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I'm surprised the author didn't mention Yahoo and their purchase of Associated Content & rumored interest in Huffington Post. http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/
by mikeleeorg 16y ago
I'm surprised the author didn't mention Yahoo and their purchase of Associated Content & rumored interest in Huffington Post.
http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/entry/51608/yahoo-eyes-huffpo-for-content-partnership-or-acquisition/ http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/entry/51608/yahoo-eyes-huff...
I suppose the content quality of HuffPo is debatable (I find their headlines to be a bit sensationalistic for my taste), but it appears Associated Content has been criticized for their lack of quality content:
"It is a wasteland of bad writing, uninformed commentary, and the sort of comically dull recitation of the news you'd get from a second grader."
http://www.slate.com/id/2237107/ http://www.slate.com/id/2237107/
- dnwalters 16y agoYep, another $100M deal that I'm sure has already paid for itself... I could have gone on with the examples, but I chose to box in my frustration with the AOL kids :-)
- mikeleeorg 16y agoHahaha I suppose there are lots of examples from which you could choose! Personally, I love lolcats. To each his own. ;)
- celiadyer 16y agoHuffPo headlines are pure sensationalism, but at least you know they aren't paying for content and they actually have good writers (I think). It's fun because it's so in-your-face. I hope they don't sell to Yahoo.