Daily Must Reads, Feb. 3, 2012
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung.
1. Netflix and WaPo bought a combined $8M in Facebook ads last year, IPO says (All Facebook)
2. Analysis: A sobering look at Facebook (Reuters)
3. How...
Media Decoder Blog: Watch Out, TV: AOL and HuffPo Jump Into Live Video
The Huffington Post Streaming Network, expected to be introduced this summer, is described by its founders as a "never-ending talk show."
Anne Sinclair Takes Helm at French Huffington Post
Anne Sinclair, the wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was introduced to reporters as editorial director of the new French version of The Huffington Post.
Anne Sinclair to Edit Huffington Post in France
The Huffington Post has named Anne Sinclair, the wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund, as editor of its French edition.
Anne Sinclair to Edit Huffington Post in France
The Huffington Post has named Anne Sinclair, the wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund, as editor of its French edition.
The Huffington Post Twitter Account Gets Hacked
A series of homophobic and racist tweets were sent out by the Huffington Post’s Twitter account on Sunday. The tweets jabbed Wes Anderson, used the N-word and claimed the publication was hacked by The New York Post. “The New York Post rules!” exclaimed one of the anarchic tweets. Read the missives the hacker sent out...
HuffPo launches a book club around augmented reading
Whether you're a book-club type of person or not, there's an understandable appeal to having people to talk to over those "OMG DID THAT JUST HAPPEN" moments when you're reading something. Reading is an intimate pursuit, but it doesn't take place in a vacuum — it's a part of your everyday life, which means where...
How a small Kentucky newspaper ended up running a Huffington Post story
The Huffington Post is, in the minds of some journalists, the web’s bad guy, a nemesis that subverts the norms of legacy media, soaking up other people’s work in the pursuit of money and the all-powerful pageview. And maybe it is! But here’s one tiny tale where the content flows in the opposite direction. Readers......
Huffington Post Tech Boss Paul Berry Hands Over Duties to Google Vet
Paul Berry, the chief technology officer for AOL's Huffington Post Media Group unit, is handing over day-to-day operations to Tim Dierks, the former Google engineer who joined the company in September. HuffPo PR tells Forbes that Berry will "be thinking directionally about what we should be doing"; prior to the move, Berry was seen as...
