AOL announced in February 2011 that it would acquire The Huffington Post, a rapidly growing news and blog aggregator website, for $315 million. The Huffington Post had expanded significantly since 2009 according to Nielsen and comScore analytics, growing its unique visitors and social networking features. The acquisition aimed to help AOL expand its online content and draw more users to its website.

1. ITEigo
2011/02/25 Masaki Nagamine
@managami

2. AOL to buy The Huffington Post for
$315 million

4. Source :
Nielsen Online, Sep 2009

5. The Huffington Post grows
rapidly
Source :
comScore, July 2010

6. Source : complete, Feb 2011

7. AOL in United States
Source : comScore, Aug 2010

9. Features
Aggregate
Political
Social Networking

10. The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huffington_Post
CrunchBse
http://www.crunchbase.com/company/
huffingtonpost
Complete
http://siteanalytics.compete.com/
huffingtonpost.com/?metric=uv