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Veteran NBC News analyst dies after brave cancer battle at 75

Howard Fineman, a longtime Washington scribe and television commentator for NBC and MSNBC, died on Tuesday at the age of 75.

Huffington Post reporter targets Israel, Hillary Clinton gaslights on heat-related deaths and more

Huffington Post reporter Chris Mathias claimed that Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza after the Oct. 7 terror attacks by Hamas.

Media reporter ordered to pay Getty heiress $230K after he stiffed her on massive loan

Freelance journalist and Twitter personality Yashar Ali borrowed nearly $200,000 from Ariadne Getty and defaulted on paying back the loan after just two months. He's now been ordered to forfeit...

'Barbie' star Simu Liu slams claim that he's a 'token' Asian 'thirst trap'

"Way to attempt to put us against one another," fumed Liu, who was born in Harbin, China, but grew up in Ontario.

Major news sites accidentally get riddled with hardcore porn

Major news sites like the Washington Post, New York Magazine and Huffington Post got infiltrated with hardcore porn.

BuzzFeed takes buzzsaw to newly acquired HuffPost

Just three weeks after finalizing a deal to buy HuffPost, Jonah Peretti's BuzzFeed is taking a buzzsaw to the left-leaning news and culture site. BuzzFeed on Tuesday said it made...

BuzzFeed finalizes deal for HuffPost, EIC search continues

BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti, a co-founder of the Huffington Post with Arianna Huffington, on Tuesday finalized his company's acquisition of the left-leaning news and culture site. The search for a...

Verizon takes fourth-quarter hit from sale of HuffPost

Verizon said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter profit and sales slipped due to higher costs and a $119 million charge related to the sale of news and opinion site HuffPost. However,...

BuzzFeed to acquire HuffPost from Verizon Media in stock deal

Verizon Media, a unit of Verizon Communications, said Thursday it would sell its news website HuffPost to BuzzFeed.

Verizon scrambling to unload HuffPost as losses mount

Verizon has been quietly scrambling to unload HuffPost as it grapples with continued losses at the left-leaning news and culture website, The Post has learned.  The telecom giant — which...

Verizon profits beat forecasts as lockdowns boost internet demand

Verizon Communications topped Wall Street's second-quarter financial estimates on strong demand for its phone and internet services by housebound customers. The telecom giant said Friday that coronavirus-induced stay-at-home orders prompted...

Verizon takes a hit across divisions as pandemic changes behavior

Verizon said it lost 68,000 phone subscribers in the first quarter, due mostly to the fact that it had to close most of its stores due to coronavirus.

Sexist Ernst & Young seminar advises women 'don't show skin'

If you’re a woman looking to succeed at Ernst & Young, “don’t flaunt your body — sexuality scrambles the mind (for men and women).” That’s one of the shockingly sexist...

Ken Lerer steps down as BuzzFeed's chairman

News website BuzzFeed’s Ken Lerer is stepping down as chairman after a decade in the role, the company said Tuesday. Lerer, along with founder Jonah Peretti, has driven the viral...

BuzzFeed and HuffPost waste no time implementing layoffs

Digital publishers BuzzFeed and Verizon’s HuffPost have wasted no time in implementing the cuts they said were coming earlier this week to accommodate the new financial realities. Bryan Maygers, head...

Grinches at HuffPost say 'Rudolph' is racist, sexist and anti-gay

HuffPost was lampooned after saying Christmas classic “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” was “seriously problematic” over claims that it features sexism and bullying. “Viewers are noticing the tale may not be...

The Twitter trolls attacking my work are all wrong

“Dad, it’s not true,” I said, fighting to keep my voice steady through tears. My 81-year-old father had just seen a Huffington Post headline — “Take Salena Zito Neither Seriously...

NY Times employees are reportedly sick of their columnists

A mutiny is brewing among employees at The Gray Lady. New York Times workers are reportedly fuming over a now-deleted tweet written by staff editor and opinion writer Bari Weiss....

Huffington Post shuts down outdated contributors platform

The Huffington Post is closing down its contributors platform in the US, acknowledging that its once-groundbreaking gateway to the web has been overtaken by “noise” — as well as by...

Ex-Trump adviser tells court he never met with Russians

Carter Page — a former foreign policy adviser for President Trump — appeared in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday to press his defamation case against Yahoo and The Huffington Post....