Huffington Post
Huffington Post was founded by Ariana Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, and Ariana Huffington continues to serve as Editor-in-Chief. Since it’s founding, the site has grown from focusing primarily on political news in to other areas, like style and entertainment. Huffington Post publishes its own stories, and it also takes a lower cost approach of aggregating content from around the Web. Site revenue is driven by sales of display advertising. Quantcast reports that HuffingtonPost.com had more than 64 million visits and close to 200… more
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Company Overview
Huffington Post was founded by Ariana Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, and Ariana Huffington continues to serve as Editor-in-Chief. Since it’s founding, the site has grown from focusing primarily on political news in to other areas, like style and entertainment. Huffington Post publishes its own stories, and it also takes a lower cost approach of aggregating content from around the Web. Site revenue is driven by sales of display advertising. Quantcast reports that HuffingtonPost.com had more than 64 million visits and close to 200 million page views in February 2009.
Huffington Post has reportedly raised $35 million from Softbank Capital, Oak Investment Partners, and Greycroft Partners.
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CEO:
Betsy Morgan
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HQ:
New York, NY
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Capital Raised:
$35M
Financings
- Type: Series C
- Date: December-2008
- Total Investment: $25,000,000.00
- Investors:
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- Oak Investment Partners
- Greycroft Partners
- SOFTBANK Capital Partners
- Type: Series B
- Date: September-2007
- Total Investment: $5,000,000.00
- Type: Series A
- Date: August-2006
- Total Investment: $5,000,000.00
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