[cartervt2k]

I disagree. HuffPo just tethered themselves to the Titanic. AOL has been hemorrhaging money. Let ‘em go down with the ship.

[Red Badger]

AOL-Huffpo merger gives liberal media a huge, new platform

YEAH, LIKE THEY REALLY NEEDED ANOTHER ONE............

[Cincinatus]

original content creation

HuffPo content is created, but it's hardly original -- it can be found lining the ground of any barnyard.

[WellyP]

Not so fast: It will provide a larger platform for the same number of idiots who read their daily drivel which equals less readers per platform. The same number of readers, reading the same thing from more sources is a net increase in COSTS with no increase in readership.

[A CA Guy]

AOL has been floundering around since their dial-up dominance went belly up.
Out of desperation they bought Time Warner(was it?), which was bad TW since there was no there there regarding AOL.

I think in the long run it isn’t going to have value.

I don’t in my eyes see the Huffington Post worth a third of a billion. Interesting, but makes no sense to me.

[GeronL]

It’s a bad business decision. They overpaid by 99%, at least.

[moovova]

Arianna Huffington is the only one that will come out ahead on this deal...with the cash she's probably taking away with her.

She saw the writing on the blog wall, and decided to get out while the gettin' was good ($$$)...

[Absolutely Nobama]

There’s still FOX News, The Daily Caller, The Blaze.... Not only that, Rupert Murdoch has his new iPad daily coming out. The truth will always shine through.

If Arianna wants to throw millions away, let her. It’s still not going to change the fact that Americans have had enough of Chairman Obama’s schemes and incompetence.

[The_Victor]

AOL's business model always revolved around finding a few more suckers to pay twice as much for half the service. Seems like perfect match for the HuffPo.

[antonico]

Rick Moran is really Rick MorON. “Huge” new platform?? Like the left not owning the news bureaus at ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, Reuters, UPI, etc.isn't “huge”? He thinks somehow that fossilized AOL is somehow a bigger threat than all of those other dinosaurs?

AOL's time as relevant has long since passed. That they spent this kind of money for a liberal rag blog of often factually inaccurate postings is laughable. And Moran thinks we ought to be cowering in fear.

Joke.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

I emailed the AOL/HuffPo merger story to 4 folks in my email address book who still used AOL as their ISP.

I am pleased to report that two of them have made the decision to drop AOL.

I encourage everyone to look at your email address book for friends with an AOL.com address. Send them an email about the AOL/HuffPo merger. Otherwise they may never hear about the merger.

[JimRed]

AOL-Huffpo merger gives liberal media a huge, new platform

Like all three major TV networks and most of print media is not a big enough platform?

[nhwingut]

What is AOL’s business model? I thought they were an ISP, which is no longer needed. Are they just a homepage and IM service (for kiddies who don’t read political news)?

[13Sisters76]

We have been with aol forEVVVVer, just ‘cause we are lazy. This gives me the incentive to finally kick it to the curb.

[paulycy]

Content is king.

Their content sucks.

They will sink.

[dead]

It's great news for Arianna, but no big win for liberalism.

It's like they added another big speaker to their Phil Spector "Wall of Sound."

The left's message problem is the content, not the volume.

[mrsmith]

Search “Bing” search engine for news and HuffPo results are given (also KOS!).

That’s the only reason it’s a news portal- the Left says it is.