Entries tagged "Huffington Post"
Newly hired Huffington Post CEO Eric Hippeau is in charge of pushing the company toward another growth spurt that may include a deal.
Conservative TV commentator Tucker Carlson is the latest to launch a new media startup to compete with Ariana Huffington's HuffPo.
The media-oriented private equity fund of Bono and dealmaker Roger McNamee invests in the Web site that looks to compete with The Huffington Post and The Daily Beast.
Merrill Lynch & Co. CEO John Thain reportedly made the case to the company's board that he deserves a bonus, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday morning, but eventually reneged after media took him to task. Nonetheless, some made a case for him including Portfolio's Felix Salmon and Deal Journal's Evan Newmark. Of course there were plenty in the blogosphere prostrate over the idea, but one of the better-thought-out cases comes from BusinessWeek's Ben Steverman over at Investing Insights. The bonus kerfuffle prompted Clusterstock to ask how long Thain will last at notoriously thrifty Bank of America Corp. after the...
After NBC News announced that President-elect Barack Obama would tap Timothy Geithner, Federal Reserve Bank of New York president, as his pick for treasury secretary, not only did stocks light up, so too did the blogosphere. Below are collection of some of the posts from around the Web: While The Wall Street Journal ran a short take announcing the news, the paper's Real Time Economics blog was ready for the announcement by offering a lengthy biography of the possible treasury secretary, and a separate post of notable quotes. Politico offered a rather approving post about the pick, noting that Geithner...
