The Huffington Post Deathwatch

  •  October 18, 2009


I came across, what was to me, an interesting story about the Huffington Post (or Puffington Host- your choice!), something that surprised me down to my toenails!
The Huffington Post is in danger of going out of business! No, that’s not what surprised me. What surprised me was the fact that they were ever in business!

Notwithstanding her critique of the pursuit of success, wealth and recognition, a little less than a year ago Arianna picked up $25 million, mostly, or all, from one presumably star-struck investor, Fred Harman at a rumored $100M implicit market valuation.
There are those who believe that Arianna sprinkled fairy dust into Fred’s eyes to make him believe that it was a great business proposition, not a vanity/propaganda organ that will never pick up enough cash to cover its burn rate. It’s not a business and never will be.

I had always thought that the Huff Po was the Internet equivalent of a vanity press, a supposedly trendy place for celebrities to hang out and publish left of center fluff and nonsense to the delight of others who were trendy and left of center.
Never in my wildest dreams did I picture this as an investment with expectations of monetary returns!
Am I the only one who didn’t recognize the business model:
1) Write lots of dumb stuff
2) Make tons o’ money?
Attention all K-Mart shoppers: Great blog investment available at reasonable prices. Celebrity bloggers welcome! See Proof at You-know-the-drill, dot com.
In a related story, one SAB blogger seemed despondent over the loss of his primary source material…
Cross Posted at Proof Positive

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  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    Bong salesmen?

  • Lefty

    i wouldnt hold your breath with all their traffic. i will bet you $50 its still going in a year but then you will probably say george soros kept them alive

  • sayanything-106

    Wrong again Skippy…

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    The entire liberal blogosphere could disappear

    Oh, you mean like liberal talk radio? Heh.

  • rightwing conspiracy

    Lefturd blogger stimulus package coming??

  • sayanything-14339

    Your choice of which section of government you trust and when is stunningly selective and all can see it Mangina Boy. Under Bush government was your hated enemy and the font of all evil. Under Bareback it is suddenly your mom and dad. (Mimeblogger

  • sayanything-795

    Hey, at least Arianna didn’t go out and rob a bunch of Boy Scouts like Err America did.

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    i will bet you $50 its (sic) still going in a year but then you will probably say george soros kept them alive

    Did you even read the article?

    The evidence that can be gleaned is that Arianna and her gang of 100 acolytes that “staff” the Po have a burn rate of maybe $1M/month, giving the Po about a 24 month shelf life (from last December, giving them about a year to live … unless they get a new cash infusion).

    So they have at least enough cash to run for one more year and you want to bet me that they’ll be around a year from now? Would you also like to bet that the sun is coming up tomorrow or that I’m a carbon based life form? At least give me odds!!! Heh.

  • sayanything-106

    Wrong again Ass Clown.

  • sayanything-14339

    Greg Gutfeld was the only decent poster they ever had. He really tweaked them — with a great column that mirrored RedEye.

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    Hijack someone else’s thread if you have nothing to say here, Din.

  • sayanything-106

    It’s going to be a big wave and you’re not even going to know what hit your ignorant ass.

  • sayanything-4416

    If republicans can predict a sweep in 2010, I can predict a win for HC reform.

  • sayanything-7956

    Andrew Breitbart helped her set it up before she went all lefto. Greg Gutfeld was the only decent poster they ever had. He really tweaked them. with a great column that mirrored RedEye.

  • sayanything-4808

    Why don’t you come back when you use actual government figures and not things pulled out of Ariana’s backside. Or would that be inconvenient since the very same government’s CBO said we’d have already been out of this recession WITHOUT the stimulus bill which was then passed anyhow, with you saying basically they didn’t know what they were talking about?

    Your choice of which section of government you trust and when is stunningly selective and all can see it Mangina Boy. Under Bush government was your hated enemy and the font of all evil. Under Bareback it is suddenly your mom and dad.

    Consistency can’t be that hard to get straight even for a jackass like you. So which is it?

  • sayanything-4416

    Say, what did we get for that $5 trillion bush debt?

    Unless you work in government contracting or for Wall Street, you got bupkiss.

  • sayanything-4416

    The entire liberal blogosphere could disappear and you people would still be out of power.

  • sayanything-1317

    According to the national Debt clock, the debt stands at approximately (it’s updated by the second) 11.956T. The national debt has increased by 3.93 billion a day since September 28th, 2007. When liberals held the Congress. That means that the debt for liberal 2008, was 1.43T of “Bush’s 5 trillion debt”. Oops!

    Demo-dino-fail.

  • sayanything-101

    Who would buy advertising on a website with an audience of stoned slackers?

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    I’m not surprised, though it is a little depressing that liberals are as dumb with their own money as they are with ours.

  • sayanything-4808

    Still here, loser boy?

    News flash. The average folks at large in this country don’t read the liberal blogs at all compared to conservative. We have you idiot loud mouthed rejects to thank for that. We appreciate the notoriety and PR, really.

    Meanwhile, your beloved Teleprompter Messiah is tanking like a rock tossed in a pond even as you still keep redoubling your efforts to avoid accepting that the nation never had your back when they voted for him, and still don’t.

  • gunny6

    Careful Dino.. Don’t get to confident.. Lots of battles to be fought on that.

  • sayanything-4416

    Poor Potato! You people have been predicting Obama’s demise since jan 20th.

    Now watch as he gets health care reform passed WITH a public option. Then it’s on to cap and trade.

  • sayanything-1317
  • sayanything-6955

    Only one SAB blogger seemed despondent? Great post professor!

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