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Nothing like a big media deal to spark commentary from the media. And indeed, there's been no shortage of reaction -- from praise to pillory -- to AOL's decision to purchase upstart news site The Huffington Post for $315 million, mostly in cash.

When Mayhill Fowler quoted Barack Obama and Bill Clinton saying things they'd never have said had they known she was in the press (sort of), her editors couldn't have been more pleased. But when Fowler pulled the same stunt on those editors, they were far less delighted.

"I don't do predictions," said Arianna Huffington at a panel discussion Tuesday, although she actually does, quite enthusiastically. But perhaps she shouldn't, given her difficulty sticking to the facts of the present.

It's getting awfully hard to talk about the news business without talking about the Huffington Post. And that's just the way Arianna Huffington likes it. Twelve months ago, it was just possible to dismiss the impact of the celebrity-infested aggregation-and-blogging site with a supposition: HuffPo...

Is it important to you to know what news articles your friends and acquaintances are looking at -- important enough that you're willing to have them know what articles you've been looking at? The Huffington Post thinks it is. This week, it unveiled a new application, HuffPost Social News, that uses...

The Huffington Post is fond of calling itself "the internet newspaper." And it is like an increasing number of actual newspapers in one important regard: the direction of its cash flow. That would be out, not in. Yes, it turns out that, despite some early noises about crossing into the black --...

Credibility is nice, but revenue is nicer. That seems to be the unspoken message behind the Huffington Post's decision to replace its CEO, Betsy Morgan, after less than two years on the job. Paid Content reports that Huffpo's new CEO will be Eric Hippeau, a managing partner at Softbank Capital and...

It must be confusing to be Arianna Huffington. One day you're getting lauded for your contributions to journalism; the next day you're being accused of killing it. The Huffington Post founder and cable news ubiquity was the headline honoree at today's Mirror Awards, given out by Syracuse...