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AOL-Huffpo merger gives liberal media a huge, new platform
American Thinker ^
| 02/06/2011
| Rick Moran
Posted on 02/07/2011 7:49:01 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
I disagree. HuffPo just tethered themselves to the Titanic. AOL has been hemorrhaging money. Let ‘em go down with the ship.
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posted on
02/07/2011 7:51:06 AM PST
by
cartervt2k
(...and they cling to their abortions and their global warming religion)
To: SeekAndFind
AOL-Huffpo merger gives liberal media a huge, new platform YEAH, LIKE THEY REALLY NEEDED ANOTHER ONE............
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posted on
02/07/2011 7:51:50 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Whenever these vermin call you an 'idiot', you can be sure that you are doing something right.)
To: SeekAndFind
original content creationHuffPo content is created, but it's hardly original -- it can be found lining the ground of any barnyard.
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posted on
02/07/2011 7:51:54 AM PST
by
Cincinatus
(Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
To: cartervt2k
AOL doesn’t even send out the free reflectors anymore. (Freebie AOL discs made great driveway reflectors)
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posted on
02/07/2011 7:54:59 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: SeekAndFind
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.
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posted on
02/07/2011 7:55:30 AM PST
by
WellyP
To: SeekAndFind
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.
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posted on
02/07/2011 7:55:41 AM PST
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: SeekAndFind
It’s a bad business decision. They overpaid by 99%, at least.
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posted on
02/07/2011 7:56:44 AM PST
by
GeronL
(http://www.stink-eye.net/forum/index.php for FR backup site!)
To: cartervt2k
ICEBERG AHEAD!!! REVERSE ENGINES!!!!!
To: cartervt2k
I agree with you. I think this merger is akin to those monstrously huge stores the Soviets set up to vend consumer goods. There was very little in stock, what was offered was largely unwanted, and the result was a dim, echoing, empty tribute to collectivism writ large.
This merger will accelerate the failure of both entities.
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posted on
02/07/2011 7:59:11 AM PST
by
Psalm 144
(Voodoo Republicans - Don't read their lips. Watch their hands.)
To: Red Badger
Exactly, my first thought as well. AOL is sinking fast and has been for years.
To: Cincinatus
“...it can be found lining the ground of any barnyard” AND FILLING HUFFINGTON’S INTRACRANIAL SPACE.
To: WellyP
Yours is a perfect summary.
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posted on
02/07/2011 8:00:53 AM PST
by
Psalm 144
(Voodoo Republicans - Don't read their lips. Watch their hands.)
To: SeekAndFind
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 ($$$)...
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posted on
02/07/2011 8:01:39 AM PST
by
moovova
(Don't let Obama spoil the word "hope" for you...)
To: SeekAndFind
There’s still FOX News, The Daily Caller, The Blaze.... Not only that, Rupert Murdoch has his new iPad daily coming out. The truth will always shine through.
If Arianna wants to throw millions away, let her. It’s still not going to change the fact that Americans have had enough of Chairman Obama’s schemes and incompetence.
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posted on
02/07/2011 8:02:19 AM PST
by
Absolutely Nobama
(Freedom is the freedom to say liberals are Idiots that aren't even all that Useful.)
To: moovova
She saw the writing on the blog wall, and decided to get out while the gettin' was good ($$$)... Exactly. And this gives her a way to "retire" from her duties without having to abandon the site. She can just be famous for being famous soon. She'll go on the talk shows and make a general pest of herself and her worthless opinions.
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posted on
02/07/2011 8:03:23 AM PST
by
paulycy
(Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
To: SeekAndFind
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.
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posted on
02/07/2011 8:03:51 AM PST
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: Absolutely Nobama
Glenn Beck is becoming quite the media mogul himself. He recently hired the woman who took the HuffPo to a great deal of success and just hired SE Cupp last week.
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posted on
02/07/2011 8:08:38 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: SeekAndFind
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.
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posted on
02/07/2011 8:09:18 AM PST
by
antonico
To: SeekAndFind
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.
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