Huffington Post

BuzzFeed agrees to buy HuffPost in latest online media merger

Acquisition unites two of the largest players in digital media and comes after both companies made deep cuts

Dominic Rushe in New York

19, Nov, 2020 @6:56 PM

Future of digital journalism in question as BuzzFeed and HuffPost lay off 1,000

Job losses follow sales or cuts at Mic, Refinery29 and elsewhere, but publishing as a whole had already shrunk sharply

Edward Helmore

27, Jan, 2019 @6:00 AM

As HuffPost and BuzzFeed shed staff, has the digital content bubble burst?

Fears are growing that current models of paying for online journalism are broken

Jim Waterson Media editor

24, Jan, 2019 @6:15 PM

Yahoo parent Verizon cuts value of media brands by $4.6bn

US telecom firm’s Oath, which includes Huffington Post and AOL, is now worth $200m

Mark Sweney

12, Dec, 2018 @6:21 PM

Fairfax Media joint venture with HuffPost comes to an end

HuffPost says it will operate an Australia edition but the end of the joint venture leaves 30 local jobs in doubt

Amanda Meade

29, Nov, 2017 @6:40 AM

HuffPost Australia staff fear for future amid talks with partner Fairfax

Website no longer taking commissions, it is understood, while ‘high-level discussions’ are being held with joint venture partner

Amanda Meade

28, Nov, 2017 @10:23 AM

Facebook is trying to tackle fake news, but what should we do?

Frontline Club panel discuss the problem of ‘alternative facts’ and concede that social media is not the only organisation publishing falsehoods

Roy Greenslade

26, Jan, 2017 @12:32 PM

US newspapers hit back as Huff Po and co run out of steam

Statistics show print resilience is strong in press and book publishing, as many Americans still prefer to settle down with a book not an e-reader

Peter Preston

18, Sep, 2016 @6:00 AM

Journalism and knighthoods don’t go. No sir

Working journalists, including Lionel Barber, should steer clear of the honours system, for fear of the curse of the cronies

Peter Preston

14, Aug, 2016 @6:00 AM

Like her or loathe her, Arianna Huffington woke the news industry up | Emily Bell

As the founder of Huffington Post leaves to spend more time with her pillow, it’s worth reflecting on how she helped rouse old media from a complacent slumber

Emily Bell

11, Aug, 2016 @6:56 PM

Arianna Huffington to leave Huffington Post for startup Thrive

Founder of digital publisher says she wants to focus on health-themed project as she has become ‘obsessed’ with reducing impact of stress on daily life

Jasper Jackson in London and Sam Thielman in New York

11, Aug, 2016 @12:20 PM

US newspapers unite in disgust at Donald Trump's attack on Clinton | Roy Greenslade

His veiled ‘assassination threat’ against Hillary provokes negative front page headlines and a call by the New York Daily News to end his campaign