I see people like Huffington and Nick Denton as the media titans of our age -- in general the tech bloggers ignore them, but I'd kill to read a definitive artic

I see people like Huffington and Nick Denton as the media titans of our age -- in general the tech bloggers ignore them, but I'd kill to read a definitive article or even book on how these folks really got started. I know both Huffington and Denton had some cash to get started, but I sense that there is a larger story there (and they were at the right place at the right time).