Media
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Exclusive: Arianna Huffington Will Not Make AOL a Leftie Blog (video)
The new editor-in-chief of AOL’s Huffington Post Media Group says there’ll be “absolutely no” leftist political slant. But Tim Armstrong says to expect cuts
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The Nikki Finke Photo: The Daily vs. Deadline (Updated: Nikki responds)
The blogger faces the thing she fears most: a photo, in Rupert Murdoch’s new Daily. Now it’s war
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Exclusive: Arianna Huffington Takes a Very Personal ‘Mexico’ Call … (Video)
In the middle of being interviewed, HuffPo CEO takes a call from her daughter
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Thanks to Miramax Sale, Walt Disney Co. Q1 Profits Up 54%
Profits soar to $1.3 billion, overall revenues rise 10 percent to $10.7 billion
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Aerosmith Sales Jump With Tyler on ‘Idol’; Warner Music Losses Mount
Singer’s role as judge paying off for band; Edgar Bronfman Jr.’s cost-cutting yet to do so
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NY Times, Others Break ‘Spider-Man’ Embargo With Scathing Reviews
Injury-plagued, oft-delayed $65 million musical’s producers blast critics for “pile-on”
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Will AOL + HuffPo = America OnLeft Lovefest?
ANALYSIS: What happens when a once-mighty but now brandless portal is taken over by a sharp-elbowed left-leaning blog? That, and six other burning post-merger questions answered.
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Judge OK’s Televising Michael Jackson Manslaughter Trial
Cameras allowed in the courtroom with Dr. Conrad Murray and start date moved up to March 24.
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Fast Times at Deal High for Huffington Post and AOL
The romance between Huffington Post and AOL was whirlwind, but the hot news site had been planning big for a while.
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Andrew Breitbart: Huffington Wants to Be a ‘Murdoch of the Left’
One of HuffPo’s founding editors, he says of AOL’s current readers: “I think a lot of people will not be happy. I don’t know how many.”
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Paul Haggis Denounces Scientology in New Yorker Opus
In 26-page story, the “Million Dollar Baby” writer talks about discovering “Dianetics” in 1975 … and leaving it all behind 34 years later
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The Internet Remembers: Nikki Finke’s DOA Verdict on HuffPo (updated)
In 2005, Finke called HuffPo — which sold on Sunday for $315 million — “the sort of failure that is simply unsurvivable”
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Pundits: AOL-HuffPo Deal Flashy, Risky — But Could Work
Steve Case: “Tim Armstrong says ‘1 + 1 will equal 11 … Really? That wasn’t my experience”
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Game-Changer: AOL Has Bought the Huffington Post
From a standing start, Huffpo now commands a higher valuation than the New York Times and more monthly traffic — about 25 million unique visits per month.
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Lohan’s Lawyer Denies Jewelry-Theft Accusation
Attorney says client is prepared to fight accusations in court