National Post: Is Huffington Post funding a new business model for news orgs?

December 3rd, 2008Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Online Journalism

Despite securing $25 million of private equity funding and lacking some of the overheads of its traditional news cousins, HuffPo will still have to weather the advertising downturn faced by all media. Full story...

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HuffingtonPost going local - and international? | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog Says:

December 4th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
[...] secured $25 million of funding and launched its Chicago section in beta, the Huffington Post is reportedly eyeing further [...]

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