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2019-10-20 Home Front: Culture Wars

Huffington Post Was Just Put On The Chopping Block, Layoffs Announced At Leftist Media- Tim Pool

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Posted by DarthVader 2019-10-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 founded in 2005, bought by AOL for $300M in 2011. AOL in turn was purchased by Verizon a few years later.

I doubt they will get $10M for it.

Posted by lord garth 2019-10-20 01:35|| 2019-10-20 01:35|| Front Page Top

#2 A good sign? Now it would be really good news if this was followed by CNN, NYTs, WAPO...

Posted by JohnQC 2019-10-20 01:36|| 2019-10-20 01:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Faux is hiring leftists.

Posted by Varmint Splat1454 2019-10-20 01:42|| 2019-10-20 01:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Can't compete with CNN?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-20 02:04|| 2019-10-20 02:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Gee, that’s too bad. 🤣

Posted by Fat Bob Javish1936 2019-10-20 03:26|| 2019-10-20 03:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Too bad I'm going to miss their political parodies.

Posted by jpal 2019-10-20 05:03|| 2019-10-20 05:03|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm also looking forward to the article where Nate Silver says there's a 98% chance he will be unemployed by the end of the year.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-10-20 06:50|| 2019-10-20 06:50|| Front Page Top

#8 Price of skipping capitalism 101. When you saturate the market with your product, the value of your product drops precipitously. See - supply vs demand.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-10-20 07:12|| 2019-10-20 07:12|| Front Page Top

#9 The market wasn't just saturated it seemed the left-wing opinion space was actively subsidised which of course always destroys quality.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-10-20 08:09|| 2019-10-20 08:09|| Front Page Top

#10 To borrow that infamous quote - 'I don't wish death on anybody but I read certain obituaries with great pleasure'.

Posted by Raj 2019-10-20 08:30|| 2019-10-20 08:30|| Front Page Top

#11 For those who prefer reading to video, Tech Crunch also refers to that Financial Times article,

Posted by trailing wife 2019-10-20 13:26|| 2019-10-20 13:26|| Front Page Top

#12 I bid $50.00. Cash. (This has worked for me before, so don't laugh. Yet.)

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2019-10-20 17:44|| 2019-10-20 17:44|| Front Page Top

#13 They might take it!

Posted by DarthVader 2019-10-20 22:34|| 2019-10-20 22:34|| Front Page Top

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