Court rules Huffington Post lawsuit to go to trial (boohoo, Arianna)
Tuesday 7th of February 2012 10:33:26 AM
Posted by admin / Under AOL Search Data Scandal
| - Did Arianna Huffington and Ken Lerer steal the idea for the Huffington Post? Though Huffington has deemed the allegation "ridiculous," a judge thinks that a lawsuit making that claim is serious enough to go to trial, per a ruling in a New York court Wednesday. Peter Daou and James Boyce, two former political advisers, filed suit against the HuffPost co-founders last November claiming that they took their idea for a liberal-leaning news site. Since then, Huffington and Lerer have tried to have the case thrown out, but to no avail. The judge ruled Wednesday that the case would go... |
New Mars Rover Powered By Plutonium [with Obama in AOL. commercial!]
Tuesday 7th of February 2012 10:33:26 AM
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| Just before a video on "New Mars Rover Powered By Plutonium" there was a 30 second commercial for AOL. and while watching it I thought, "Gadzooks, every liberal celebrity and their dog is in this spot..." when low and behold, there was Obama, President of the United States, Command-in-Chief, self-proclaimed killer of Osama and Gaddafi, Champion of the Working Man himself shilling for AOL! |
Obama's Guest List Offers Clues To His Themes [jobs speech]
Tuesday 7th of February 2012 10:33:26 AM
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| The White House just put out the list for President Obama's jobs-focused address this evening. Those who will be in the gallery with first lady Michelle Obama include: Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of General Electric. He's chairman of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. So look for Obama to again stress the importance of technology, research and development. Steve Case, who co-founded America Online and is, the White House says, "one of America's most accomplished entrepreneurs and philanthropists." He fills the "American can-do/entrepreneurial spirit" slot. Darline Miller, CEO of Permac Industries, a Minnesota company that makes "precision... |
AOL looking to Sell says Insiders: HuffPost Buy Doomed Company
Tuesday 7th of February 2012 10:33:26 AM
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| Only 6 months after spending a great of its remaining cash on the purchase of Huffington Post, AOL is up for sale according to many insiders in the know. Sources in the industry claim that AOL has met privately with the mega-law firm Watchell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and investment bank Allen & Company about putting the former ISP up for sale to the highest bidder. While AOL is generating significant revenue of at least $1 Billion for the first 6 months of 2011, they are still losing a great deal of money and the purchase of HuffPost hasnt helped... |
AOL-HuffPost Stock Bleeds Again Today (Lost almost 9% today after losing 25% yesterday)
Tuesday 7th of February 2012 10:33:26 AM
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| The selling continues today on high volume. AOL bought HuffPost a few months back for $300M. I bet they regret it now. |
AOL Stock Drops Precipitously (Because of Huffington Post)
Tuesday 7th of February 2012 10:33:26 AM
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| AOL's earnings were terrible today. Many investors are blaming the Huffington Post which AOL bought for $300M a couple months ago. |
The Left's $2 Billion Newsroom --AOL and Huffington Post
Tuesday 7th of February 2012 10:33:26 AM
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| Journalism is the the first rough draft of history, former Washington Post President and Publisher Philip Graham reportedly said. If thats true, history wont be very kind to conservatives. Its not news that most of the old media newspapers, TV and public outlets like NPR and PBS are liberal. But old media outlets are in trouble and layoffs, closings and circulation declines run like red ink all over their balance sheets. Sensing the old models havent been working, the left has been pouring money into new ones. Sure they have ProPublica with its two Pulitzer |
AOL INSIDER: Here Are 12 Reasons Why The AOL-Huffington Post Merger Is Going Down In Flames (AOL)
Tuesday 7th of February 2012 10:33:26 AM
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| <p>Twelve reasons why the AOL Huffington Post merger is going down in flames.</p><p>The tragedy here is that not only will the deal ruin AOL, but it will also ruin the Huffington Post.</p><p>It is the Peter Principle on a grand scale. None of AOLs senior editors (Huffington, Roy Sekoff, and Nico Pitney) have ever managed more than a few people. Now they have hundreds and lack the experience to manage a team this big. Behind the scenes, long time Huffposters say that Jai Singhs departure has eliminated the key adult in the room. Now they need to grow HuffPost and save AOL not possible.</p> |
Freep a Poll! (AOL. Visit bin laden compound as tourist?)
Tuesday 7th of February 2012 10:33:26 AM
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| How do you feel about Osama tourism? It's disgusting. It's great. One more thing to add to my travel list. I don't really care. |
AOL, Huffington to face class-action lawsuit over merger from freelancers
Tuesday 7th of February 2012 10:33:26 AM
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| In an effort to prove that ridiculous hyperbole is not limited to Democrats in Congress, a former Huffington Post contributor has accused founder Arianna Huffington of turning bloggers into âmodern day slavesâ on her âplantation.â Jonathan Tasini filed a class-action lawsuit against Huffington and AOL, who bought the Huffington Post earlier this year for $315 million. Tasini wants a third of that in damages on behalf of the unpaid contributors to the site: ÂIn my view, the Huffington PostÂs bloggers have essentially been turned into modern-day slaves on Arianna HuffingtonÂs plantation, he said. ÂShe wants to pocket the tens of... |



