http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/07/business/media/07aol.html
― markers, Monday, 7 February 2011 05:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
How does AOL even make money to buy things anymore?
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 7 February 2011 05:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
somewhere google is weeping
― ice cr?m, Monday, 7 February 2011 05:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
i imagine arianna taking the money and running tbh
― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 7 February 2011 06:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
“This is a statement that the company is making investments, and in this case a bold investment, that fits right into our strategy,” Mr. Armstrong said in an interview Sunday. “I think this is going to be a situation where 1 plus 1 equals 11.”
guh both these companies are so gross they deserve each other
― ice cr?m, Monday, 7 February 2011 06:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
Just the statement that AOL and Huffington Post are now at about an equal numerical level tells you most of what you need to know.
― hey boys, suppers on me, our video just went bacterial (Hurting 2), Monday, 7 February 2011 06:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
I believe the part where hackers acquired NASDAQ may be a slightly more important story
― El Tomboto, Monday, 7 February 2011 06:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
or in other words ice cr?m otm
By acquiring The Huffington Post’s reporting resources, AOL hopes to counter the perception that it is a farm for subpar content.
facepalm
― ice cr?m, Monday, 7 February 2011 06:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
loldidnt think hp headlines could get any more obnoxious, guess we'll see
― urchin baylor (tremendoid), Monday, 7 February 2011 06:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is hilarious but mostly depressing, welcome to the future of "content" and "content production"
― max, Monday, 7 February 2011 06:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-aol-way#
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/05/what-time-superbowl-start_n_819173.html
hahaha that is amazing
― J0rdan S., Monday, 7 February 2011 06:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
a liberal drudge all gunked up with seo/social/crowd sourced bullshit -- ariannas beautiful $300m dream
― ice cr?m, Monday, 7 February 2011 06:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
― max, Monday, February 7, 2011 12:38 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― max, Monday, February 7, 2011 12:38 AM
hahahaha
― zvookster, Monday, 7 February 2011 06:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
the pageview wars
― am0n, Monday, 7 February 2011 06:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
WELCOME TO THE 21ST CENTURY MY BEAUTIFUL CONTENT PRODUCERS
― max, Monday, 7 February 2011 06:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
― am0n, Monday, 7 February 2011 06:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
"Lady Gaga Goes Pantsless In Paris"
― am0n, Monday, 7 February 2011 06:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
― zvookster, Monday, 7 February 2011 06:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
The only answer...is modern bisk poetry.
Reminding you all:
Subject: Aol is sucks!!!!!what you can do with ther cd rom biskFrom: saund✧✧✧@r✧✧.c✧✧ (saunders)Date: 1996/04/27Newsgroups: alt.aol-Suckscost to mutchit suckno goodsend to many disk.Me and my friends took a bisk and lit it on fire and froze itslamed it angaisnt the boor.
cost to mutchit suckno goodsend to many disk.Me and my friends took a bisk and lit it on fire and froze itslamed it angaisnt the boor.
Adapt and reuse.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 February 2011 06:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/19/megan-fox-wears-leotard-l_n_364263.html
untoppable?
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 7 February 2011 07:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
cost to mutchit suck
― am0n, Monday, 7 February 2011 07:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
today we are all "one of the sexy boyslaves in Nick Denton's weird empire"
― zvookster, Monday, 7 February 2011 07:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
the headline of that megan fox one is pretty amazing, but the one about super bowl google results is one of the saddest pieces of writing that has ever existed
― J0rdan S., Monday, 7 February 2011 07:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
― mookieproof, Monday, 7 February 2011 07:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
Howard Fineman: The Huffington Post and AOL: "Going There" Goes Global:
― oh, boobie (tremendoid), Monday, 7 February 2011 22:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
this interview is hilarious. the fury on both sides.
― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 3 April 2011 16:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
loved this exchange:
Still, I’m amazed you’re trying to tell me that The Huffington Post wasn’t started as a lefty blog?
I’m not trying to tell you anything. I’m telling you things. I’m not trying, O.K.?
― electrophonic gin & tonic (m coleman), Sunday, 3 April 2011 22:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
reads like intrvue by sms
― this country is domed (Hunt3r), Sunday, 3 April 2011 22:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
INTERVIEW HAS BEEN CONDENSED AND EDITED.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Sunday, 3 April 2011 22:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
Sorry
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Sunday, 3 April 2011 22:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/12/arianna-huffington-post-sale
The class action is led by Jonathan Tasini, a writer and trade unionist, who wrote more than 250 posts for Huffington Post on an unpaid basis until he dropped out shortly after the news and comment site was sold to AOL earlier this year.Tasini complained that "Huffington bloggers have essentially been turned into modern day slaves on Arianna Huffington's plantation
Tasini complained that "Huffington bloggers have essentially been turned into modern day slaves on Arianna Huffington's plantation
yeah i guess voluntarily writing for free, over and over again, is a *bit* like slavery when you think about it
― bantonio banderas (history mayne), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 22:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
where are my goddamned ilx residuals
― omar little, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 22:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
Spent on several wild weekends somewhere.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 22:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
"essentially" doing a lot of heavy lifting there
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 23:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
i am essentially dating christina hendricks
― omar little, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 23:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
That class action suit is some grade A garbage from a legal standpoint. But perhaps the goal is just to try to put pressure on HuffPo to change their model by drawing attention to it. In which case I still think it won't work, but it's a less stupid explanation than imagining that the plaintiff or his lawyers think they're going to get any money out of this.
If I were HuffPo and I were ruthless I don't think I'd offer a dime of settlement. I'd rather spend the money to fight it and not open myself and other media outlets to future strike suits.
― rock rough 'n' stuff with h.r. pufnstuf (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 23:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
Come to think of it, maybe freelance writers should be suing huffpo's bloggers, since they're DEvaluing writing and chipping away at their ability to make a living.
― rock rough 'n' stuff with h.r. pufnstuf (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 23:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://thefastertimes.com/news/2011/06/16/aol-hell-an-aol-content-slave-speaks-out/
― am0n, Monday, 20 June 2011 17:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
“Do you guys even CARE what I write? Does it make any difference if it’s good or bad?” I said.
“Not really,” was the reply.
― am0n, Monday, 20 June 2011 17:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Products & Services: Content
We aim to delight our customers by creating valuable content driven by their passions and interests
We have a best-in-class editorial team creating unique content experiences across our properties. We are also developing a global content platform that will empower production of world-class differentiated content to consumers at scale.
― buzza, Monday, 20 June 2011 17:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol waht an incredibly horrible company
― ice cr?m, Monday, 20 June 2011 17:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
what-time-superbowl-start_n_819173.html
― ☂ (max), Monday, 20 June 2011 17:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-20/aol-is-looking-to-reduce-current-stable-of-50-brands-ceo-armstrong-says.html
lol @ having 50 shitty brands
― am0n, Monday, 20 June 2011 17:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
This story has been edited for greater clarity.
― am0n, Monday, 20 June 2011 17:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
"TechCrunch As We Know It May Be Over"
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 08:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 10:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
mg siegler is, if anything, worse than mike arrington
― max, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 12:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
ime ppl in silicon valley wanna build the next facebook or groupon, ppl in dc wanna ~change the world~ and shit.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 17 September 2011 02:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's an interesting distinction
― markers, Saturday, 17 September 2011 02:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
imo the best and most interesting startup stuff is happening in nyc and dc.
what nyc startups do you think are doing cool things?
― markers, Saturday, 17 September 2011 02:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
i really like getaround (http://www.getaround.com/) and banksimple (https://banksimple.com/) who i count as ny even if they're in portland now.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 17 September 2011 02:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
i've heard of banksimple b/c alex payne, but i don't know anything about getaround. will check it out -- thx
― markers, Saturday, 17 September 2011 02:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
np
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 17 September 2011 02:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
notably, most of the cars on getaround are in california. silicon valley has the early adopter culture going for it, at least.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 17 September 2011 02:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://parislemon.com/post/10309036779/what-needs-to-be-said
Also the truth: AOL has not reached out to me once in this entire situation. You’d think they might care about something like that. Evidently, they don’t. I’m not losing any sleep over it, but it’s curious.
― markers, Saturday, 17 September 2011 18:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
There is exactly one person to blame for all of this — and her name is not Erick.
― markers, Saturday, 17 September 2011 18:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://twitter.com/#!/arrington/status/116572764739084290
― markers, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
D- zing tbh
― 'Main Shop of Love' Gigolo (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't think he's zinging anyone
― markers, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 21:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://uncrunched.com/
― markers, Saturday, 24 September 2011 04:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/26/aut-viam-inveniam-aut-faciam/
Apparently my former colleague and fellow Diet Coke fiend Paul Carr is founding a startup post-TechCrunch, instead of heading back to professional blog jockeying like the rest of us pixel-stained wretches. Yay Paul.So what on earth is it already? Well Carr himself told me that the startup is a media-play, traversing the intersection between old media and new media — “the third way,” as he puts it. Okay.
So what on earth is it already? Well Carr himself told me that the startup is a media-play, traversing the intersection between old media and new media — “the third way,” as he puts it. Okay.
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 06:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
^ lol
― robocop last year was a 'shop (sic), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 06:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Public executions of leaders tend to have a severe chilling effect on whoever takes over, and Arianna Huffington is, without a doubt, the current editor in chief of TechCrunch.
http://uncrunched.com/2011/09/29/aol-techcrunch-one-year-anniversary-a-look-back-and-a-look-forward/
― markers, Thursday, 29 September 2011 18:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
this will end well
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 29 September 2011 21:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
kinda wish it had already ended
― thank you BIG HOOS, you brilliant god-man (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 29 September 2011 21:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
otm
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 29 September 2011 21:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
man the whole startup scene is so vapid and inane and i have no idea outside of like a couple thousand people looking to get rich why anyone is interested in it at all myself included techcrunch is a disgusting piece of shit and so is huffpost
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 29 September 2011 21:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
2. ...???3. profit
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 29 September 2011 21:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://startupers.com/
^ i like this a lot tho
― thank you BIG HOOS, you brilliant god-man (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 29 September 2011 21:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/03/mg-siegler-will-become-our-apple-columnist-and-join-crunchfund-as-a-vc/
!!!
― markers, Monday, 3 October 2011 22:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
did not see that coming
― markers, Monday, 3 October 2011 22:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://uncrunched.com/2011/10/03/welcome-to-crunchfund-mg-siegler/
― markers, Monday, 3 October 2011 22:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 00:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
― ice cr?m, Thursday, September 29, 2011 5:27 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark
whenever I listen to tech podcasts I always end up thinking this
still listen tho
:(
― （╯°□°）╯︵ mode squad） (dayo), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 01:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol it is oddly... fascinating \(O_O)/
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 01:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://parislemon.com/post/11005151954/on-the-next-venture
― markers, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 02:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 14:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
man all the ecstatic comments on the crunchfund post...ugh
― thank you BIG HOOS, you brilliant god-man (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 15:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/18/the-rumors-are-true-i-am-leaving-techcrunch/
― markers, Friday, 18 November 2011 21:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
who?
― ooh i love my loaf n jug! (silby), Friday, 18 November 2011 23:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Saturday, 19 November 2011 00:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
The whomors are true
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 19 November 2011 00:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/24/jason-may-the-force-be-with-you/http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/27/goodbye-erick-hello-eric/
― markers, Monday, 27 February 2012 22:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Don't Miss HuffPost Bloggers
Bernard-Henri LévyToulouse, France, Islam
Tiffani ThiessenHow The Power Of Collective Kindness Can Make A Big Difference
― buzza, Monday, 26 March 2012 21:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://pandodaily.com/2012/05/08/sources-say-aol-seeking-buyers-for-engadget-and-techcrunch-arrington-not-in-the-least-bit-interested/
― markers, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 02:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Bikini'd AnnaLynne McCord Sucks On Popsicle"
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 2 June 2012 00:46 (11 months ago) Permalink
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/sideboob
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 23:50 (11 months ago) Permalink
Good to see HuffPo take cues from Family Guy jokes
― WHEY AHR MAH DREGUNS? (DJP), Thursday, 7 June 2012 00:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 18:28 (9 months ago) Permalink
Together they crack the toughest cold cases
― mythical mickey rourke jacket (latebloomer), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 18:32 (9 months ago) Permalink
So anyway I just recorded this Huffington Post Live chat thing with Cole Stratton, Janet Varney, Kristen Rutherford, Stephanie Escajeda and Jacob Soboroff about TV shows that should last forever, strange spinoffs and more besides. Random but cool! Will link it when it goes live.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 02:25 (9 months ago) Permalink
america onliNED
― buzza, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 02:58 (9 months ago) Permalink
Step by step
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 03:08 (9 months ago) Permalink
― dell (del), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 14:26 (5 months ago) Permalink
http://gawker.com/5993695/techcrunch-founder-michael-arringtons-history-of-abuse-allegations-includes-an-assault-investigation
I guess this is the defacto Techcrunch thread and fuck this guy to hell
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 5 April 2013 19:33 (1 month ago) Permalink
― Let's Make Laugh II (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 5 April 2013 19:41 (1 month ago) Permalink
amazing how this sort of thing goes unreported for so long, especially with a figure as controversial as this guy
trying really really hard not to judge without proper evidence or legal findings, but fuck
― Let's Make Laugh II (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 5 April 2013 19:45 (1 month ago) Permalink