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Re:AOL And The Cheezburger Network: Turning Content Into An ... by mikeleeorg on Tuesday June 15, 2010 @03:32AM (#1432057)
I'm surprised the author didn't mention Yahoo and their purchase of Associated Content & rumored interest in Huffington Post.

http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/entry/51608/yahoo-eyes-huff...

I suppose the content quality of HuffPo is debatable (I find their headlines to be a bit sensationalistic for my taste), but it appears Associated Content has been criticized for their lack of quality content:

"It is a wasteland of bad writing, uninformed commentary, and the sort of comically dull recitation of the news you'd get from a second grader."

http://www.slate.com/id/2237107/

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Re:AOL And The Cheezburger Network: Turning Content Into An ... by celiadyer on Tuesday June 15, 2010 @09:59AM (#1432749)
HuffPo headlines are pure sensationalism, but at least you know they aren't paying for content and they actually have good writers (I think). It's fun because it's so in-your-face. I hope they don't sell to Yahoo.
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Re:AOL And The Cheezburger Network: Turning Content Into An ... by dnwalters on Tuesday June 15, 2010 @08:27AM (#1432495)
Yep, another $100M deal that I'm sure has already paid for itself... I could have gone on with the examples, but I chose to box in my frustration with the AOL kids :-)
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Re:AOL And The Cheezburger Network: Turning Content Into An ... by mikeleeorg on Tuesday June 15, 2010 @12:17PM (#1433119)
Hahaha I suppose there are lots of examples from which you could choose!

Personally, I love lolcats. To each his own. ;)

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