The Huffington Post has launched a new iPad app in the iTunes App Store. Mobile Insider writer Steve Smith says that the new version is completely re-engineered for touch screens. The new interface makes it easier for users to bookmark, personalize, share, and comment on articles. The new app [Full Story…]
#HuffPost Rolls Out New Reporter Blogs
January 14, 2013 at 8:10 am
Reporters at The Huffington Post are trying something new: blogging. Capital New York reports that HuffPost is unveiling a new blogging template that allows its reporters to maintain a personal blog in addition to their beat reporting. Their blogs are intended to act as “a reporter’s [Full Story…]
Tim Armstrong Takes a Long Term View of #AOL
December 16, 2012 at 4:09 pm
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong talked with Business Insider editor-in-chief Henry Blodget about the future. Armstrong said, "In the content business, we are investing into what may not be popular in the time period, which is people think that the content businesses are expensive, and they don't look like [Full Story…]
Former NY HuffPo Founders Launch NowThis News App
November 9, 2012 at 4:22 pm
Ken Lerer and Eric Hippeau, both former Huffington Post executives, recently released their social video news app, NowThis News. The goal of the app is to make watching news an interesting and exciting experience for the newer generations of consumers. According to paidContent, the app has [Full Story…]
HuffPost Live’s New iPad App Provides Multi-Screen Experience
November 7, 2012 at 8:21 am
The Huffington Post unveiled their new iPad app, HuffPost Live, recently. The app has a mix of entertainment and social interaction, and can be displayed on a TV screen. According to GigaOm, the site launched its online TV network in August, which streams 12 hours of live footage daily from NY [Full Story…]
Former HuffPo Founders Prosper and Grow in NY
October 23, 2012 at 10:04 am
Ex-members of The Huffington Post’s inner circle have remained close and prospered in NY after the AOL purchase. Former Co-founder Ken Lerer and ex-CEO Eric Hippeau are busy with Lerer Ventures. Jonah Peretti started Buzz Feed. Paul Berry, who also runs Lerer’s Soho Tech Labs, founded Rebel [Full Story…]
AOL Launches 22 YouTube Channels at #AWIX
October 1, 2012 at 2:33 pm
During Advertising Week in NY today, AOL announced that it will offer its full original video library on YouTube, according to Web Pro News. The videos will be both distributed and monetized on YouTube. The collection totals about 20,00 videos from various brands like TechCrunch and The [Full Story…]
Roy Sekoff on First Week of HuffPost Live
August 24, 2012 at 9:34 am
Recently, The Huffington Post launched HuffPost Live, an online-video network that streams live 12 hours every weekday. This is not the average news network. Though the first week included an interview with Mayor Bloomberg, it also had a segment called "Lessons from Drag Queens." The site does [Full Story…]
Huffington Post Prepares for Video Network Launch
July 12, 2012 at 11:28 am
The Huffington Post is revving up for the launch of its full-day online video network, HuffPost Live, set for August 13. The new network is hoping to take advantage of a fast-growing advertising market by allowing marketers to have their brand integrated into the broadcasts, in addition to [Full Story…]
Huffington Post’s New iPad Publication to Launch Tomorrow
June 13, 2012 at 4:01 pm
This Thursday, the Huffington Post's new iPad publication will be available through the Apple Store. The publication is called Huffington. and will be available free for the first month and then .99 cents an issue, $1.99 a month, or $19.99 a year, according to Capital New York. An additional free [Full Story…]
Former HuffPo CTO Paul Berry Launches RebelMouse.com in Beta
June 10, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Last week, former Huffington Post CTO Paul Berry launched RebelMouse.com, his new NY-based project that lets individuals and businesses use their social media postings to create websites. According to Crain's New York Business, Berry calls this "the front page to the social web." Members can [Full Story…]
AOL’s Plans for Patch Stirs Investor Unrest
May 24, 2012 at 8:11 am
AOL's hyperlocal news platform Patch has stirred discontent from investors and internal employees alike. According to The Wall Street Journal, investor Starboard Value LP is vying for Patch to either be shut down, sold or placed in a joint venture. Patch's loss in 2011 amounted to $100 million [Full Story…]
The Two Year Journey of a Former Patch Editor
March 17, 2012 at 10:02 am
In October 2009, Patch began opening their hyperlocal news sites around the NY market. Sean Roach was hired to build and manage Patch's Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow branch site and in a recent article he wrote for Columbia Journalism Review, Roach said, "the backbone of the website’s offerings [Full Story…]
HuffPost, AOL Start Live Video Streaming Network
February 3, 2012 at 11:02 am
The Associated Press is reporting The Huffington Post and AOL are launching an online live video streaming network said to combine broadcast news with social media. HuffPost is dedicating 100 employees to the project, called HPSN, which will be webcast from studios in NY and Los Angeles. HuffPost [Full Story…]
One Year After Buying HuffPost, Visits to AOL Decline
January 30, 2012 at 3:02 pm
Before buying The Huffington Post, AOL had 78.9 million unique visitors. But recent Neilsen numbers show visits have dropped to 73.6 million. When AOL boss Tim Armstrong paid $135 million to buy HuffPost, analysts said it was too much. But now the New York Post reports that an unnamed tipster says [Full Story…]
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