Monday's Daily Brief

Monday, February 7, 2011 Arianna Huffington: When HuffPost Met AOL: "A Merger of Visions" Arianna Huffington: When Kenny Lerer and I co-founded The Huffington Post in May 2005, we had high hopes. But even we would have been hard put to predict that less than six years later we would be able to announce a deal that now makes it possible for us to execute our vision at light speed. AOL is an online pioneer that engenders great trust among its 250 million global users. HuffPost is on the cutting edge of creating news that is social and brings with it a distinctive voice and a highly engaged audience. In this case, 1 + 1 = 11. Far from changing our editorial approach, our culture, or our mission, this moment will be, for HuffPost, like stepping off a fast-moving train and onto a supersonic jet. We're still traveling toward the same destination, with the same people at the wheel, and with the same goals, but we're now going to get there much, much faster. MEDIA AOL Agrees To Acquire The Huffington Post WORLD Egypt Protests: The Week In Review SPORTS GO PACK GO POLITICS Obama, O'Reilly Interview: Super Bowl Sit-Down Between President & Fox News Host (VIDEO) WORLD Julian Assange Extradition Hearing To Begin Monday BLOG POSTS Howard Fineman:The Huffington Post and AOL: "Going There" Goes Global If the 21st century is about "self-determination" - and I think it is - then we all need to be actively informed and engaged. Journalism has become an interactive, communal exercise in self-education. Robert Kuttner:Business Doesn't Need American Workers America now has about 25 million people either out of work or underemployed. Meanwhile, corporate profits continue to set records. What's going on? Nina Burleigh:Egypt and the Universal Rights of Women Whatever happens in Egypt, there's an elephant in the room, and it's pink. Freedom of women is what the Al Qaeda jihadis, as much as the Muslim Brothers in Egypt, most revile about the West. Mark Hyman, MD:Sugar Addiction? It Might Be Genetic New research shows some are genetically much more prone to sugar and food addiction than others. Michael Moritz:Ending Piggybank Politics: Checkbook Balancing in San Francisco There is no more potent engine for reform than the passion of voters who feel betrayed by the politicians they hoped would do the right thing. Nowhere is this more evident than in San Francisco.

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