AOL To Acquire Huffington Post

American Voices

February 9, 2011 | ISSUE 47•06

Internet company AOL announced it would purchase media aggregator site The Huffington Post for $315 million. What do you think?

This might be the thing to make my dad drop his dial-up service once and for all."

Ruby Kahn
Bulk Filler
The only part of the deal that seemed a tad raw to me is the fact that Arianna Huffington is required to change her name to Arianna AOL. But, you have to pick your battles, I guess."

Chris Colby
Systems Analyst
Wow, I never thought I’d live to see the day when the Internet reached its true potential."

Tim Serbousek
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