musingsbymattheous-deactivated2 asks: Why are you using The Huffington Post as a source? They're known to make up 'facts' just to get fodder for their so called 'news site'...I'd rather get my new from a piece of used toilet tissue in a Taco Bell bathroom than read this garbage.
» SFB says: We have our disagreements with HuffPo from time to time (we think they over-aggregate a lot of their content at times, and we side with the writers in the case of them not getting paid), but we think you’re giving them short shrift. They do have some pretty great journalists there, such as Craig Kanalley. If you notice, we also run Fox News content as well, if it’s relevant and newsworthy. We try to base what we post on the content itself, not simply the source. So to put it simply, we’re going to keep using them if the content they have is worthwhile. — Ernie @ SFB
Download of the day: AOL’s take on the iPad personalized magazine craze, Editions, is really good from a design perspective, though we gotta wonder why The Washington Post’s local content isn’t in there, but there are numerous stories from The Examiner and The Hill. It’s a great way to look at AOL’s own content (they have a lot, remember), but outside content is a little lacking. That said, there is a ton of potential here. (Ed. Disclosure: When not posting pictures of cats, I work for the Washington Post’s Express. — Ernie)
Dear Tricia Fox: Don’t use a person’s death to offer up small-business-friendly advice like this: “But whether you are a pop star, a plumber or a business consultant, the same rules still apply: you are the product. And if that’s the case, you are going to need to take really good care for yourself if you want your business to succeed.” It’s crass SEO-hoarding. BAD HuffPo.
Long live the PopEater brand and their penchant for LiLo. You will be missed.
Why take these perfectly good sites and convert them into nebulous blobs of the Huffington Post? This isn’t the worst example (that’s Urlesque folding into HuffPo Comedy), but it’s definitely in the top five.
735 pages of Sarah Palin’s e-mails on Scribd: We know how we’re spending our afternoon. (via huffpo)
Beside ourselves. So much love to everyone in these uncertain times.
Aol has gone from suck to blow. I love URLesque and many of the people who work there. What a shame.
URLesque was a unique gem in the crazy internet. I will miss it.
Wow, what a shame. Here’s a quote from the article…
All told, some 30 brands will be “integrated” into other properties seen as stronger by editor in chiefArianna Huffington. Among those to be absorbed are Politics Daily (folded into HuffPost Politics), Walletpop (folded into Daily Finance), Urlesque (folded into HuffPost Comedy), Luxist (folded into Stylelist) and TV Squad (folded into AOL TV).
Oh no! Urlesque and TV Squad, we’ll miss you.
Does anyone have the full list? Looking to know the status of AOL News specifically.
Arianna Huffington scoffed at a group of unpaid Huffington Post contributors that announced on Wednesday they would stop contributing content to the site, weeks after its $315 million sale to AOL was announced.
Huffington, speaking alongside AOL chief Tim Armstrong at PaidContent’s 2011 Conference in New York on Thursday, dismissed the notion that all bloggers should be paid, given the wide platform HuffPo gives them.
She argued that blogging on the Huffington Post is equivalent to going on Rachel Maddow, Jon Stewart or the “Today” show to promote their ideas. And, she said, there are plenty of people willing to take their place if they do.
“The idea of going on strike when no one really notices,” Huffington said. “Go ahead, go on strike.” [read more]
If she actually said this, it makes it hard for us to ever want to go to HuffPo ever again. PAY YOUR BLOGGERS, ARIANNA.
Aol’s Tim Armstrong and Huffington Post’s Arianna Huffington announce the purchase of the Huffington Post by Aol at the Super Bowl in Dallas, Texas.
This sure makes Michael Arrington’s thing with TechCrunch seem a heckuva lot smaller.
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The Huffington Post sends out news alerts for the weirdest reasons. The NYT sends alerts when “oh, crap, we found something in Afghanistan!” HuffPo sends out news alerts when “oh, crap, Regis is leaving!” Priorities, people.
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