site, while leading Daou and Boyce on. A snippet from the new charge: [A]t the same time as...  

After reviewing the allegations, our Editor-in-Chief sat down with ET to put the rumors of her "ET" origins to rest. Watch her response below. You're an extraterrestrial. I know it. You know it. I'm not trying to expose you, but you have ...  

The Women’s Forum of New York will present the 2nd Annual Elly Awards Luncheon benefitting The Education Fund of The Women’s Forum on Friday, May 18 at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. The awards, named for The Women’s Forum founder ...  

Never let it be said that social liberals don't embrace adultery, esp. since traditional marriage and monogamy mean nothing to them anyway:Want to forsake your marriage vows and engage in a “discreet” affair? AshleyMadison.com, “the most recognized name in infidelity,” has you covered, or uncovered. Immorality is trending in America, and AshleyMadison.com and Huffington Post can’t wait to help you find a cheating partner. Ironically, liberal...  

The new Mother's Day commercial from Publix features an expectant mom and her daughter sharing a secret or two. Google Doodle Celebrates King Tut's Tomb Discoverer Howard Carter Wondering what today Google's Doodle is about? This time it's celebrating the ...  

#aol AOL is shopping around TechCrunch and its other tech properties for around $70-100 million, according to PandoDaily. TechCrunch's history since AOL bought it in 2010 has been as turbulent as the private roller coasters many Facebook employees will likely install in their Silicon Valley mansions post-IPO. After Arianna Huffington was named ruler of AOL's editorial domain she squeezed out...  

Arianna Huffington needs to shut her claptrap: Huffington Post founder and media giant Arianna Huffington said Monday that she agreed with GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney that it was wrong to use the killing of Osama bin Laden in a ...  

Arianna Huffington confirmed publicly Thursday that she now has decreased responsibility for other AOL sites and increased responsibility for The Huffington Post, information that had been reported separately by Brian Stelter and Nicholas ...  

We keep ourselves up at night wishing we knew more about the enigma that is Arianna Huffington. How does she operate? What motivates her and drives her success? All Things D, a website covering news and opinion on the digital age, sat down with Arianna recently to give us “16 Things About Arianna Huffington.”There’s a lot to take away from this peak inside the mind of one of media’s most successful women. For instance, we find out that a...  

You're an extraterrestrial. I know it. You know it. I'm not trying to expose you, but you have information I can't get from anyone else. I know you work with the Men in Black Suits. And I want to work with them, too. Please help me. How did I ...  

Arianna Huffington, founder of the liberal leaning news site The Huffington Post, has criticized the Obama campaign for an ad suggesting that Mitt Romney wouldn’t have killed terrorism kingpin Osama bin Laden, calling the move "despicable." In May 2011, President Barack Obama authorized the raid that did away with the al Qaida leader. But a video ad released by the Obama campaign last week, which included former President Bill Clinton...  

Does Arianna Huffington really want to buy back the Huffington Post from AOL? That’s what Business Insider suggested yesterday, in a post citing “gossip from industry sources.” It was quite a conveniently timed piece of gossip because ...  

(gigaom.com) -- Does Arianna Huffington really want to buy back the Huffington Post from AOL? That’s what Business Insider suggested yesterday, in a post citing “gossip from industry sources.” It was quite a conveniently timed piece of ...  

When AOL acquired Huffington Post last year, Arianna Huffington was given editorial control of the company’s online properties, including Patch, MovieFone, PopEater, and TechCrunch. Since taking the reigns, Huffington has folded websites and eliminated ...  

Two Democratic consultants who claim they supplied Arianna Huffington and Ken Lerer with the idea for the Huffington Post have filed an amended version of their lawsuit, saying emails and other documents they obtained through discovery show how ...  

Celebrity guests attended Voto Latino's ON Series reception “Our Voices: Celebrating Diversity in Media” held last Friday in D.C. The event included VOTO Latino co-founder Rosario Dawson, CEO Maria Teresa Kumar and media mogul Arianna Huffington.  

Arianna Huffington has seemingly done it all. Her plethora of accomplishments have made her one of the most powerful women in the world and a role model to young women living in a male dominated world.Contributor: Kathleen AnnPublished: May 01, 2012  

Arianna Huffington is grabbing more reigns at AOL, a year after her web news brand merged with the internet company in a $315 million acquisition. As part of a rebranding effort, the media mogul and co-founder of The Huffington Post will take control of ...  

MAYFIELD, Ohio — Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, will speak for the first time in Northeast Ohio today at a Female Entrepreneur Summit. The noon speech is at 700 Beta Banquet and Conference ...  

Arianna Huffington said Thursday that her portfolio at AOL Inc. is being scaled back to include only the Huffington Post, a shift that will free her to focus on her namesake news site as its gears up to expand abroad, The Wall Street Journal ...  

Last week marked a big anniversary — one year since the day Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan. The president is marking the occasion by, among other things, sitting for an exclusive interview with Brian Williams in the White House ...  

Arianna Huffington is taking a step back from her role of directing all content across tech/media company AOL, reports the Wall Street Journal. Huffington became Editor-In-Chief of all AOL media properties in February 2011 after her Huffington ...  

Two Democratic consultants who claim they supplied Arianna Huffington and Ken Lerer with the idea for the Huffington Post have filed an amended version of their lawsuit, saying emails and other documents they obtained through discovery show how the defendants appropriated the concept and attempted to cover their tracks.  

And she's exactly correct. On CBS This Morning, progressive activist Arianna Huffington slammed the Obama re-election campaign for questioning whether Mitt Romney would have made the call to take out Osama bin Laden, and equated it with Hillary Clinton's "3 AM call" ad in 2008:CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR THE VIDEO "I don't think there should be an ad about that," Huffington said Monday on "CBS This Morning". "I think it's one thing to celebrate the...  

After President Obama took a jab at the Huffington Post during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Arianna Huffington fired back criticizing the president on CBS about his politicizing of the Usama bin Laden raid. She said, “I don’t ...  

Media mogul Arianna Huffington called an Obama 2012 campaign ad with former President Bill Clinton "despicable" for questioning whether or not GOP rival Mitt Romney would have made the same call President Obama did to capture and kill Osama bin Laden.  

Huffington Post editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington said Monday that making a campaign ad about the killing of Osama bin Laden, as President Barack Obama has done, “is one of the most despicable things you can do.” “I think it’s one thing ...  

Aol’s acquisition of The Huffington Post rocked the internet. Arianna’s creation fetched more than $300 mn and triggering a wave of headaches for Aol, as it tried to integrate the new properties into its own … and meeting with, to put it gently ...  

Huffington takes Romney's side over Obama's involvement in Osama bin Laden death Left-wing commentator and online media entrepreneur Arianna Huffington took an unexpected stance on the so-called "spiking the football" ad focusing on the death of Osama bin ...  

When the Dalai Lama learned he had been awarded the Templeton Prize, his response was to insist that he is nothing more than a simple Buddhist monk. The Templeton Prize is one of the most prestigious religious prizes in the world; and the Dalai ...  

Over the weekend, Howard Fineman wrote a hit piece against President Obama on rightwing Arianna Huffington's blog. For background, Arianna's blog was started by Andrew Breitbart and Arianna Huffington. Her blog is owned by AOL, where Dick Cheney ...  

Wednesday was a big anniversary — one year since the day Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan. The president marked the occasion by, among other things, sitting for an exclusive interview with Brian Williams in the White House Situation Room.  

I guess the president should blame his joke writer for making fun of Arianna at the WHCD. A woman scorned and all that. Politico: Huffington Post editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington said Monday that making a campaign ad about the killing of Osama bin Laden, as President Barack Obama has done, “is one of the most despicable things you can do.”Keep reading this post . . .  

Who would have seen this coming? On Monday’s “CBS This Morning,” Huffington Post editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington condemned President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign for an ad questioning whether or not presumtive GOP nominee Mitt ...  

The Women’s Forum of New York will present The 2nd Annual Elly Awards Luncheon benefitting The Education Fund of The Women’s Forum on Friday, May 18 at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. The awards, named for The Women’s Forum founder Elinor Guggenheimer, will honor outstanding women leaders. The Elly Award Recipients (both in attendance) will be: Arianna Huffington, President and Editor-in-Chief of The Huffington Post Media Group, to be...  

Well, not exactly, but she certainly seemed keen on playing off that recent joke circulating the media today at the Business Insider's StartUp 2012 event in New York City.  

I'm delighted to announce Becoming Fearless, a video series sponsored by Toyota that will explore the theme of fearlessness on a range of subjects, from parenting and work to relationships and love. Again and again in my life, I have witnessed moments of extraordinary strength, courage, and resilience, when fears are confronted, even overcome, and anything seems possible. And I've learned that fearlessness is like a muscle -- the more you...  

#email Early this morning, Arianna Huffington's AOL email address sent a spam hyperlink to numerous people in her address book. It was an email virus, the apparent product of a hack on the AOL News headmistress' personal account. More »  

"And so this is really a great moment because it demonstrates what we have actually ... particularly the fact that the Americans are not feeling the "recovery" touted by Wall Street and the Obama administration. "We still have incredibly high ...  

It is the lynchpin of a paranoid belief system that supports scapegoating at home and imperialism abroad. It is America at its worst ... If we want to dissuade future presidents from making that move, we (progressive activists) have to move away from ...  

Famed political personalities Arianna Huffington and Mary Matalin will be the next speakers for Saint Xavier University's highly successful Voices and Visions Speaker Series. Huffington and Matalin will speak at 7 p.m. on Thurs., Nov. 1 in the Shannon ...  

Is Hollywood turning on Obama --will the class warfare backfire in the privacy of a voting booth?This audio is NOT WORK SAFE:Put on headphones and listen to this great tirade on success, Capitalism and the rich by a "Liberal Democrat."And I think Mitt Romney should make a campaign ad of Arianna Huffington calling Obama's campaign ad "despicable.""Media mogul Arianna Huffington called an Obama 2012 campaign ad with former President Bill Clinton...  

The Women’s Forum of New York will present The 2nd Annual Elly Awards Luncheon benefitting The Education Fund of The Women’s Forum on Friday, May 18 at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. The awards, named for The Women’s Forum founder ...  

GAYLE KING, CO-HOST: You agree with? HUFFINGTON: …that using the Osama bin Laden assassination, killing, the great news that we had a year ago in order to say basically that Obama did it and Romney might not have done it, which is a… ROSE ...  

✒ With two strikes already against Times editor James Harding (Rupert Murdoch last week criticised not only every aspect of the outing of the blogger Nightjack, but also the paper's failure to buy details of MPs' expenses), one spectator's behaviour at the Leveson inquiry prompted speculation. While watching his dad and brother James, Lachlan Murdoch seemed fixated on the tweets of BBC business editor Robert Peston, who appears back in favour...  

"It's true. Our tech department investigated and discovered it was hackers from Nigeria, and no I'm not giving up my AOL email." — The online mogul responding to Gawker's Maureen O'Connor, who yesterday received a suspiciously virus-y e-mail from Huffington. [Gawker] Read more posts by Andre Tartar Filed Under: media ,arianna huffington ,huffington post ,aol...  

With its mix of attention-grabbing headlines and opinionated writing, the Huffington Post grew from a rabble-rousing blog in 2005 into a journalistic empire under founder and leader Arianna Huffington by 2011. From the start, the site's bold features were an easy target for snark, yet HuffPo resonated with readers and netted 25 million monthly. Then AOL, in an ongoing quest to remain a relevant content portal, snapped up the property for...  

A seven-year-old blog turned heads among media-watchers yesterday by winning a Pulitzer Prize. The Huffington Post wasn't the first online-only news operation to win the coveted award, but this is nonetheless being viewed as milestone in the history of journalism. It is a significant moment, but anybody who is genuinely shocked about the Huffington Post's win obviously hasn't been paying much attention to the organization's strategy over the...  

To celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday, we’re featuring some of our favorite archival pieces about his life and work. This one was first published in July 2005. Happy Birthday, Bill! If you cannot understand my argument, and declare ‘It’s Greek to me’, … Continue reading →  

She got it. "Failure," she told nearly 150 women Wednesday at a Female Entrepreneur Summit, "is a stepping stone to success." The keynote speech was the first Northeast Ohio engagement for Huffington, a liberal pundit and founder of the online ...  

Madrid at the beginning of June when we launch El Huffington Post with El Pais, and I'm planning a trip to Milan later in the summer to launch there in partnership with The Espresso Group. What will you be looking for when you judge our Pinterest boards?  

Famed political personalities Arianna Huffington and Mary Matalin will be the next speakers for Saint Xavier University's highly successful Voices and Visions Speaker Series. Huffington and Matalin will speak at 7 p.m. on Thurs., Nov. 1 in the Shannon ...  

Maybe technology will lead us back to being more human, eventually?Arianna Huffington On The Rise Of Empathy In America | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679689/arianna-huffington-on-the-rise-of-empathy-in-america We are on the cusp of an epic shift,” wrote Jeremy Rifkin in his 2010 book The Empathic Civilization. “The Age of Reason is being eclipsed by the Age of Empathy.” He makes the case that as...  

Since buying the Huffington Post for more than $300 million just over a year ago, the site has been a bright spot for AOL, whose own online properties aren't exactly thriving. Arianna Huffington, on the other hand, has seen traffic for the Huffington Post Media Group, of which she is president and editor-in-chief, go up, and so she's leveraging that power now. The New York Times reports today that Huffington will take over the technology...  

Spotify and HuffPost share several key strands of DNA: we're both deeply social, community-fueled platforms that aim to help our users discover, experience and share the best of what you can find online. Which is why I'm delighted to announce a new partnership with Spotify.  

It has been a little more than a year since AOL announced it was buying the mega news-aggregation website The Huffington Post for what was considered an astronomical price of $315 million. At the time analysts wondered whether or not AOL-HuffPo would eventually become more HuffPo than AOL, since the site was showing some growth [...]  

What makes relationships work? In this exclusive Becoming Fearless video, Arianna Huffington and three high-profile celebs and authors share some of the love lessons they've learned over the years. As Arianna says, "It's critical to have a tribe ...  

Arianna Huffington says everything is fine at AOL and she doesn't mind having her power reduced, but she also admits that private-equity firms have raised the idea of a spinoff of Huffington Post. Could this be the beginning of the end for the faded former portal?  

The Huffington Post won its first Pulitzer Prize today for veteran military reporter David Wood's ten-part series about wounded soldiers, Beyond the Battlefield. "It's really a commitment to stories that may not drive traffic," a validated Arianna Huffington told Daily Intel soon after the winners were announced. The victory is a big one for a site that has long been criticized for recycling the journalism of other news organizations and...  

One year after its acquisition by AOL, The Huffington Post has become a source of growth for the beleaguered company. One year after its acquisition by AOL, The Huffington Post has become a source of growth for the beleaguered company, which is ...  

The vision was for AOL to become the Huffington Post and the Huffington Post to become AOL – with Huffington the company's media visionary. Today, after a recent re-org at the top, Huffington's job is much different. In important ways ...  

The philosophy behind it is based on two truths. First, that we all have within us a centered place of wisdom, harmony and balance. Second, that we're all going to veer away from that place, again and again. That's the nature of life. We need a course ...  

Past recipients of this consecration into the hall-of-coolness have included Tina Fey, Jay-Z, Facebook's Chris Cox, Nissan's Shio Nakamura, The Onion's Baratunde Thurston and Oprah Winfrey, not to mention Arianna Huffington. And yes, some of them will be ...  

Yesterday Arianna Huffington published an important article for HuffPost. It's an article that I have been hoping somebody would write for a long, long time. In her post entitled GPS for the Soul: A Killer App for Better Living, she wrote: "I was asked to ...  

When AOL bought the Huffington Post, it gave Arianna Huffington full control of editorial operations across the company. But as the Huffington Post continues its international expansion and prepares to launch a live video streaming network, Huffington is ...  

"HuffPost Canada was our first international edition and has always had a special place in the HuffPost family," said Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief of the group. "More than one third of all Canadian traffic to Huffington Post sites is ...  

The two politicos, Peter Daou and James Boyce, both advisers to John Kerry during his 2004 presidential campaign, have been given the green light by a New York judge to proceed in their case against Huffington and Ken Lerer, the co-founder of The ...  

"Pick people that are suited for their tasks." That was part of Arianna's answer to my question about building an online community during her recent chat in RIM country -- Waterloo, Ontario. Turns out Arianna epitomizes this by being the architect of The ...  

"Pick people that are suited for their tasks." That was part of Arianna's answer to my question about building an online community during her recent chat in RIM country -- Waterloo, Ontario. Turns out Arianna epitomizes this by being the architect of The ...  

A reorganization at AOL Inc. has taken several business functions out of AOL and put them under Arianna Huffington's control, The New York Times reported. Technology, business development, marketing and communications units that were woven into ...  

A year ago, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden announced Joining Forces, a program to create and secure private-sector jobs for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. At the time, the first lady said it was time to "build upon our nation's ...  

To kickstart the launch of its new Play Button feature, Spotify yesterday announced a number of partnerships with various online media, which will embed Spotify playlists in their websites. One such site was The Huffington Post, whose founder Arianna ...  

To kickstart the launch of its new Play Button feature, Spotify yesterday announced a number of partnerships with various online media, which will embed Spotify playlists in their websites. One such site was The Huffington Post, whose founder Arianna ...  

Just over a year after AOL acquired the Huffington Post, much of the integration between the two is being unwound, and control over key elements of the business are reverting to founder Arianna Huffington. Should AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong be watching his back?  

"I met spouses who balanced the demands of a job, a family and community obligations ... resources.The first lady has shared her personal story of the moment she knew she wanted to help military families. "I heard so many stories of the strength and ...  

People in the newsroom were ecstatic. It was gratifying a recognition of David’s hard work, and of a yearlong commitment to a deeply personal story that we put a lot of editing and reporting resources against. And it’s an affirmation that ...  

As AOL continues its battle to replace a declining business model — much of which still involves charging people for dial-up internet access — with something more robust, there are growing signs that Arianna Huffington is increasing her ...  

Arianna Huffington gave The World-Herald an exclusive interview, via email, before her visit here. Read her answers to a variety of questions that touch on business, women, politics and her own life. Women shouldn't have to be "cookie-cutter ...  

Online media pioneer Arianna Huffington told attendees of the Investment Company Institute’s annual membership meeting that “there’s no greater stress than financial stress.’’ And the media needs to do better at spotting and explaining potential points of stress, before they occur.  

Private equity firms have approached AOL in hopes of buying Huffington Post, but talks aren't going to go anywhere, Arianna Huffington just told Henry Blodget during a keynote interview at our Startup 2012 conference in Manhattan. Last night ...  

Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington was on CNN last weekend where she outlined the key elements of HuffPo’s success.  And while not every (or maybe even not any) other site can hope to become the traffic magnet that is Huffington Post, it seems to me her prescription is relevant for any local media company that [...]  

The plot seems to be thickening at AOL, at least when it comes to Arianna Huffington’s role at the former portal. She confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that her role within the company has been reduced, something that was the subject of ...  

The Basques, in case you don't recall from history class, are a largely separatist people within Spain who have a history of violent attacks against the ruling government and its people. Which leads us to conclude that there's certainly more to ...  

You'd think a 10 1 / 2year war would be a major issue in a presidential campaign - especially a war going as badly as the one in Afghanistan. And especially in the wake of Sen. Jay Rockefeller publicly urging President Obama to speed up the ...  

You know every once in a while you come across news about your company and it turns out your boss is no longer your boss anymore. If you're me this probably happens to you every three months. Anyways this morning I read in the media that Arianna Huffington (who I think used to be my boss) gained more control within Aol and then subsequently read that actually she had been "demoted." Okay truth please guys?!  

ou'd think a 10 1/2 year war would be a major issue in a presidential campaign — especially a war going as badly as the one in Afghanistan. And especially in the wake of Sen. Jay Rockefeller publicly urging President Obama to speed up the withdrawal of U ...  

Susan Cain's book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking taps into our growing need for unplugging and recharging. Let us know what your favorite ways are to find quiet in your life.  

It was a packed soiree at Huffington's house on Thursday night for Freston's new book, “The Lean.” Continue reading...Follow WWD on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.  

While Doutzen was highlighted as a healthy model once described as "curvy" (at a size six, no less), Arianna spoke about her own daughter's eating disorder and the steps she's taken, privately and professionally, to combat the negative body talk ...  

Kirsch became responsible for the Tech sites’ business operations in December 2011, when Heather Harde left her position at AOL as GM of TechCrunch, Engadget, Joystiq, and TUAW. The business responsibilities Kirsch gained then were Harde’s ...  

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The piece, by Peter Wallsten, Lori Montgomery and Scott Wilson, was titled "Obama's Evolution: Behind the Failed 'Grand Bargain' on the Debt," but it might just as well have been called "Obama's Devolution." Obama came to Washington promising to ...  

Following this afternoon's report on Arianna Huffington's AOL email account getting hacked, the new media mogul has confirmed the hack and revealed the culprits: Nigeria scam artists. Happens to the best of us. From: Arianna Huffington To: Maureen O'Connor Date: Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 6:20 PM Subject: RE: Gawker Question: Arianna's email hacked?Tags: HackersSecurityIndustry News  

Christina and Isabella Huffington, ages 22 and 20 respectively, are two very fortunate young women. Not only is their mother, Arianna, one of the most well-respected and most successful women in media, but Agapi Stassinopoulos, an inspiring author and ...  

Huffington Post editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington said Monday that it's "despicable" for President Obama to make a campaign ad about the mission he ordered to kill Osama bin Laden one year ago. "I think it's one thing to celebrate the fact that they did such a great job. It's one thing to have an NBC special from the Situation Room, " she said in a CBS This Morning interview. "All that, to me, is perfectly legitimate. But to turn it into a...  

The Huffington Post is biting back at Rupert Murdoch, who belittled the website during this morning's Leveson inquiry when he claimed Arianna Huffington's internet behemoth had just "a few original reporters" and was "mainly just stealing stories from ...  

Wood is a veteran journalist, but has only been with HuffPo for a few months. Arianna Huffington and the rest of HuffPo’s staffers have got to be holding themselves back from gloating over the win, considering how much the site has been attacked for ...  

Touted as one of the most successful women in history by many, Arianna Huffington refers to herself as a "very frugal Greek peasant girl" who in May 2005 started the Huffington Post, an American news website and blog recently bought by AOL that now has spread its footprint throughout the U.K., Canada, Quebec, and France with plans to expand to nearly a dozen more countries including Germany and Brazil in the near future.  

Arianna Huffington: Obama’s Bin Laden Ad ‘Despicable’ | Washington Free Beacon HUFFINGTON: In the Situation Room, which is unprecedented. All of that is perfectly legitimate. But to turn it into a campaign ad is one of the most despicable things … Continue reading →  

MSNBC “Morning Joe” Host Willie Geist and HuffPost/AOL Editor-in-Chief Arianna Huffington conversing by the bar at the TIME/People party at the St. Regis tonight. Arianna finally tore herself away from her BlackBerry to have a talk with Geist. What could they possibly be discussing so intently? Send us or tweet your best captions…FishbowlDC@mediabistro.com, @FishbowlDC.     New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.  

The Huffington Post Media Group has named John Pavley its new Chief Technology Officer. Pavley was most recently Vice President of Engineering at Spotify, the music streaming startup. Pavley has also held positions at DoubleClick, Yahoo and Lime Wire. “From desktop software and digital photography to web advertising and music sharing, John has been a visionary innovator with a gift for understanding users.” said Arianna Huffington. “He brings...  

Last Thursday, The New York Times ran a story titled “Huffington Gains More Control in AOL Revamping.” Later that day, Business Insider challenged that account, blogging: “Actually, Arianna Huffington Has Been Demoted.” By Friday morning, in the spirit of the unnuanced press reports, Poynter’s site asked “Who’s right about Arianna Huffington’s role at...  

A long and thorough history of The Huffington Post from Michael Shapiro at Columbia Journalism Review. HuffPo cofounder Jonah Peretti calls it "the best article that will ever be written about the creation of the Huffington Post". In the course of a few hours, Peretti would watch with wonderment as Arianna Huffington eased herself from setting to setting, all the while making the person she was talking with feel like the most interesting and...  

I’m seriously tiring of Arianna Huffington pretending to be a progressive!! Time and time again, she’s invited on political shows to give the progressive point of view but she ends up criticizing Democrats and the president as much as she ...  

#ariannahuffington Following this afternoon's report on Arianna Huffington's AOL email account getting hacked, the new media mogul has confirmed the hack and revealed the culprits: Nigeria scam artists. Happens to the best of us. More »  

IE6 HACK --> MAYFIELD, Ohio -- Arianna Huffington joked about her ex-husband, shared wisdom from her mother and told stories of her own rejections Wednesday to ...  

The New York Times is reporting that Arianna Huffington has “taken several of its business functions out of AOL and under her control.” From now on, the technology, business development and marketing and communications entities had been a part of AOL will report to Huffington. To help the Huffington with her new responsibilities, Lauren Kapp, NBC News’ Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications since 2010, is coming aboard as...  

AOL Inc. (AOL) won dismissal of a suit by unpaid bloggers seeking $105 million for their work on the Huffington Post.U.S. District Judge John Koeltl today threw out the suit, filed last April by writers seeking a share in AOL's $315 million purchase of the news and opinion website run by Arianna Huffington. Koeltl said the bloggers submitted pieces to the Huffington Post for the exposure, knowing they wouldn't be paid.Read More...  

Huffington Post cofounder and leader Arianna Huffington announced today the publication’s plan to release a new iPad magazine called the “Huffington.” The Huffington will take the content from the publication’s 500 editors and reporters ...  

"You deserve it, Arianna," he said to founder Arianna Huffington. "There's no one else out there linking to the kind of hard-hitting journalism that the Huffington Post is linking to every day." And the president also revealed that the ...  

You win some, you lose some. HuffPost-AOL‘s Arianna Huffington is setting off for the United States hotspot of Mayfield, Ohio on April 25 for a CBC Magazine Entrepreneur Summit. “Learn how to work with social media, find the capital to grow your biz ...  

Site founder Arianna Huffington said in a release: "We are delighted and deeply honoured by the award, which recognizes both David's exemplary piece of purposeful journalism and HuffPost's commitment to original reporting that affects both the national ...  

Seven years ago, The Huffington Post was largely considered to be an aggregation blog. This year, the empire and brainchild of Arianna Huffington won its first Pulitzer for David Wood's ten-part series about wounded veterans, "Beyond the Battlefield.".  

marketing and communications and will be a key adviser to President and Editor-In-Chief Arianna Huffington. Kapp is expected to lead Huffington Post's expansion into new markets and the impending launch of its streaming network. "For a decade ...  

Start by checking out the coverage that snagged the Pulitzer, Beyond The Battlefield. But what about the deeper story of how Huffington Post grew from a news aggregator to a journalistic force in its own right? Hear it straight from the editor-in-chief herself at Startup 2012, Business Insider's conference on entrepreneurship and business-plan competition, where Arianna Huffington will speak in a no-holds-barred keynote interview. The event is...  

AOL's prized acquisition from 2011, The Huffington Post, just won its first Pulitzer prize. It won for a series about veterans called Beyond The Battlefield. This is a huge win for AOL CEO Tim Armstrong and Huffington Post editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington. The prize should also help Huffington Post's ad sales team convince brands the site is more than just politics and pictures of Pippa Middleton in Paris. We are witnessing the end of a...  

Arianna Huffington, president and Editor-in-Chief of The Huffington Post Media Group, attend a news conference for the launching of "Le Huffington Post" in Paris January 23, 2012. (Charles Platiau/REUTERS) AOL, on Friday, won the dismissal of a lawsuit by ...  

A New York judge ruled on Friday that Arianna Huffington’s army of unpaid bloggers will remain just that .. unpaid. “No one forced the plaintiffs to give their work to The Huffington Post for publication and the plaintiffs candidly admit that they did ...  

Koeltel, a district court judge in New York, dismissed a class action sought brought against the Huffington Post by unpaid bloggers seeking $105 million from AOL and Arianna Huffington's media empire. The bloggers argued that though they ...  

When Huffington Post editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington sat down with Canada's George Stroumboulopoulos last week, it didn't take long for the conversation to take a very personal turn.In fact, it took just one question:"What do you remember of Chris Hitchens?" Strombo asked, referring to the essayist, journalist and charming "troublemaker" who died of cancer last December. "Chris Hitchens and I were very close," she began, explaining that she...  

THE Huffington Post will soon be available in a weekly magazine version for the iPad, its editor says. President and editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington confirmed the move at a media summit in Toronto. It "will be a weekly magazine version with the best of ...  

The Chicago Tribute reports on a ruling announced Friday that the Huffington Post violated no law in profiting enormously from the unpaid contributions of bloggers who wrote much of the content that has spurred the site's success. Says the article: "John E. Koeltel, a district court judge in New York, dismissed a class action sought brought against the Huffington Post by unpaid bloggers seeking $105 million from AOL and Arianna Huffington's...  

TORONTO: The Huffington Post will soon be available in a weekly magazine version for the iPad, president and editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington confirmed at a media summit in Toronto. It "will be a weekly magazine version with the best of the ...  

From left: Occupy.com cofounders Seth Adam Cohen and David Sauvage, manager Samantha Pastor, and social media editor Justin Wedes. Photo by Alex Fradkin Call him Occupy's Arianna Huffington. New York filmmaker David Sauvage is cofounder of Occupy.com, a nonprofit multimedia and news-aggregation site that launches today with financial backing from Hollywood, lots of complicated internal politics, and a plan to become a must-read for a new...  

Editorial director of the French version of the Huffington Post's news website Anne Sinclair, right, and co-founder of "the Huffington Post" Arianna Huffington, left, chat as they give a press conference for the launch of the website ...  

“The way the call for engagement was raised was as if we’re somehow agnostic about the reality of climate change,” Arianna Huffington told me. Huffington framed the incident for me as one of editorial policy. But this isn’t a simple case ...  

Fresh off its Pulitzer victory, the Huffington Post is staffing up. The media group named former Spotify president of engineering John Pavley its new chief technology officer today. “The first time I walked into the Huffington Post newsroom I knew I wanted to be a member of this team,” Pavley said in a release. “I hope to fan the flame that Arianna and her team have ignited with technological innovations that engage, entertain and, most of all...  

Finally, one can imagine that Arianna Huffington would be pleased with the news and would be willing to mention it every once in a while. We've pinged AOL PR to find out if the rumors are true and will update this story if we hear back.  

The lawsuit contended that the work of unpaid content providers such as bloggers gave the Huffington Post much of its value, and that the website's sale allowed the co-founder Arianna Huffington to profit at their expense. Tasini said he alone ...  

Editorial director of the French version of the Huffington Post's news website Anne Sinclair, right, and co-founder of "the Huffington Post" Arianna Huffington, left, chat as they give a press conference for the launch of the website, in Paris ...  

Marketing and Partnerships at AOL. Here's hoping Balis lasts longer than the last guy who had this job: Jon Brod. After AOL bought HuffPo in March 2011, it was announced that Brod, who joined AOL when it acquired Patch, was going to be Arianna's business ...  

"With HuffPost Voces we want to celebrate the vibrancy of Spanish-speaking Latino life in America," said Arianna ... deliver their campaigns across the spectrum of Hispanics who are online - 23% of online Hispanics are Spanish dominant and 31% are bilinguals.  

The Huffington Post Has A New CTO, And He Was Poached From SpotifySan Francisco ChroniclePaul Berry left his long-time position as The Huffington Post's CTO in January. Today The Huffington Post announced his replacement; it has poached Spotify executive John Pavley. Pavley will report to Arianna Huffington. He's tasked with overseeing and ...John Pavley Named New Chief Technology Officer of Huffington Postmediabistro.comall 4 news articles »  

Well, here’s the craziest rumor of the morning, courtesy of our pals over at Business Insider. In a blog post, Nicholas Carlson writes that there are two rumors floating around, both of which would involve AOL selling the Huffington Post.  

Today The Huffington Post announced his replacement; it has poached Spotify executive John Pavley. Pavley will report to Arianna Huffington. He's tasked with overseeing and expanding the development team. He'll also oversee the media company's ...  

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Arianna Huffington, who sold her news blog service The Huffington Post to AOL a year ago, will be assuming some additional responsibilities at the company. Huffington will now have the technology, business development, marketing and ...  

Arianna Huffington, the founder of the Huffington Post, the online newspaper which has won its first Pulitzer. Photograph: Getty Images The winners of the Pulizter Prize for journalism and the arts have been announced. The awards, one of the most ...  

Arianna Huffington, of HuffPost fame, is teaming up with bLife and HeartMath, amongst other leading developers and technology companies, to produce the app GPS for the Soul, to be released June 2012. It is meant to reduce your stress levels, simply by ...  

Obama took questions in a press conference from Huff-Post political reporter Sam Stein to add prestige to Arianna Huffington's liberal imitation of the Drudge Report. A Pulitzer seals the liberal deal. The website congratulated itself with a quote from Rem ...  

But to turn it into a campaign ad is one of the most despicable things you can do." -- Editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington, according to Politico. * "So if 'Forward' is the slogan for the Obama campaign, would 'Cultural Revolution ...  

The outsize gift (the car is priced at about $30,000) came toward the end of the program, which was held in New York in a cavernous event space near the High Line Park and relied heavily on the star power of CEO Tim Armstrong and Arianna Huffington.  

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He was a researcher for Arianna Huffington, and helped launch her website, The Huffington Post. He currently runs his own news aggregation site, Breitbart.com, and five other websites: Breitbart.tv, Big Hollywood, Big Government, Big Journalism ...  

Our own Arianna Huffington looked radiant in a bright blue lacy dress. And at the party, our girl Hillary Clinton turned up, hobnobbing with Louis CK and Amy Poehler and generally being awesome. But sadly, Kate and Pippa Middleton, who made the ...  

My good friend and colleague, Tamara Blossic, just sent me this short TED.com talk by Arianna Huffington on sleep. Those of you who know me well, know that I preach about the importance of good sleep all the time. It is SO vital to our health ...  

Arianna Huffington's self-declared "Internet newspaper" has badly desired journalistic credibility to match its robust traffic, and nothing lends more respect in media than a Pulitzer. "It's the culmination of what we started to build almost ...