Monday, February 7, 2011

Fwd: News Alert: AOL to Buy The Huffington Post in $315 Million Deal

    Just what we need - they two deserve each other - schlock meet schlock

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Subject: News Alert: AOL to Buy The Huffington Post in $315 Million Deal
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 00:06:57 -0500
From: NYTimes.com News Alert <nytdirect@nytimes.com>
Reply-To: nytdirect@nytimes.com
To: rhomp2002@EARTHLINK.NET


Breaking News Alert The New York Times Mon, February 07, 2011 -- 12:05 AM ET -----  AOL to Buy The Huffington Post in $315 Million Deal  The Huffington Post, which began in 2005 with a meager $1 million investment and has grown into one of the most heavily visited news Web sites in the country, is being acquired by AOL in a deal that creates an unlikely pairing of two online media giants.  The two companies completed the sale Sunday evening and were expected to announce the deal Monday morning. The deal will allow AOL to greatly expand its news gathering and original content creation, areas that its chief executive, Tim Armstrong, views as vital to reversing a decade-long decline.  Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/07/business/media/07aol.html?emc=na   About This E-Mail You received this message because you are signed up to receive breaking news alerts from NYTimes.com.  To unsubscribe, change your e-mail address or to sign up for daily headlines or other newsletters, go to: http://www.nytimes.com/email  NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Ave. New York, NY 10018  Copyright 2011 The New York Times Company    

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