Arianna Huffington, Media Mogul

Photo from source, New York Times

I was inspired to create Greenlee Gazette while reading the Huffington Post one Sunday morning. Well that, and a ridiculous story playing on FOX "News" at the time. I link to the site fairly regularly, and so do lots of others. It's now even more popular than the right-wing The Drudge Report. Small wonder, as HuffPost is loaded with content, and Drudge is mostly links.

Anyway, the New York Times did a great write up on HuffPost's founder, Arianna Huffington. Take a look.

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Citizen Huff

. . .When Ms. Huffington, the 57-year-old author and former conservative pundit, announced her plans for The Huffington Post three years ago, many critics dismissed the idea as a digital dinner party for her new liberal friends. But it has grown in ways that few, except perhaps Ms. Huffington herself, expected.

In February, The Huffington Post drew 3.7 million unique visitors, according to Nielsen Online, for the first time beating out The Drudge Report, the conservative tip sheet with which The Post is often compared. . .

Read more at: New York Times