HuffPost

HuffPost (used to be called The Huffington Post) is an American liberal^[2] news website and political blog. It was founded in 2005 by Andrew Breitbart, Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti.^[3] The website prints news stories and columns (called blogs) by celebrities, politicians, academics, and other well known people who have been invited to write for them.

HuffPost

Type of site	News and opinion
Available in	English French Greek Italian Japanese Korean Portuguese Spanish
Founded	May 9, 2005 (2005-05-09)
Headquarters	770 Broadway, New York City , United States 10003[1]
Owner	AOL
Created by	Arianna Huffington Kenneth Lerer Jonah Peretti Andrew Breitbart
Editor	Lydia Polgreen
Parent	Verizon Media
URL	www.huffpost.com
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Optional
Launched	May 9, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-05-09)
Current status	Active

HuffPost has around 25 million visitors each month and is the most well known political blog in the world.^[4] Der Spiegel calls The Huffington Post the most important source of information for millions of Americans.^[5]

On February 7, 2011, AOL announced it would acquire The Huffington Post for US$315 million.^[6][7]

Contributors

See also: Category:HuffPost writers and columnists.

HuffPost has both staff writers, and other individuals they have invited to write for them, from politicians and celebrities to academics and policy experts, who contribute on a wide range of topics. The term blog is used for columns written by both staff and invited columnists.