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'''The Huffington Post''' (often referred to on the [[Internet]] as '''HuffPo''') is a politically-[[progressivism|progressive]] online news [[website]] and aggregated [[weblog]] founded by [[Arianna Huffington]] and [[Kenneth Lerer]], featuring hyperlinks to various news sources and columnists. ''The Huffington Post'' was launched on [[May 9]], [[2005]] as a news and commentary outlet; its caption reads: "Delivering News & Opinion since May 9th 2005." Its roster of bloggers includes many people from Arianna Huffington's extensive network of prominent "friends." As of [[August 8]], [[2006]] it was the 5th most popular weblog overall as measured by web links<ref>[http://www.technorati.com/pop/blogs/ Technorati]</ref> and the most popular "Analysis and Opinion" web site as measured by web hits.<ref>[http://www.alexa.com/browse?&CategoryID=140795 Alexa measurements for Huffington Post website]</ref> |
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In addition to regular (often daily) columns by Huffington and a core group of contributors (such as [[Harry Shearer]] and [[John Conyers]]) and Roy Sekoff, Founding Editor, the HuffPost has featured notable celebrity contributors from politics, journalism, business, and entertainment ([[Norman Mailer]], [[John Cusack]], and [[Bill Maher]], to name a few), as well as other relative unknowns. Because of the prominence and access of its contributors, the HuffPost regularly publishes [[scoop]]s of current news stories, otherwise providing links to selected prominent news stories, providing a left-of-center counterpoint to the link-heavy style of [[The Drudge Report]]. Compared to other left-wing blogs such as the expertise-heavy [[Znet]] or the long-established [[Daily Kos]], the HuffPost draws a balance between [[hard news]] commentary and coverage, popular culture and celebrity opinion features. It is also known for the wide range of opinions expressed by members of the public who are encouraged to comment on the original articles. The comment section is home to discussions on politics, religion, topical events, world affairs, cultural and social matters. It has an open format, and rarely does a commenter get banned for his or her views or even a verbal attack. Long, pointless, [[ad hominem]], abusive and endlessly repetitious comments are the only sure way to be banned. |
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In August 2006, it was announced that [[Softbank Capital]] would invest $5 million in the online news site, which has grown dramatically popular in only a year, to help expand it. Plans include hiring more staff to update the site 24 hours a day, hiring in-house reporters, and a multimedia team to do video reports. Alan Patricof's Greycroft Partners also invested. The news marks the site's first "first round of venture capital funding."<ref>[http://today.reuters.com/news/articlebusiness.aspx?type=ousiv&storyID=2006-08-08T001950Z_01_N07410385_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESSPRO-MEDIA-HUFFINGTON-DC.XML&from=business Softbank Capital invests $5 mln in Huffington Post], [[Reuters]], August 7, 2006, accessed October 18, 2006</ref> |
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The site now has invested in [[Vlog]]ging, or video blogging, with many of the site contributors contributing via video, and capturing clips in the media and posting them on the site. |
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== Contributors == |
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A comprehensive list of contributors to the ''The Huffington Post'' blog can be found in its alphabetical ''[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/index/ Bloggers Index]'': |
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Among the [[celebrity]] or otherwise-prominent bloggers are: |
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[[Politician]]s (former or current): |
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*[[Jerry Brown]] |
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*[[John Conyers]] |
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*[[Jon Corzine]] |
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*[[Donnie Fowler|Donald Fowler, Jr.]] |
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*[[Gary Hart]] |
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*[[Michael Huffington]] |
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*[[John Kerry]] |
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*[[Ed Markey]] |
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*[[Mike McCurry]] |
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*[[James McGreevey]] |
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*[[Bill Press]] |
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*[[James Talent]] |
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*[[Joe Scarborough]] |
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[[Journalist]]s & [[author]]s: |
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*[[Glenn Kurtz]] |
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*[[Larisa Alexandrovna]] |
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*[[Benjamin Barber]] |
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*[[Peter Bart]] |
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*[[Eric Boehlert]] |
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*[[Tina Brown]] |
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*[[Deepak Chopra]] |
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*[[Marc Cooper]] |
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*[[David Corn]] |
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*[[Danielle Crittenden]] |
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*[[Walter Cronkite]] |
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*[[Stephen Elliott]] |
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*[[Harold Evans]] |
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*[[Paul Feig]] |
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*[[Kathy Freston]] |
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*[[David Frum]] |
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*[[Larry Gelbart]] |
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*[[Christopher Hitchens]] |
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*[[Nicholas von Hoffman]] |
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*[[Earl Ofari Hutchinson]] |
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*[[Michael Isikoff]] |
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*[[Simon Jenkins]] |
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*[[David Kirby]] |
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*[[Paul Krassner]] |
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*[[Roger Lowenstein]] |
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*[[Norman Mailer]] |
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*[[Tucker Max]] |
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*[[Irshad Manji]] |
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*[[Scott McConnell]] |
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*[[Patt Morrison]] |
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*[[James Pinkerton]] |
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*[[Dennis Prager]] |
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*[[Justin Raimondo]] |
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*[[Lew Rockwell]] |
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*[[Douglas Rushkoff]] |
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*[[Karen Russell]] |
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*[[Robert Scheer]] |
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*[[Arthur Schlesinger Jr.]] |
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*[[Roger L. Simon]] |
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*[[Tavis Smiley]] |
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*[[Tom Tomorrow]] |
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*[[David Wallechinsky]] |
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*[[Elizabeth Warren]] |
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*[[Lizz Winstead]] |
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*[[Byron York]] |
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*[[Alexandra Zacharios-Haight]] |
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[[Actor]]s, [[comedian|comedic performer]]s, [[Film director|director]]s, and [[Film producer|producer]]s: |
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*[[Alec Baldwin]] |
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*[[Richard Belzer]] |
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*[[Lawrence Bender]] |
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*[[Bob Cesca]] |
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*[[George Clooney]] |
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*[[Bruce Cohen]] |
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*[[Jamie Lee Curtis]] |
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*[[John Cusack]] |
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*[[Larry David]] |
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*[[Ellen DeGeneres]] |
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*[[Sandy Frank]] |
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*[[Peter Gabriel]] |
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*[[Robert Greenwald]] |
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*[[Christopher Guest]] |
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*[[Brad Hall]] |
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*[[Marshall Herskovitz]] |
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*[[Quincy Jones]] |
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*[[Diane Keaton]] |
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*[[Christine Lahti]] |
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*[[Martin Lewis]] |
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*[[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]] |
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*[[Bill Maher]] |
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*[[David Mamet]] |
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*[[Merrill Markoe]] |
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*[[Steve Martin]] |
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*[[Adam McKay]] |
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*[[Mike Nichols]] |
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*[[Rob Reiner]] |
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*[[Tim Robbins]] |
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*[[Mo Rocca]] |
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*[[Haim Saban]] |
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*[[Harry Shearer]] |
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*[[Russell Simmons]] |
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*[[Steven Weber]] |
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[[Business]] people: |
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*[[Joan Blades]] |
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*[[Christie Hefner]] |
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*[[Hilary Rosen]] |
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Others: |
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*[[Eric Alterman]] |
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*[[James Boyce (blogger)|James Boyce]] |
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*[[Richard Bradley]] |
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*[[Kristen Breitweiser]] |
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*[[Nina Burleigh]] |
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*[[Margaret Carlson]] |
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*[[Andrei Cherny]] |
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*[[Richard Dawkins]] |
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*[[Alan Dershowitz]] |
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*[[Fernanda Diaz]] |
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*[[Thomas de Zengotita]] |
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*[[Sheldon Drobny]] |
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*[[Stephen Elliott (author)|Stephen Elliott]] |
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*[[RJ Eskow]] |
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*[[Timothy Greenfield-Sanders]] |
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*[[Seth Greenland]] |
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*[[Chuck Gutenson]] |
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*[[Greg Gutfeld]] |
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*[[Lane Hudson]] |
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*[[Sam Harris (author)|Sam Harris]] |
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*[[Mark Joseph]] |
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*[[Marty Kaplan]] |
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*[[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]] |
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*[[Jesse Kornbluth]] |
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*[[George Lakoff]] |
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*[[Gara LaMarche]] |
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*[[Jerry Long|Jerry]] and [[Joe Long]] |
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*[[Hooman Majd]] |
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*[[Ari Melber]] |
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*[[Jeralyn Merritt]] |
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*[[Chris Meserole]] |
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*[[Roger Miller (rock musician)|Roger Miller]] |
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*[[Jim Moore]] |
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*[[Joseph Nye]] |
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*[[Chelsea Peretti]] |
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*[[Michelle Pilecki]] |
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*[[Ted Poe]] |
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*[[Carl Pope]] |
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*[[David Rees]] |
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*[[Marlon Richards]] |
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*[[Paul Rieckhoff]] |
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*[[Jay Rosen]] |
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*[[Stephanie Sandberg]] |
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*[[Andrea Batista Schlesinger]] |
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*[[Russell Shaw]] |
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*[[Cindy Sheehan]] |
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*[[Michael Shermer]] |
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*Josh Silver |
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*[[David Sirota]] |
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*[[Rachel Sklar]] |
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*[[Susan Smalley]] |
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*[[Patti Smith]] |
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*[[Andy Stern]] |
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*[[Sarah Stillman]] |
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*[[Gene Stone]] |
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*[[Josh Sugarmann]] |
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*[[Cenk Uygur]] |
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*[[Eugene Volokh]] |
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*[[Tom Watson (political journalist)|Tom Watson]] |
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*[[Jane Wells]] |
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*[[Margaret Wertheim]] |
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*[[Bryan Young (filmmaker)]] |
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*[[John Zogby]] |
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*[[Phil Plait]] |
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Advance publicity announced forthcoming articles from: |
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*[[Warren Beatty]] |
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*[[Tony Blankley]] |
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*[[Andrew Breitbart]] |
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*[[Albert Brooks]] |
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*[[Denis Collins]] |
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*[[Barry Diller]] |
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*[[Ari Emanuel]] |
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*[[Nora Ephron]] |
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*[[James Fallows]] |
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*[[Tom Freston]] |
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*[[David Geffen]] |
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*[[Paul Goldberger]] |
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*[[Maggie Gyllenhaal]] |
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*[[Vernon E. Jordan Jr.]] |
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*[[Alex Keyssar]] |
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*[[Kenneth B. Lerer]] |
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*[[Michael Medved]] |
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*[[Gwyneth Paltrow]] |
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*[[Paul Reiser]] |
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*[[David O. Russell]] |
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*[[Liev Schreiber]] |
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*[[Aaron Sorkin]] |
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*[[Jann Wenner]] |
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*[[Jim Wiatt]] |
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*[[Mort Zuckerman]] |
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== Awards == |
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The Huffington Post won the 2006 [[Webby Awards]] for Best Political Blog. |
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Arianna Huffington was selected to the [[Time (magazine)|TIME]] 100 list recognizing the 100 most influential people.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187219,00.html The Time 100 : Arianna Huffington], [[Time Magazine|TIME]], April 30, 2006, accessed October 18, 2006</ref> |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ ''The Huffington Post'' website] |
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*[http://www.robotwisdom.com/sites/huffpo.html First-week index] |
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*[http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1470172,00.html The Guardian: ''Uber-blog raises a celebrity voice''] |
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==Notes== |
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[[Category:Blogs|Huffington Post, The]] |
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[[Category:Political weblogs|Huffinton Post, The]] |
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