HuffPost

{{short description|US progressive news website}} {{use American English|date=December 2018}} {{use mdy dates|date=June 2021}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox website | name = ''HuffPost'' | logo = HuffPost.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert | screenshot = | url = {{Official URL}} | commercial = No | type = News aggregator, blog | registration = Optional | language = {{hlist|English|French|Greek|Italian|Japanese|Korean|Portuguese|Spanish}} | owner = AOL (2011–2015)<br>Verizon (2015–2020) | author = {{unbulleted list|Arianna Huffington|Kenneth Lerer|Jonah Peretti|Andrew Breitbart}} | launch_date = {{start date and age|2005|5|9}} | current_status = Active | foundation = {{Start date and age|2005|5|9}} | area_served = Anglosphere, Francosphere, Hispanosphere, Lusosphere | advertising = | parent = AOL (2011–2015)<br>Oath/Verizon Media (2015–2020)<br>BuzzFeed (2020–present) | headquarters = 770 Broadway<br />New York City, U.S. }} '''''HuffPost''''' ('''''The Huffington Post''''' until 2017, itself often abbreviated as '''''HuffPo'''''), a division of Buzzfeed, is a United States progressive<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":2" /> news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and covers politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy eating, young women's interests, and local news featuring columnists.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5_mYornMns |title=Huffington, AOL CEO on Shared Vision for Online Content, Ads |date=February 7, 2011 |publisher=PBS |via=YouTube}}</ref> It was created to provide a progressive alternative to conservative news websites such as the Drudge Report.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sandoval |first=Greg |date=November 30, 2005 |title=Breitbart.com has Drudge to thank for its success |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/breitbart-com-has-drudge-to-thank-for-its-success/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429125427/https://www.cnet.com/news/breitbart-com-has-drudge-to-thank-for-its-success/ |archive-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=CNET}}</ref><ref name="Buzzfeed" />

In 2012, the website became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize.<ref>{{cite web |last=Flamm |first=Matthew |date=April 16, 2012 |title=Digital media takes home a Pulitzer |url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120416/MEDIA_ENTERTAINMENT/120419908 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602163829/http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120416/MEDIA_ENTERTAINMENT/120419908 |archive-date=June 2, 2012 |access-date=April 17, 2012 |work=Crain's New York Business}}</ref>

Founded by Arianna Huffington, Andrew Breitbart, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti,<ref name="Buzzfeed">{{cite news |date=March 1, 2012 |title=How Andrew Breitbart Helped Launch Huffington Post |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/how-andrew-breitbart-helped-launch-huffington-post |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901050644/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/buzzfeedpolitics/how-andrew-breitbart-helped-launch-huffington-post |archive-date=September 1, 2018 |work=BuzzFeed}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Shontell |first=Alyson |date=June 1, 2017 |title=How BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti took an instant messaging bot and turned it into a $1.5 billion media empire |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/buzzfeed-jonah-peretti-startup-success-how-i-did-it-interview-podcast-2017-5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801201305/https://www.businessinsider.com/buzzfeed-jonah-peretti-startup-success-how-i-did-it-interview-podcast-2017-5 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=Business Insider}}</ref> the site was launched on May 9, 2005, as a counterpart to the Drudge Report.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 7, 2011 |title=A brief history of the Huffington Post |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-feb-07-la-fi-huffington-post-timeline-20110207-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921043422/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-feb-07-la-fi-huffington-post-timeline-20110207-story.html |archive-date=September 21, 2020 |access-date=August 9, 2020 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In March 2011, it was acquired by AOL for US$315&nbsp;million, with Arianna Huffington appointed editor-in-chief.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Fishman |first=Rob |date=March 14, 2011 |title=The Huffington Post Media Group Makes Key Announcements |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-huffington-post-media_n_835283 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018132639/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/the-huffington-post-media_n_835283.html |archive-date=October 18, 2017 |access-date=November 6, 2019 |work=HuffPost}}</ref><ref name="aolacquirepr">{{cite news |date=February 7, 2011 |title=AOL Agrees to Acquire The Huffington Post |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/aol-huffington-post_n_819375 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224065915/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/aol-huffington-post_n_819375 |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=November 6, 2019 |work=HuffPost}}</ref> In June 2015, Verizon Communications acquired AOL for US$4.4&nbsp;billion, and the site became a part of Verizon Media.<ref name="verizon">{{cite press release |title=Verizon Completes Acquisition of AOL |date=June 23, 2015 |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/verizon-completes-acquisition-of-aol-300103255.html |access-date=April 29, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801180642/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/verizon-completes-acquisition-of-aol-300103255.html |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |agency=PR Newswire}}</ref> In November 2020, BuzzFeed acquired the company.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Hagey |first=Benjamin Mullin and Keach |date=November 19, 2020 |title=BuzzFeed to Acquire HuffPost in Stock Deal With Verizon Media |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/buzzfeed-to-acquire-huffpost-in-stock-deal-with-verizon-media-11605808800 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119235745/https://www.wsj.com/articles/buzzfeed-to-acquire-huffpost-in-stock-deal-with-verizon-media-11605808800 |archive-date=November 19, 2020 |access-date=November 20, 2020 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref>

==History== ''The Huffington Post'' was launched on May 9, 2005, as a commentary outlet, blog, and an alternative to news aggregators such as the Drudge Report.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jackson |first1=Lucas |date=April 13, 2017 |title=Arianna Huffington Resigns From HuffPost |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/08/11/arianna-huffington-resigns-from-huffpost |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061109/https://www.thedailybeast.com/arianna-huffington-resigns-from-huffpost |archive-date=March 12, 2021 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=The Daily Beast}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Voigt |first1=Kai-Ingo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JtTBDAAAQBAJ |title=Business Model Pioneers |date=2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3319388458 |page=96 |quote=as a commentary outlet, blog, and an alternative to news aggregators such as the ''Drudge Report'' |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061113/https://books.google.com/books?id=JtTBDAAAQBAJ |archive-date=March 12, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> It was founded by Arianna Huffington, Andrew Breitbart, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti.<ref name="Buzzfeed" /> Prior to this, Arianna Huffington hosted the website Ariannaonline.com.<ref name="ariannaonline/19981212">{{cite web |title=ARIANNA ONLINE - Arianna Huffington |url=http://www.ariannaonline.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981212022837/http://www.ariannaonline.com/ |archive-date=December 12, 1998 |access-date=13 March 2026 |website=ariannaonline.com}}</ref> Her first foray into the Internet was the website Resignation.com,<ref name="resignation/19981212">{{cite web |title=Resignation.com - Resignation calls, letters, debate, articles, forum, t-shirts and more |url=http://resignation.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981212020730/http://resignation.com/ |archive-date=December 12, 1998 |access-date=13 March 2026 |website=resignation.com}}</ref> which called for the resignation of President Bill Clinton and was a rallying place for conservatives opposing Clinton.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 16, 1998 |title=Direct Access: Arianna Huffington |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/talk/zforum/huffington121698.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222095112/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/talk/zforum/huffington121698.htm |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |access-date=August 31, 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> An early strategy was crafting search-engine optimized (SEO) stories and headlines based around trending keywords, such as "What Time Is the Super Bowl?"<ref>{{cite news |last=Meyer |first=Robinson |date=January 31, 2014 |title=A Brief History of 'What Time Is the Super Bowl?' |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/a-brief-history-of-what-time-is-the-super-bowl/283497/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929233424/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/a-brief-history-of-what-time-is-the-super-bowl/283497/ |archive-date=September 29, 2018 |access-date=September 29, 2018 |work=The Atlantic}}</ref>

In August 2006, the website raised a $5&nbsp;million Series A round from SoftBank Capital and Greycroft.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 8, 2006 |title=The Huffington Post Gets $5 Million Injection in First Round |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2006/08/08/the-huffington-post-gets-5-million-injection-in-first-round/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802032748/https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2006/08/08/the-huffington-post-gets-5-million-injection-in-first-round/ |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> In December 2008, the website raised $25&nbsp;million, to be used for technology, infrastructure, investigative journalism, and development of local versions, from Oak Investment Partners at a $100&nbsp;million valuation and Fred Harman of Oak Investment Partners joined its board of directors.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 1, 2008 |title=The Huffington Post Raises $25 Million from Oak Investment Partners |url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/12/01/the-huffington-post-raises-25-million-from-oak-investment-partners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801180517/https://techcrunch.com/2008/12/01/the-huffington-post-raises-25-million-from-oak-investment-partners/ |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=TechCrunch}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Blodget |first=Henry |author-link=Henry Blodget |date=December 1, 2008 |title=Huffington Post Deal: $25 Million At $100 Million Valuation |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/2008/12/huffington-post-deal-25-million-at-100-million-valuation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802005957/https://www.businessinsider.com/2008/12/huffington-post-deal-25-million-at-100-million-valuation |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=Business Insider}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=December 1, 2008 |title=HuffPo Announces $25 Mil. for New Initiatives |url=https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/huffpo-announces-25-mil-new-initiatives-110474/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802001837/https://www.adweek.com/digital/huffpo-announces-25-mil-new-initiatives-110474/amp/ |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=Adweek}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Galen |date=December 1, 2008 |title=Huffington reported to take $25M from Oak Investment |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass-high-tech/2008/12/huffington-reported-to-take-25m-from.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061112/https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass-high-tech/2008/12/huffington-reported-to-take-25m-from.html |archive-date=March 12, 2021 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=American City Business Journals}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Swisher |first=Kara |author-link=Kara Swisher |date=December 1, 2008 |title=Huffington Post Nabs $25 Million in Funding – Here's a BoomTown Interview With Oak Investment's Fred Harman |url=http://allthingsd.com/20081201/huffington-post-nabs-25-million-in-funding-heres-an-exclusive-boomtown-interview-with-oak-investments-fred-harman/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801184556/http://allthingsd.com/20081201/huffington-post-nabs-25-million-in-funding-heres-an-exclusive-boomtown-interview-with-oak-investments-fred-harman/ |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=All Things Digital}}</ref>

In June 2009, Eric Hippeau, co-managing partner of Softbank Capital, became CEO.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Eric Hippeau Joins The Huffington Post as CEO From SoftBank Capital |date=June 15, 2009 |publisher=Business Wire |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20090615006352/en/Eric-Hippeau-Joins-Huffington-Post-CEO-SoftBank |access-date=April 29, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801212514/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20090615006352/en/Eric-Hippeau-Joins-Huffington-Post-CEO-SoftBank |archive-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref>

In January 2011, the website received 35% of its traffic from web search engines (SEOs), compared to 20% at CNN.<ref name="lure">{{Cite news |last=Cain Miller |first=Claire |date=February 10, 2011 |title=Web Words That Lure the Readers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/business/media/11search.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930000617/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/business/media/11search.html |archive-date=September 30, 2018 |access-date=September 29, 2018 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> This strategy appealed to AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, who tried to implement similar SEO-driven journalism practices at AOL at the time of its acquisition of ''The Huffington Post''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Carlson |first=Nicholas |date=February 1, 2011 |title=Leaked: AOL's Master Plan |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-aol-way |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908093159/https://www.businessinsider.com/the-aol-way |archive-date=September 8, 2018 |access-date=September 29, 2018 |work=Business Insider}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Manjoo |first=Farhad |author-link=Farhad Manjoo |date=February 8, 2011 |title=HuffPo's Achilles' Heel |url=https://slate.com/technology/2011/02/aol-and-huffington-post-merger-search-engine-optimization-won-t-work-forever.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613092002/https://slate.com/technology/2011/02/aol-and-huffington-post-merger-search-engine-optimization-won-t-work-forever.html |archive-date=June 13, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |work=Slate}}</ref><ref name="lure" /> In March 2011, AOL acquired ''The Huffington Post'' for {{USD}}315&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |last=Steel |first=Emily |date=March 7, 2011 |title=AOL Completes Purchase of Huffington Post |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703386704576186232665740452 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725052830/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703386704576186232665740452 |archive-date=July 25, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Szalai |first=Georg |date=March 7, 2011 |title=AOL Completes Huffington Post Acquisition |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/aol-completes-huffington-post-acquisition-164902 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802103916/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/aol-completes-huffington-post-acquisition-164902 |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> As part of the deal, Huffington became president and editor-in-chief of ''The Huffington Post'' and existing AOL properties Engadget, TechCrunch, Moviefone, MapQuest, Black Voices, PopEater (now subpage on the HuffPost Entertainment subpage), AOL Music, AOL Latino (now ''HuffPost Voices''), AutoBlog, Patch, and StyleList.<ref name="aolacquirepr" />

The website surpassed NYTimes.com in traffic in June 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Estes |first=Adam Clark |date=2011-06-09 |title=The Huffington Post Passes The New York Times in Traffic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/2011/06/huffington-post-passes-new-york-times-traffic/351611/ |access-date=2026-02-06 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref> In December 2011, the website had 36.2 million unique visitors.<ref name="reuters-20120927" />

''The Huffington Post'' subsumed many of AOL's ''Voices'' properties, including ''AOL Black Voices'', which was established in 1995 as Blackvoices.com, and ''AOL Latino'', ''Impact'' (launched in 2010 as a partnership between ''Huffington Post'' and Causecast), ''Women'', ''Teen'', ''College'', ''Religion'', and the Spanish-language ''Voces (en español)''. The ''Voices'' brand was expanded in September 2011 with the launch of ''Gay Voices'', dedicated to LGBT-relevant articles.<ref>{{cite news |last=Neumann |first=Amy |date=March 28, 2012 |title=Social Good Stars: Causecast CEO Ryan Scott on the Future of Cause Marketing |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/causecast-ryan-scott_b_1382897 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193524/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/causecast-ryan-scott_b_1382897 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=HuffPost}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=McGann |first=Laura |date=December 20, 2013 |title=Huffington Post outsources section to online fundraising organization |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/03/huffington-post-outsources-section-to-online-fundraising-organization/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525002653/https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/03/huffington-post-outsources-section-to-online-fundraising-organization/ |archive-date=May 25, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |work=Nieman Foundation for Journalism}}</ref>

By late 2013, the website operated as a "stand-alone business" within AOL, taking control of more of its own business and advertising operations, and directing more effort towards securing "premium advertising".<ref>{{cite news |last=Moses |first=Lucia |date=December 12, 2013 |title=HuffPost Takes More Control of Destiny With New Ad Staff Separate From AOL |url=https://www.adweek.com/digital/huffpost-takes-more-control-destiny-new-ad-staff-separate-aol-154443/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801164205/https://www.adweek.com/digital/huffpost-takes-more-control-destiny-new-ad-staff-separate-aol-154443/ |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=Adweek}}</ref> In June 2015, Verizon Communications acquired AOL for US$4.4&nbsp;billion and the site became a part of Verizon Media.<ref name="verizon" /> Huffington resigned to pursue other ventures and was succeeded as editor-in-chief by Lydia Polgreen in December 2016.<ref name="polgreen" />

In April 2017, Polgreen announced the company would rebrand, changing its official full name to ''HuffPost'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Calderone |first=Michael |date=April 25, 2017 |title=The Huffington Post Is Now HuffPost |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffington-post-huffpost-lydia-polgreen_n_58fce1cae4b00fa7de1522ee |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722202022/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffington-post-huffpost-lydia-polgreen_n_58fce1cae4b00fa7de1522ee |archive-date=July 22, 2019 |access-date=November 6, 2019 |work=HuffPost}}</ref> with changes to the design of its website and logo, and content and reporting.<ref>{{cite news |last=Polgreen |first=Lydia |author-link=Lydia Polgreen |date=April 25, 2017 |title=Letter From The Editor: HuffPost's New Chapter |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lydia-polgreen-huffpost_n_58fe16b8e4b018a9ce5d2e4c |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801174338/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lydia-polgreen-huffpost_n_58fe16b8e4b018a9ce5d2e4c |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=HuffPost}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Abbruzzese |first=Jason |date=April 25, 2017 |title=Meet HuffPost: New leadership, new look, new name |url=https://mashable.com/2017/04/25/huffpost-redesign/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801190846/https://mashable.com/2017/04/25/huffpost-redesign/ |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |work=Mashable}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Shields |first=Mike |date=April 25, 2017 |title=Huffington Post Shrinks Its Name to HuffPost, in a Step Back From Founder |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-huffington-post-shrinks-its-name-to-huffpost-1493110800 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426013545/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-huffington-post-shrinks-its-name-to-huffpost-1493110800 |archive-date=April 26, 2017 |access-date=April 26, 2017 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref>

In January 2019, 20 employees were laid off as a part of Verizon Media laying off 7% of its staff.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kludt |first=Tom |date=January 24, 2019 |title=Layoffs underway at HuffPost a day after parent company Verizon announced cuts |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/24/media/huffpost-layoffs/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108003103/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/24/media/huffpost-layoffs/index.html |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |access-date=November 18, 2020 |publisher=CNN}}</ref> The opinion and health sections were eliminated. Pulitzer Prize finalist Jason Cherkis lost his job.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Campbell |first=Andy |date=January 25, 2019 |title=The Media Industry Laid Off A Thousand People In January. It May Not Be Over. |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/1000-media-layoffs-buzzfeed-huffpost-yahoo-gannett_n_5c4b61a6e4b0e1872d4384b6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229132617/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/1000-media-layoffs-buzzfeed-huffpost-yahoo-gannett_n_5c4b61a6e4b0e1872d4384b6 |archive-date=February 29, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=HuffPost}}</ref>

In July 2019, the website published a story written by Rachel Wolfson, a publicist, that praised financier Jeffrey Epstein, a sex offender. Editors later removed the article at the author's request.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hsu |first=Tiffany |date=July 21, 2019 |title=Jeffrey Epstein Pitched a New Narrative. These Sites Published It. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/business/media/jeffrey-epstein-media.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213104224/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/business/media/jeffrey-epstein-media.html |archive-date=December 13, 2019 |access-date=November 9, 2019 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

In March 2020, Polgreen announced that she would step down as editor-in-chief to become the head of content at Gimlet Media.<ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=Lydia |date=March 6, 2020 |title=Lydia Polgreen To Step Down As Editor-In-Chief Of HuffPost |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lydia-polgreen-to-step-down-as-editor-in-chief-of-huffpost_n_5e6280c7c5b601904ea9f460 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123170750/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lydia-polgreen-to-step-down-as-editor-in-chief-of-huffpost_n_5e6280c7c5b601904ea9f460 |archive-date=November 23, 2020 |access-date=November 24, 2020 |website=huffpost.com |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref>

In February 2021, BuzzFeed acquired ''HuffPost'' from Verizon Media for stock.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Flynn |first=Kerry |date=March 9, 2021 |title=BuzzFeed lays off 70 HuffPost staffers in massive 'restructure' less than a month after acquisition |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/09/media/huffpost-layoffs/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310113705/https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/09/media/huffpost-layoffs/index.html |archive-date=March 10, 2021 |access-date=March 11, 2021 |publisher=CNN}}</ref> In March 2021, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti said that the company had lost "around $20 million" during the previous year, and ''HuffPost Canada'' was shut down and ceased publishing.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 9, 2021 |title=HuffPost shuts down Canadian operations |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/03/09/huffpost-shuts-down-canadian-operations.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061114/https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/03/09/huffpost-shuts-down-canadian-operations.html |archive-date=March 12, 2021 |access-date=March 10, 2021 |work=Toronto Star}}</ref> BuzzFeed laid off 47 ''HuffPost'' staff, mostly journalists, in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gabbatt |first=Adam |date=March 9, 2021 |title=BuzzFeed lays off 47 HuffPost workers less than a month after acquisition |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/mar/09/huffpost-layoffs-buzzfeed-jonah-peretti |website=The Guardian |location=New York}}</ref> and closed down ''HuffPost Canada'', laying off 23 staff working for the Canadian and Quebec divisions of the company.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Deschamps |first=Tara |date=March 12, 2021 |title='Truly a shame': HuffPost Canada staff say site closure hurts underrepresented voices |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/03/12/truly-a-shame-huffpost-canada-staff-say-site-closure-hurts-underrepresented-voices.html |url-access=subscription |work=Toronto Star}}</ref>

In April 2021, Danielle Belton became editor-in-chief.<ref>{{cite web |last=Holleman |first=Joe |date=April 22, 2021 |title=St. Louis native Belton heading HuffPost US news operation |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/joe-holleman/st-louis-native-belton-heading-huffpost-us-news-operation/article_cba4d2ed-6792-55c3-9abd-88cd41342fdf.html |access-date=April 12, 2021 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch}}</ref>

Following the shut-down of ''BuzzFeed News'' in 2023, BuzzFeed, Inc. refocused its news efforts into ''HuffPost'', with plans to rehire past ''BuzzFeed News'' employees at ''HuffPost'' or at BuzzFeed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Huston |first1=Caitlin |date=20 April 2023 |title=BuzzFeed News Shutting Down Amid Major Layoffs |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/buzzfeed-news-shutting-down-amid-major-layoffs-1235392981/ |access-date=2 May 2023 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Darcy |first1=Oliver |date=20 April 2023 |title=BuzzFeed News will shut down |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/20/media/buzzfeed-news-shuts-down/index.html |access-date=2 May 2023 |publisher=CNN}}</ref> The move also stemmed from lower advertiser interest in traditional news platforms.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Only |first=Subscription |date=2023-04-26 |title=BuzzFeed's Pivot to HuffPost Is Still Hampered by Ad Buyers Shirking News |url=https://www.adweek.com/media/buzzfeed-pivot-huffpost-buyers/ |access-date=2026-02-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>

By July 2025, traffic dropped 40% due to Google's "AI Overviews" feature, with AI-generated blurbs diverting traffic from publisher content.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Allyn |first=Bobby |date=2025-07-31 |title=Online news publishers face 'extinction-level event' from Google's AI-powered search |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/07/31/nx-s1-5484118/google-ai-overview-online-publishers |access-date=2026-02-06 |publisher=NPR |language=en}}</ref>

===Local editions=== * In spring 2007, the first local version, ''HuffPost Chicago'', was launched.<ref>{{cite news |title=HuffPost: Chicago |url=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/chicago |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425110531/https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/chicago |archive-date=April 25, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * In June 2009, ''HuffPost New York'' was launched.<ref>{{cite news |title=HuffPost: New York |url=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/new-york-city |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427095418/https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/new-york-city |archive-date=April 27, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * ''HuffPost Denver'' launched in September 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=HuffPost: Denver |url=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/denver |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530065502/https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/denver |archive-date=May 30, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Roberts |first=Michael |date=September 15, 2009 |title=The Debut of Huffington Post Denver |url=https://www.westword.com/news/the-debut-of-huffington-post-denver-5828833 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801184348/https://www.westword.com/news/the-debut-of-huffington-post-denver-5828833 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |magazine=Westword}}</ref> * ''HuffPost Los Angeles'' launched in December 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=HuffPost: Los Angeles |url=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/los-angeles |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428151716/https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/los-angeles |archive-date=April 28, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Huffington |first=Arianna |author-link=Arianna Huffington |date=December 2, 2009 |title=Go West, Young Internet Newspaper: Introducing ''HuffPost Los Angeles'' |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/go-west-young-internet-ne_b_376756 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801170409/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/go-west-young-internet-ne_b_376756 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=HuffPost}}</ref> * ''HuffPost San Francisco'' launched in July 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=HuffPost: San Francisco |url=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/san-francisco |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427113228/https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/san-francisco |archive-date=April 27, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * ''HuffPost Detroit'' launched in November 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=HuffPost: Detroit |url=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/detroit |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427124149/https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/detroit |archive-date=April 27, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Huffington |first=Arianna |author-link=Arianna Huffington |date=November 17, 2011 |title=Motoring Into the Motor City: Introducing HuffPost Detroit |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffpost-detroit_b_1098666 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801182314/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffpost-detroit_b_1098666 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=HuffPost}}</ref> * ''HuffPost Miami'' launched in November 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=HuffPost: Miami |url=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/miami |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427112206/https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/miami |archive-date=April 27, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Huffington |first=Arianna |author-link=Arianna Huffington |date=November 30, 2011 |title=Taking Our Talents to South Florida: Introducing HuffPost Miami |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffpost-miami_b_1119489 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801165720/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffpost-miami_b_1119489 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=HuffPost}}</ref> * ''HuffPost Hawaii'' was launched in collaboration with the online investigative reporting and public affairs news service Honolulu Civil Beat in September 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=HuffPost: Hawaii |url=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/hawaii |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427113945/https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/hawaii |archive-date=April 27, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Omidyar |first=Pierre |author-link=Pierre Omidyar |date=September 4, 2013 |title=Hawaii News Coverage Expands with Launch of HuffPost Hawaii |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hawaii-news-coverage-expa_b_3866886 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801180402/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hawaii-news-coverage-expa_b_3866886 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=HuffPost}}</ref>

===International editions=== * In May 2011, ''HuffPost Canada'', the first international edition, was launched.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 26, 2011 |title=Huffington Post launches Canadian version |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/huffington-post-launches-canadian-version/article581063/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061136/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/huffington-post-launches-canadian-version/article581063/ |archive-date=March 12, 2021 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |work=The Globe and Mail |agency=The Canadian Press}}</ref> Following BuzzFeed's acquisition of HuffPost, it was announced in March 2021 that ''HuffPost Canada'' would stop publishing content and cease operations the following week as part of a broader restructuring plan for the company.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 9, 2021 |title=Closing of HuffPost Canada 'abrupt' and 'devastating,' editor says |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/huffpost-canada-closing-1.5942533 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309192945/https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/huffpost-canada-closing-1.5942533 |archive-date=2021-03-09 |access-date=March 9, 2021 |publisher=CBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 9, 2021 |title=Huffington Post Canada website no longer publishing content, will maintain archive |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/buzzfeed-closing-huffpost-canada-s-operations-23-workers-affected/article_a7188d79-3357-5de5-a479-20b099d8c973.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309193751/https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/03/09/canadian-press-newsalert-huffpost-canada-no-longer-publishing-content.html |archive-date=2021-03-09 |work=Toronto Star}}</ref> * In July 2011, ''Huffington Post UK'' was launched.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 6, 2011 |title=Arianna 'really excited' for Huffington Post UK edition |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-14042203 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404000859/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-14042203/arianna-really-excited-for-huffington-post-uk-edition |archive-date=April 4, 2019 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |work=BBC News}}</ref> In April 2026, it added generative AI capabilities from Taboola.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=HuffPost UK Selects DeeperDive From Taboola, Gen AI Answer Engine Built for the Open Web, to Connect Readers with Timely, Contextual Answers for Topics They Care About |date=April 14, 2026 |publisher=Taboola |url=https://investors.taboola.com/news-releases/news-release-details/huffpost-uk-selects-deeperdive-taboola-gen-ai-answer-engine}}</ref> * In January 2012, in partnership with {{Lang|fr|Le Monde}} and Les Nouvelles Editions Indépendantes, the website launched ''Le Huffington Post'', a French-language edition and the first in a non-English speaking country.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sciolino |first=Elaine |author-link=Elaine Sciolino |date=January 23, 2012 |title=Editor Is the Story as the French Huffington Post Starts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/business/media/anne-sinclair-takes-helm-at-french-huffington-post.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222223230/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/business/media/anne-sinclair-takes-helm-at-french-huffington-post.html |archive-date=February 22, 2017 |access-date=February 25, 2017 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> In January 2012, it appointed as editorial director Anne Sinclair; she stood by her husband Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former IMF head, when several women accused him of sexual assault. Commentators at {{Lang|fr|l'Express}}, ''Rue89'', and {{Lang|fr|Le Monde}} warned against potential conflict of interest in the French edition's news coverage.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-01-18 |title=Huffington Post names Strauss-Kahn's wife as French site editor |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jan/18/huffington-post-strauss-kahn-row |access-date=2022-01-14 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> * In February 2012, ''Le Huffington Post Québec'' ({{aka}} ''HuffPost Québec''), a French language edition, was launched in Canada's primarily French-speaking province, Quebec.<ref>{{cite news |last=Huffington |first=Arianna |author-link=Arianna Huffington |date=February 8, 2012 |title=Nothing Provincial About It: Introducing Le HuffPost Québec |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/le-huffpost-quebec_b_1260183 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801164048/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/le-huffpost-quebec_b_1260183 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=HuffPost}}</ref> * In May 2012, a U.S.-based Spanish-language edition was launched under the name ''HuffPost Voces'', replacing AOL Latino.<ref>{{cite news |last=Huffington |first=Arianna |author-link=Arianna Huffington |date=2012-07-01 |orig-date=May 1, 2012 |title=¡Bienvenidos a la Familia! Introducing HuffPost Voces |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffpost-voces_b_1465854 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801161243/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffpost-voces_b_1465854 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=2024-09-27 |work=HuffPost}}</ref> * In June 2012, the edition in Spain, ''El Huffington Post'' (later ''ElHuffPost''), was launched.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fung |first=Katherine |date=April 29, 2013 |title=El Huffington Post Debuts In Spain |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/el-huffington-post-spain-launch_n_1578565 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802012443/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/el-huffington-post-spain-launch_n_1578565 |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |work=HuffPost}}</ref> * In May 2013, an edition for Japan, ''{{lang|ja|ハフポスト}}'' (''HuffPost Japan''), was launched with the collaboration of ''Asahi Shimbun'', the first edition in an Asian country.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 6, 2013 |script-title=ja:アリアナ・ハフィントンさん ザ・ハフィントン・ポスト編集長（前編） |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2013/05/01/arianna_huffington_n_3190277.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801195038/https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2013/05/01/arianna_huffington_n_3190277.html |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=HuffPost |language=ja}}</ref> * In September 2013, an Italian edition, ''L'Huffington Post'', was launched, directed by journalist Lucia Annunziata in collaboration with the media company Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso.<ref>{{cite news |last=Huffington |first=Arianna |author-link=Arianna Huffington |date=September 25, 2013 |title=Benvenuti a L'Huffington Post! |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/benvenuti-a-lhuffington-p_b_1904132 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802012427/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/benvenuti-a-lhuffington-p_b_1904132 |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=HuffPost}}</ref> * In June 2013, ''Al Huffington Post'', the third francophone edition, launched for the Maghreb French area.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 25, 2013 |title=North Africa: 'Al Huffington Post Maghreb' Officially Launched in Nation |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201306260835.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219211410/http://allafrica.com/stories/201306260835.html |archive-date=December 19, 2014 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |publisher=AllAfrica |agency=Tunis Afrique Presse}}</ref> In December 2019, the Maghreb edition was closed.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 4, 2019 |title=HuffPost Maghreb closes 6 years after launch |url=https://gulfnews.com/technology/media/huffpost-maghreb-closes-6-years-after-launch-1.1575418064102 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204200230/https://gulfnews.com/technology/media/huffpost-maghreb-closes-6-years-after-launch-1.1575418064102 |archive-date=December 4, 2019 |access-date=December 4, 2019 |work=Gulf News |agency=Agence France-Presse}}</ref> * In October 2013, Munich-based ''Huffington Post Deutschland'' was launched in co-operation with the liberal-conservative magazine ''Focus'', covering German-speaking Europe.<ref>{{cite news |last=Huffington |first=Arianna |author-link=Arianna Huffington |date=October 10, 2013 |title=Liebe Grüße From Munich: HuffPost Goes to Germany |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/liebe-gruesse-from-munich-huffpost-goes-to-germany_b_4065106 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193557/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/liebe-gruesse-from-munich-huffpost-goes-to-germany_b_4065106 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=HuffPost}}</ref> In January 2018, it was announced that the German language edition would shut down in March 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 11, 2019 |title="Huff Post Deutschland" wird eingestellt |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/huff-post-deutschland-wird-eingestellt-huffington-post-ohne-deutsche-ausgabe-a-1247550.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801220557/https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/huff-post-deutschland-wird-eingestellt-huffington-post-ohne-deutsche-ausgabe-a-1247550.html |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=Der Spiegel |language=de}}</ref> * In January 2014, Arianna Huffington and Nicolas Berggruen announced the launch of the ''WorldPost'', created in partnership with the Berggruen Institute.<ref>{{cite news |last=Huffington |first=Arianna |author-link=Arianna Huffington |date=January 21, 2014 |title=Covering the World: Introducing The WorldPost |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/covering-the-world-introducing-the-worldpost_b_4637990 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801202352/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/covering-the-world-introducing-the-worldpost_b_4637990 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=HuffPost}}</ref> Its contributors have included former British prime minister Tony Blair, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, novelist Jonathan Franzen, and musician Yo-Yo Ma.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 2018 |title=Berggruen Institute: Five Year Anniversary Edition |url=https://36z59wriv543qd814533ma8z-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/BER_5YearAnniversary_R23_040416_Spreads.pdf |access-date=January 29, 2022 |publisher=Berggruen Institute}}</ref> * In January 2014, the Brazilian version was launched as ''Brasil Post'', in partnership with Grupo Abril, the first in Latin America.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 28, 2014 |title=Versão brasileira do Huffington Post, Brasil Post está no ar |url=https://exame.abril.com.br/tecnologia/versao-brasileira-do-huffington-post-brasil-post-esta-no-ar/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620074222/https://exame.abril.com.br/tecnologia/versao-brasileira-do-huffington-post-brasil-post-esta-no-ar/ |archive-date=June 20, 2018 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |work=Exame |language=pt}}</ref> Brasil Post was later renamed ''Huffington Post Brasil'' in 2015,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-11-04 |title=Site Brasil Post vai mudar nome para Huffington Post Brasil |url=https://exame.com/marketing/site-brasil-post-vai-mudar-nome-para-huffington-post-brasil/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Exame |language=pt-br}}</ref> then ''HuffPost Brasil''. In November 2020, the edition was closed down following BuzzFeed's acquisition.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 24, 2020 |title=Following its acquisition by BuzzFeed, HuffPost shuts down its Brazil and India editions – TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/24/huffpost-india-brasil-shutdown/ |access-date=2022-05-15}}</ref> * In February 2014, a Korean language edition was launched in South Korea in partnership with the local center-left newspaper ''The Hankyoreh''.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 28, 2014 |title=Huffington Post starts Korean edition |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140228001116 |access-date=January 29, 2022 |work=The Korea Herald}}</ref><!--<ref>{{Cite web |title=ACTUAL ARTICLE TITLE BELONGS HERE! original text: Archived copy |url=https://m.huffingtonpost.kr/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227074837/https://m.huffingtonpost.kr/ |archive-date=February 27, 2019 |access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref>--> * In September 2014, planned launches were announced for sites for Greece, India, as well ''HuffPost Arabi'', an Arabic version of the website.<ref>{{cite news |last=Revoir |first=Paul |date=August 6, 2014 |title=Huffington Post to launch Arabic-language edition |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/aug/06/huffington-post-launch-arabic-language-edition-aol-al-jazeera |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202111427/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/aug/06/huffington-post-launch-arabic-language-edition-aol-al-jazeera |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |access-date=December 13, 2016 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Durrani |first=Arif |date=September 30, 2013 |title=Huffington Post to launch in Brazil with Abril |url=https://www.campaignlive.com/article/huffington-post-launch-brazil-abril/1214257 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802014337/https://www.campaignlive.com/article/huffington-post-launch-brazil-abril/1214257 |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |access-date=May 14, 2019}}</ref> In November 2020, HuffPost shut down its India operation after six years. According to some media reports, the acquisition did not include the India site due to regulations barring foreign ownership of Indian Digital Media.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 25, 2020 |title='HuffPost' shuts down its Indian edition after six years |url=https://scroll.in/latest/979406/huffpost-shuts-down-its-indian-edition-after-six-years |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209123942/https://scroll.in/latest/979406/huffpost-shuts-down-its-indian-edition-after-six-years |archive-date=December 9, 2020 |access-date=December 10, 2020 |website=Scroll.in}}</ref> * In August 2015, ''HuffPost Australia'' was launched.<ref>{{cite news |last=Huffington |first=Ariana |author-link=Arianna Huffington |date=August 18, 2015 |title=HuffPost Down Under: Introducing HuffPost Australia |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/introducing-huffpost-australia_b_8000452?ir=Australia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193541/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/introducing-huffpost-australia_b_8000452?ir=Australia |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=HuffPost}}</ref> * In November 2016, ''HuffPost South Africa'', the brand's first sub-Saharan edition, was launched in partnership with Media24.<ref name="media24end" /> In April 2017, it was directed by the press ombudsman to apologize unreservedly for publishing and later defending a column calling for disenfranchisement of white men, which was declared malicious, inaccurate and discriminatory hate speech.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynsey Chutel |date=April 24, 2017 |title=A fake HuffPo blog about white male privilege cost its non-white female South Africa editor her job |url=https://qz.com/africa/966763/huffington-post-south-africa-editor-verashni-pillay-resigns-after-fake-blog-on-denying-white-men-franchise/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130183957/https://qz.com/africa/966763/huffington-post-south-africa-editor-verashni-pillay-resigns-after-fake-blog-on-denying-white-men-franchise/ |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |access-date=December 17, 2020 |work=Quartz Africa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=NEO GOBA |date=August 22, 2017 |title=Huffington Post hate speech ruling overturned |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2017-08-22-huffinton-post-hate-speech-ruling-overturned/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315065019/https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2017-08-22-huffinton-post-hate-speech-ruling-overturned/ |archive-date=March 15, 2019 |access-date=December 17, 2020 |work=TimesLIVE}}</ref> The South African edition ceased publication when the partnership with Media24 ended in 2018.<ref name="media24end">{{cite news |date=July 16, 2018 |title=Media24 and HuffPost to End Partnership in South Africa |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2018/07/16/media24-and-huffpost-to-end-partnership-in-south-africa_a_23482888/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061131/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2018/07/16/media24-and-huffpost-to-end-partnership-in-south-africa_a_23482888/ |archive-date=March 12, 2021 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=HuffPost}}</ref>

===Contributor network=== From its launch in 2005 until 2018, HuffPost featured articles from as many as 100,000 unpaid bloggers through its contributor network.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lunden |first=Ingrid |date=January 18, 2018 |title=Farewell, unpaid blogger: HuffPost drops free contributor platform that drove its growth |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/18/farewell-unpaid-blogger-huffpost-drops-free-contributor-platform-that-drove-its-growth/ |work=TechCrunch}}</ref>

====Unpaid status of bloggers==== In February 2011, Visual Art Source stopped publishing content on HuffPost, in protest of its writers not being paid per the terms of the HuffPost contributors network.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lasarow |first=Bill |date=March 5, 2011 |title=Why our writers are on strike against the Huffington Post |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/05/huffington-post-aol |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102061603/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/05/huffington-post-aol |archive-date=January 2, 2017 |access-date=December 13, 2016 |work=The Guardian |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rovzar |first=Chris |date=February 10, 2011 |title=Unpaid Huffington Post Bloggers: 'Hey Arianna, Can You Spare a Dime?' |url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2011/02/unpaid_huffington_post_blogger.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901113446/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2011/02/unpaid_huffington_post_blogger.html |archive-date=September 1, 2018 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |work=New York}}</ref> In March 2011, the action was endorsed by the National Writers Union and NewsGuild-CWA; however, the boycott was dropped in October 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last=Romenesko |first=Jim |date=October 21, 2011 |title=National Writers Union, Guild drop Huffington Post boycott |url=https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2011/national-writers-union-drops-huffington-post-boycott/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801194909/https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2011/national-writers-union-drops-huffington-post-boycott/ |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |publisher=Poynter Institute}}</ref>

In April 2011, the website was targeted with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by Jonathan Tasini on behalf of thousands of bloggers who had submitted material to the website without being paid.<ref name="reuters-20120927" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Peters |first=Jeremy W. |author-link=Jeremy W. Peters |date=April 12, 2011 |title=Huffington Post Is Target of Suit on Behalf of Bloggers |url=https://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/huffington-post-is-target-of-suit-on-behalf-of-bloggers/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323060615/https://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/huffington-post-is-target-of-suit-on-behalf-of-bloggers/ |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> On March 30, 2012, the suit was dismissed with prejudice by the court, holding that the bloggers had volunteered their services, their compensation being publication.<ref name="reuters-20120927">{{cite news |last=Stempel |first=Jonathan |date=September 27, 2012 |title=Unpaid bloggers' lawsuit versus Huffington Post tossed |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aol-huffingtonpost-bloggers/unpaid-bloggers-lawsuit-versus-huffington-post-tossed-idUSBRE82T17L20120330 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801194434/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aol-huffingtonpost-bloggers/unpaid-bloggers-lawsuit-versus-huffington-post-tossed-idUSBRE82T17L20120330 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=Reuters}}</ref> The practice of publishing blog posts from unpaid contributors ended in January 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ember |first=Sydney |date=January 18, 2018 |title=HuffPost, Breaking From Its Roots, Ends Unpaid Contributions |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/business/media/huffpost-unpaid-contributors.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922014732/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/business/media/huffpost-unpaid-contributors.html |archive-date=September 22, 2018 |access-date=May 26, 2018 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

====Anti-vax articles by bloggers==== When ''HuffPost'' operated its contributor network, it was noted to have provided a platform for alternative medicine and supporters of vaccine hesitancy.

Rahul Parikh wrote in 2009 that the website's coverage of health and wellness issues "seems defined mostly by bloggers who are friends of [Arianna] Huffington or those who mirror her own advocacy of alternative medicine".<ref>{{cite news |date=July 31, 2009 |title=Salon takes on the Huffington Post's coverage of health and science |url=https://cupblog.org/2009/07/31/salon-takes-on-the-huffington-posts-coverage-of-health-and-science/ |work=Columbia University Press}}</ref>

It was referred to as "an outpost for quackery" in an article published in ''The Atlantic'' in January 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Estes |first=Adam Clark |date=January 5, 2012 |title=HuffPost Science Is a Platform for Critics of 'Pseudoscientific Quackery' on HuffPost |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/2012/01/huffpost-science-platform-critics-pseudoscience-huffpost/333387/ |work=The Atlantic}}</ref>

In January 2011, Steven Novella, president of the New England Skeptical Society, criticized HuffPost for allowing homeopathy proponent Dana Ullman to have a blog on the site.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-01-31 |title=Homeopathy Pseudoscience at the HuffPo - NeuroLogica Blog |url=https://theness.com/neurologicablog/homeopathy-pseudoscience-at-the-huffpo/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=NeuroLogica Blog - Your Daily Fix of Neuroscience, Skepticism, and Critical Thinking}}</ref>

In November 2011, skeptic Brian Dunning listed HuffPost at No. 10 on his "Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites" list.<ref>{{Skeptoid|id=4283|number=283|title=Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites |access-date=October 23, 2020|date=November 8, 2011|quote=10. Huffington Post (HuffPo aggressively promotes worthless alternative medicine such as homeopathy, detoxification, and the thoroughly debunked vaccine-autism link)}}</ref>

====Notable bloggers==== Notable contributors have included:

{{div col|colwidth=20em}} * Adrienne Wu on gender, and species, identity<ref>{{cite web |last=Wu |first=Adrienne |date=2017-12-01 |title=Not Identifying as Human? |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/i-dont-identify-as-human_b_5a21e594e4b05072e8b56944 |access-date=2022-04-11 |work=HuffPost Contributors platform}}</ref> * Arianna Huffington<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Arianna Huffington |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/arianna-huffington |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426204024/https://www.huffpost.com/author/arianna-huffington |archive-date=April 26, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Barack Obama on politics<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Barack Obama |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/barack-obama |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728200717/https://www.huffpost.com/author/barack-obama |archive-date=July 28, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Robert Reich on politics<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Robert Reich |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/robert-reich |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423221409/https://www.huffpost.com/author/robert-reich |archive-date=April 23, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge on mental health issues.<ref>{{cite news |last=Foster |first=Max |date=February 17, 2016 |title=Why Duchess of Cambridge is editing Huffington Post |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/17/opinions/uk-royal-duchess-huffington-post/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818225442/https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/17/opinions/uk-royal-duchess-huffington-post/index.html |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=CNN}}</ref> * Harry Shearer on life issues<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Harry Shearer |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/harry-shearer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730173031/https://www.huffpost.com/author/harry-shearer |archive-date=July 30, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Jeff Pollack on music<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Jeff Pollack |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/jeff-pollack |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425110849/https://www.huffpost.com/author/jeff-pollack |archive-date=April 25, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Kurtis Chadwick on international culture<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Kurtis Chadwick |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/kurtis-chadwick |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425110849/https://www.huffpost.com/author/kurtis-chadwick |archive-date=April 25, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Roy Sekoff on politics<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Roy Sekoff |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/roy-sekoff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801213217/https://www.huffpost.com/author/roy-sekoff |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Jeff Halevy on health<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Jeff Halevy |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/jih-224 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802012425/https://www.huffpost.com/author/jih-224 |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Cenk Uygur<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Cenk Uygur |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/cenk-uygur |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301123942/https://www.huffpost.com/author/cenk-uygur |archive-date=March 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Diane Ravitch on education<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Diane Ravitch |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/diane-ravitch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428151600/https://www.huffpost.com/author/diane-ravitch |archive-date=April 28, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Jacob M. Appel on ethics<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Jacob M. Appel |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/jacob-m-appel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423224220/https://www.huffpost.com/author/jacob-m-appel |archive-date=April 23, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Howard Friedman on statistics and politics<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Howard Steven Friedman |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/howard-steven-friedman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801213221/https://www.huffpost.com/author/howard-steven-friedman |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Auren Hoffman on business and politics<ref name="Contributor: Auren Hoffman">{{cite news |title=Contributor: Auren Hoffman |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/auren-hoffman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801194953/https://www.huffpost.com/author/auren-hoffman |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Cara Santa Maria on science<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Cara Santa Maria |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/cara-santa-maria |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221080824/https://www.huffpost.com/author/cara-santa-maria |archive-date=February 21, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Nancy Rappaport on child psychiatry<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Nancy Rappaport |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/cara-santa-maria |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221080824/https://www.huffpost.com/author/cara-santa-maria |archive-date=February 21, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Iris Krasnow on marriage<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Iris Krasnow |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/iris-krasnow |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718093659/https://www.huffpost.com/author/iris-krasnow |archive-date=July 18, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Anand Reddi publishes on global health<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Anand Reddi |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/anand-reddi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801230717/https://www.huffpost.com/author/anand-reddi |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=February 27, 2019 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Radley Balko on civil liberties and the criminal justice system<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Radley Balko |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/radley-balko |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503195520/https://www.huffpost.com/author/radley-balko |archive-date=May 3, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Frances Beinecke on climate change and the environment<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Frances Beinecke |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/frances-beinecke |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328193233/https://www.huffpost.com/author/frances-beinecke |archive-date=March 28, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Jenna Busch on the entertainment industry<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Jenna Busch |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/jenna-busch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801165718/https://www.huffpost.com/author/jenna-busch |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Jerry Capeci on the mafia<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Jerry Capeci |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/jerry-capeci |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506222528/https://www.huffpost.com/author/jerry-capeci |archive-date=May 6, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Margaret Carlson on politics<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Margaret Carlson |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/margaret-carlson |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801161250/https://www.huffpost.com/author/margaret-carlson |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Dominic Carter on politics<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Dominic Carter |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/dominic-carter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423123802/https://www.huffpost.com/author/dominic-carter |archive-date=April 23, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Deepak Chopra on integrative medicine and personal transformation<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Deepak Chopra |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/deepak-chopra |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629004311/https://www.huffpost.com/author/deepak-chopra |archive-date=June 29, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * John Conyers (deceased) on politics<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: John Conyers |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/john-conyers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801174342/https://www.huffpost.com/author/john-conyers |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Danielle Crittenden on Jewish lifestyle<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Danielle Crittenden |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/danielle-crittenden |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801182307/https://www.huffpost.com/author/danielle-crittenden |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Laurie David on environmental and food issues<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Laurie David |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/laurie-david |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801163844/https://www.huffpost.com/author/laurie-david |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Andrea Doucet on gender relations<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Andrea Doucet |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/andrea-doucet |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801170242/https://www.huffpost.com/author/andrea-doucet |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Ryan Duffy on demographic trends<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Ryan Duffy |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/maddy-dychtwald |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801170412/https://www.huffpost.com/author/maddy-dychtwald |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Maddy Dychtwald on gender relations<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Maddy Dychtwald |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/andrea-doucet |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801170242/https://www.huffpost.com/author/andrea-doucet |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Ivan Eland on defense<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Ivan Eland |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/ivan-eland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403230617/https://www.huffpost.com/author/ivan-eland |archive-date=April 3, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Mitch Feierstein on the Federal Reserve<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Mitch Feierstein |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/mitch-feierstein |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129080035/https://www.huffpost.com/author/mitch-feierstein |archive-date=January 29, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Bruce Fein on law<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Bruce Fein |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/bruce-fein |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412101659/https://www.huffpost.com/author/bruce-fein |archive-date=April 12, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Ashley Feinberg on politics, media, and technology<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Ashley Feinberg |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/ashley-feinberg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427142803/https://www.huffpost.com/author/ashley-feinberg |archive-date=April 27, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Michelle Fields on politics<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Michelle Fields |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/michelle-fields |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423103956/https://www.huffpost.com/author/michelle-fields |archive-date=April 23, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Rob Fishman on social media<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Rob Fishman |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/rob-fishman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801163804/https://www.huffpost.com/author/rob-fishman |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Myriam François-Cerrah on France and the Middle East<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Myriam François-Cerrah |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/myriam-francois |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801170731/https://www.huffpost.com/author/myriam-francois |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Dan Froomkin on politics<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Dan Froomkin |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/dan-froomkin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423115835/https://www.huffpost.com/author/dan-froomkin |archive-date=April 23, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Yvonne K. Fulbright on sexuality<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Yvonne K. Fulbright |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/dr-yvonne-k-fulbright |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523231033/https://www.huffpost.com/author/dr-yvonne-k-fulbright |archive-date=May 23, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Phil Radford on climate change and the environment<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Phil Radford |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/philip-radford |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802012447/https://www.huffpost.com/author/philip-radford |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Lauren Galley on issues important to teen girls<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Lauren Galley |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/girlsabovesociety-534 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801195036/https://www.huffpost.com/author/girlsabovesociety-534 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Mort Gerberg publishes cartoons<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Mort Gerberg |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/mort-720 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802012429/https://www.huffpost.com/author/mort-720 |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Tim Giago on Native Americans<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Tim Giago |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/tim-giago |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403031143/https://www.huffpost.com/author/tim-giago |archive-date=April 3, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Steve Gilliard on politics<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Steve Gilliard |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/steve-gilliard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801161314/https://www.huffpost.com/author/steve-gilliard |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Philip Giraldi on counterterrorism issues<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Philip Giraldi |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/philip-giraldi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718131800/https://www.huffpost.com/author/philip-giraldi |archive-date=July 18, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * David Goldstein on politics<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: David Goldstein |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/david-goldstein |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801230736/https://www.huffpost.com/author/david-goldstein |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Nathan Gonzalez on foreign policy<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Nathan Gonzalez |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/nathan-gonzalez |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801202355/https://www.huffpost.com/author/nathan-gonzalez |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Kent Greenfield on constitutional law, business law, and legal theory<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Kent Greenfield |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/kent-greenfield |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193549/https://www.huffpost.com/author/kent-greenfield |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Anthony Gregory on habeas corpus<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Anthony Gregory |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/anthony-gregory |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193537/https://www.huffpost.com/author/anthony-gregory |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Greg Gutfeld on politics in a comedic taste<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Greg Gutfeld |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/greg-gutfeld |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802014337/https://www.huffpost.com/author/greg-gutfeld |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * David Hackel on politics<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: David Hackel |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/dave-hackel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193543/https://www.huffpost.com/author/dave-hackel |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Leon Hadar on foreign policy<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Leon Hadar |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/leon-t-hadar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802012449/https://www.huffpost.com/author/leon-t-hadar |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Katie Halper on politics<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Katie Halper |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/katie-halper |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801202342/https://www.huffpost.com/author/katie-halper |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Thor Halvorssen on human rights<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Thor Halvorssen |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/thor-halvorssen |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223065453/https://www.huffpost.com/author/thor-halvorssen |archive-date=February 23, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Jane Hamsher on politics<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Jane Hamsher |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/jane-hamsher |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801202344/https://www.huffpost.com/author/jane-hamsher |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Aaron Harber on politics<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Aaron Harber |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/aaron-harber |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801194909/https://www.huffpost.com/author/aaron-harber |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Johann Hari on drugs and addiction<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Johann Hari |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/johann-hari |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525010625/https://www.huffpost.com/author/johann-hari |archive-date=May 25, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * David Harsanyi on politics and culture<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: David Harsanyi |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/david-harsanyi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801194437/https://www.huffpost.com/author/david-harsanyi |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Gary Hart on international law<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Gary Hart |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/gary-hart |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801180642/https://www.huffpost.com/author/gary-hart |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Mehdi Hasan on the Middle East<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Mehdi Hasan |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/mehdi-hasan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801180536/https://www.huffpost.com/author/mehdi-hasan |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Auren Hoffman on entrepreneurship<ref name="Contributor: Auren Hoffman" /> * Nicholas von Hoffman on politics<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Nicholas von Hoffman |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/nicholas-von-hoffman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801210236/https://www.huffpost.com/author/nicholas-von-hoffman |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Paul Holdengräber on the arts<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Paul Holdengräber |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/paul-holdengraber |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193548/https://www.huffpost.com/author/paul-holdengraber |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> * Hamid Naderi Yeganeh on math art<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributor: Hamid Naderi Yeganeh |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/naderiyeganeh-606 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324043526/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/naderiyeganeh-606 |archive-date=March 24, 2017 |access-date=September 17, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost}}</ref> {{div col end}}

==Political stance== ''HuffPost'' has been seen as a mostly progressive, liberal or liberal-leaning outlet,<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last1=Budak |first1=Ceren |last2=Goel |first2=Sharad |last3=Rao |first3=Justin M. |year=2016 |title=Fair and Balanced? Quantifying Media Bias through Crowdsourced Content Analysis |url=https://academic.oup.com/poq/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/poq/nfw007 |journal=Public Opinion Quarterly |volume=80 |issue=S1 |pages=250–271 |doi=10.1093/poq/nfw007 |issn=0033-362X |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061115/https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2526461 |archive-date=March 12, 2021}}</ref> being described as such by the BBC,<ref name=":5">{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Bill |date=August 11, 2016 |title=Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington to step down |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-37047416 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616142249/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-37047416 |archive-date=June 16, 2018 |access-date=June 21, 2018 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> CNN,<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Kludt |first=Tom |date=January 13, 2017 |title=Liberal media outlets mobilize for Trump presidency |url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/01/13/media/liberal-media-donald-trump/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805031127/https://money.cnn.com/2017/01/13/media/liberal-media-donald-trump/index.html |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |publisher=CNN}}</ref> and ''Politico''.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |last=Byers |first=Dylan |date=June 26, 2015 |title=Should news outlets declare allegiances? |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/06/should-news-outlets-declare-allegiances-209576 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518200646/https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/06/should-news-outlets-declare-allegiances-209576 |archive-date=May 18, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |work=Politico}}</ref> Upon becoming the editor-in-chief in December 2016, Lydia Polgreen said that the "wave of intolerance and bigotry that seems to be sweeping the globe" after the election as US president of Donald Trump was remarkable, and that ''The Huffington Post'' had an "absolutely indispensable role to play in this era in human history."<ref name="polgreen">{{cite news |last=Calderone |first=Michael |date=December 6, 2016 |title=Lydia Polgreen Named Editor-In-Chief Of The Huffington Post |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lydia-polgreen-huffington-post_n_5846ef54e4b0fe5ab693122b |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114144651/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lydia-polgreen-huffington-post_n_5846ef54e4b0fe5ab693122b |archive-date=November 14, 2019 |access-date=November 6, 2019 |work=HuffPost}}</ref>

Commenting in 2012 on increased conservative engagement on the website despite its reputation as a liberal news source, ''The Huffington Post'' founder Arianna Huffington stated that her website was "increasingly seen" as an Internet newspaper that is "not positioned ideologically in terms of how we cover the news".<ref name="flock">{{cite news |last=Calderone |first=Michael |date=May 22, 2009 |title=Republicans flock to The Huffington Post |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2009/05/the-gops-new-tool-huffington-post-022861 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528230202/https://www.politico.com/story/2009/05/the-gops-new-tool-huffington-post-022861 |archive-date=May 28, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |work=Politico}}</ref> According to Michael Steel, press secretary for Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner, Republican aides "engage with liberal websites like ''The Huffington Post'' [anyway, if for] no other reason than [because] they drive a lot of cable coverage".<ref name="flock" /> Jon Bekken, journalism professor at Suffolk University, has cited it as an example of an "advocacy newspaper".<ref>{{cite book |last=Sterling |first=Christopher H. |author-link=Christopher H. Sterling |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofjo0004unse/page/32/mode/2up |title=Encyclopedia of Journalism |publisher=Sage Publications |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7619-2957-4 |page=32}}</ref> ''The Wall Street Journal'' editor James Taranto has mockingly referred to it as the "''Puffington Host''", while Rush Limbaugh referred to it as the "''Huffing and Puffington Post''".<ref>{{cite news |last=Taranto |first=James |date=April 1, 2011 |title=Keep Your Day Job, Arianna |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703712504576236691268440446 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801184556/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703712504576236691268440446 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref>

===2016 U.S. presidential election=== During the 2016 United States presidential election, ''HuffPost'' regularly appended an editor's note to the end of stories about candidate Donald Trump, reading: "Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims—1.6 billion members of an entire religion—from entering the U.S." After Trump was elected on November 8, 2016, ''HuffPost'' ended this practice to "give respect to the office of the presidency."<ref>{{cite news |last=Gold |first=Hadas |author-link=Hadas Gold |date=November 8, 2016 |title=The Huffington Post ending editor's note that called Donald Trump 'racist' |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/11/the-huffington-post-ending-its-editors-note-about-donald-trump-231044 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510071654/https://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/11/the-huffington-post-ending-its-editors-note-about-donald-trump-231044 |archive-date=May 10, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |work=Politico}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wang |first=Amy X. |date=November 11, 2016 |title=On the wrong side of history, major US news outlets are already changing their tune about covering Trump |url=https://qz.com/832895/news-outlets-like-the-new-york-times-and-people-are-having-to-change-the-way-they-talk-about-donald-trump/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913205906/https://qz.com/832895/news-outlets-like-the-new-york-times-and-people-are-having-to-change-the-way-they-talk-about-donald-trump/ |archive-date=September 13, 2020 |access-date=November 20, 2020 |website=Quartz}}</ref>

==Awards== * Won a Pulitzer Prize in 2012 in the category of national reporting for senior military correspondent David Wood's ''Beyond the Battlefield'', a 10-part series about wounded veterans.<ref>{{cite news |title=Beyond The Battlefield: From A Decade Of War, An Endless Struggle For The Severely Wounded |url=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/beyond-the-battlefield |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801194954/https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/beyond-the-battlefield |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=HuffPost}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=April 16, 2012 |title=2012 Journalism Pulitzer Winners |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/business/media/2012-Journalism-Pulitzer-Winners.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803122207/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/business/media/2012-Journalism-Pulitzer-Winners.html |archive-date=August 3, 2016 |access-date=February 25, 2017 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> * 2010 "People's Voice" winner in the 14th Webby Awards. ''The Huffington Post'' lost the 2010 Webby Award jury prize for "Best Political Blog" to Truthdig.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Winners of 14th Annual Webby Awards Announced |date=May 4, 2010 |publisher=Webby Awards |url=https://www.webbyawards.com/press/press-releases/winners-of-14th-annual-webby-awards-announced/ |access-date=April 29, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801210257/https://www.webbyawards.com/press/press-releases/winners-of-14th-annual-webby-awards-announced/ |archive-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref> * Peabody Award in 2010 for "Trafficked: A Youth Radio Investigation".<ref>{{cite web |date=May 2011 |title=70th Annual Peabody Awards |url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/trafficked-a-youth-radio-investigation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020075730/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/trafficked-a-youth-radio-investigation |archive-date=October 20, 2014 |access-date=September 16, 2014 |publisher=Peabody Award}}</ref> * Named second among the "25 Best Blogs of 2009" by ''Time.''<ref name="bestblogstime" /> * Won the 2006 and 2007 Webby Awards for "Best Politics Blog".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Huffington Post |url=https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2006/web/general-website/blog-political/the-huffington-post/?/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801164207/https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2006/web/general-website/blog-political/the-huffington-post/?%2F |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=March 12, 2021 |publisher=Webby Awards}}</ref> * Contributor Bennet Kelley was awarded the Los Angeles Press Club's 2007 Southern California Journalism Award for Online Commentary for political commentary published on the site.<ref>{{cite web |title=2007 Southern California Journalism Award Winners |url=http://lapressclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2007-Southern-California-Journalism-Award-Winners.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919215151/https://lapressclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2007-Southern-California-Journalism-Award-Winners.pdf |archive-date=September 19, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |publisher=Los Angeles Press Club}}</ref> * Ranked the most powerful blog in the world by ''The Observer'' in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last=Aldred |first=Jessica |date=March 9, 2008 |title=The world's 50 most powerful blogs |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/mar/09/blogs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202000124/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/mar/09/blogs |archive-date=December 2, 2016 |access-date=December 13, 2016 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name="bestblogstime">{{cite magazine |date=February 13, 2009 |title=25 Best Blogs 2009 |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1879276_1879279_1879212,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223021340/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1879276_1879279_1879212,00.html |archive-date=December 23, 2019 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |magazine=Time}}</ref> * Co-founder Arianna Huffington ranked 12th in the 2009 list of the "Most Influential Women in Media" by ''Forbes''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Blakeley |first=Kiri |date=July 14, 2009 |title=In Pictures: The Most Influential Women In Media – No. 12: Arianna Huffington |url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/07/14/most-influential-women-in-media-forbes-woman-power-women-oprah-winfrey_slide_13.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325225733/http://www.forbes.com/2009/07/14/most-influential-women-in-media-forbes-woman-power-women-oprah-winfrey_slide_13.html |archive-date=March 25, 2010 |access-date=August 31, 2017 |magazine=Forbes}}</ref> She was ranked 42nd in the 2009 Top 100 in Media List by ''The Guardian''.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 13, 2009 |title=MediaGuardian 100 2009: 42. Arianna Huffington |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jul/11/arianna-huffington-mediaguardian-100-2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109191925/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jul/11/arianna-huffington-mediaguardian-100-2009 |archive-date=January 9, 2017 |access-date=December 13, 2016 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> * Nominated in 2015 for the "Responsible Media of the Year" award at the British Muslim Awards.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 23, 2015 |title=British Muslim Awards 2015 finalists unveiled |url=https://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/11745550.british-muslim-awards-2015-finalists-unveiled/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801174338/https://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/11745550.british-muslim-awards-2015-finalists-unveiled/ |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |work=Asian Image}}</ref>

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