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HuffPost history
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The Huffington Post was launched on May 9, 2005, as a commentary outlet, blog, and an alternative to news aggregators such as the Drudge Report.
Technorati, Inc., a Web site and organization dedicated to mapping and searching the blogosphere, found that by October 2005 there were 19.6 million blogs, a number that has been doubling roughly every five months.
Anyone with a computer and a microphone can create an audio podcast, and the release of Apple’s video iPod in 2005 set the stage for video podcasting.
In August 2006, The Huffington Post raised a $5 million Series A round from SoftBank Capital and Greycroft.
From the beginning, The Huffington Post also provided news updates, and in mid-2007 it expanded its coverage to include business and entertainment.
In December 2008, The Huffington Post raised $25 million from Oak Investment Partners at a $100 million valuation and Fred Harman of Oak Investment Partners joined its board of directors.
It’s just a coincidence that as soon as a Black person was elected president of the United States way back in 2008, your dear old Uncle Mitchell — who was never really interested in politics — started watching Fox News every night and complaining about the Blacks.
In June 2009, Eric Hippeau, co-managing partner of Softbank Capital, became CEO of The Huffington Post.
In March 2011, AOL acquired The Huffington Post for US$315 million.
In June 2015, Verizon Communications acquired AOL for US$4.4 billion and the site became a part of Verizon Media.
Huffington resigned to pursue other ventures and was succeeded as editor-in-chief by Lydia Polgreen in December 2016.
In April 2017, Polgreen announced the company would rebrand, changing its official full name to HuffPost, with changes also to the design of its website and logo and content and reporting.
In the ensuing years, the site’s focus on news increased—especially in regard to politics—and in 2018 it ended its unpaid blogger program.
On January 24, 2019, 20 employees were laid off as a part of Verizon Media laying off 7% of its staff.
On March 6, 2020, Polgreen announced that she would step down as editor-in-chief to become the head of content at Gimlet Media.
On November 19, 2020, it was announced that BuzzFeed had agreed to acquire HuffPost from Verizon Media in a stock deal.
On February 16, 2021, BuzzFeed's acquisition of HuffPost officially closed.
But don’t worry: After Republican governors in Florida and Virginia banned critical race theory from ever being taught in our schools in 2022, it caught on nationwide and now no child anywhere will even have to learn about the transatlantic slave trade.
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