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Arianna Huffington Addresses The Future of AOL (VIDEO)

by Jeremy Taylor, posted Feb 8th 2011 6:15AM

It's been announced that AOL has bought The Huffington Post for $315 million. As part of the deal, The Huffington Post's co-founder and editor-in-chief, Arianna Huffington, will now be in charge of all AOL's content, including TV Squad.

Huffington and AOL CEO Tim Armstrong appeared on 'Piers Morgan Tonight' (Weeknights, 9PM ET on CNN), where they spoke about the deal, and the future of AOL.

Morgan wanted to know if AOL was going to start charging for content, noting that his ex-boss, News Corp's Rupert Murdoch, believes that charging readers to access online content is the only way forward.

Huffington disagreed, saying that, "People are used to getting their news for free. The only thing people are willing to pay for on the Internet are specific financial information that they can monetize and, don't ask me why, but they are willing to pay for weird porn."

So, you can rest easy: This means that TV Squad won't be charging for content any time soon. (And we won't be featuring any weird porn, either.)

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Hawaiianlions

Wow this is really big news and only now have I logged in to read this month's headlines..... I'd like wish Arianna Huffington much Good Luck being charge of all AOL's content, including TV Squad

February 27 2011 at 11:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
donnyork

Our contempt for AOL is intensified by the "purchase" (as in "for valuable consideration") of the bizarre Huffington Post site for such absurd moola. Truly gag-inducing news.

February 10 2011 at 1:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Agent-X

Wonder if all the losers from Huffington Post will spew their vile comments on AOL now.

February 09 2011 at 10:54 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
Cookie

Gee wiz, why are you all so negative... left / right (dems / repub) Let's see what happens, it's not the end of the world. Are we not all on the same planet, same USA.. Express youself but give things a chance.. Nobody knows what is in the road ahead! AOL made a business transaction wait and see how it evolves. Months may go by and progress can be good, lets not assume it will be bad! Not sure if I'm either L/R, whatever... I have mixed ideas and stances but it's not to a point where I should be nasty to someone in opposition.

February 08 2011 at 5:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rossvale

Goodbye to any semblance of sanity for AOL.

February 08 2011 at 5:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
patrick

I am out of AOL also, don't need AholeL and Huf&puff Post controling my comments and pointing me to the far left

February 08 2011 at 4:52 PM Report abuse +3 rate up rate down Reply
cookiejf28

I am very unhappy with this merger with the Huffington post I have been a PAYING aol customer for years and i am canceling my membership!!!!!!

February 08 2011 at 4:01 PM Report abuse +4 rate up rate down Reply
moaber

Is this woman even an American? I certainly dont consider her pro-American.

February 08 2011 at 4:01 PM Report abuse +4 rate up rate down Reply
ro1805

Now AOL will be another left wing news outlet spinning the truth to help the progressives. I will be canceling my aoland changing from Time warner.

February 08 2011 at 3:59 PM Report abuse +4 rate up rate down Reply
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dbrown3444

AOL has always been a left wing news outlet. They're just bringing more of their own under the AOL umbrella.

February 08 2011 at 4:13 PM Report abuse +4 rate up rate down Reply
riverlayne

There goes AOL news. We will never hear anything close to the truth, just Arianna Huffington's left slant on anything. Especially if the article on Glenn Beck posted 2/8/11 is any indication. You should really watch his show before you say what he is saying because you definitely got that one all wrong! The Huffington Post has been a joke and no one takes it seriously.

February 08 2011 at 3:57 PM Report abuse +7 rate up rate down Reply

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