I am fascinated by Arianna Huffington. This 5O years old woman was just a blogger and now she is one of the most influent media in New York City and a real competitor for the biggest newspapers!
Arianna Huffington (born Arianna Stassinopoulos on July 15, 1950 in Athens, Greece) is an author and nationally syndicated columnist in the United States.
Huffington describes herself as a “former right-winger who has evolved into a compassionate and progressive populist”. She is the founder of The Huffington Post, an online news and commentary website and aggregated blog. Her latest book is On Becoming Fearless…. in Love, Work, and Life.

The Huffington Post (often referred to on the Internet as HuffPo or HuffPost) is a politically liberal online news website and aggregated weblog. It was launched on May 9, 2005 as a news and commentary outlet. Its roster of bloggers includes many people from Arianna Huffington’s extensive network of prominent “friends.” As of August 8, 2006 it was the 5th most popular weblog overall as measured by web links and the most popular “Analysis and Opinion” web site as measured by web hits.

In August 2006, it was announced that Softbank Capital would invest $5 million in the online news site, which has grown dramatically popular in only a year, to help expand it. Plans include hiring more staff to update the site 24 hours a day, hiring in-house reporters, and a multimedia team to do video reports. Alan Patricof’s Greycroft Partners also invested. The news marks the site’s first “first round of venture capital funding.”
The site now has invested in Vlogging, or video blogging, with many of the site contributors contributing via video, and capturing clips in the media and posting them on the site.