Comments on: Huffington Post More Valuable Than A.H. Belo

By: Billusa99

Billusa99 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:29:38 +0000

Belo, every month, “struggles [LESS] to pay for the infrastructure of reporters/editors needed to assemble stories on a daily basis” because all their damn news nowadays comes from wire reports!

Arianna is a heck of lot more interesting and thoughtful to listen to than Bob Dechard. Plus, she doesn’t throw her “Briefs” in my yard.

By: Robb

Robb — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:09:14 +0000

How does Huffington Post compare to Drudge Report (financially, not politically)?

By: Rodknee

Rodknee — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:24:13 +0000

That’s all fine and well, but the HuffPo comics suck.

By: mediawonk

mediawonk — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:49:11 +0000

Problem is, while HuffPo is doing an increasing amount of original reporting, it still relies on a lot of “old media” reporting (hence all the links to newspapers, TV networks, etc.) for detail.

The blog sites can get by with a smaller staff because of this, while newspapers (and TV news operations to a lesser extent) struggle to pay for the infrastructure of reporters/editors needed to assemble stories on a daily basis.

While the major dailies went far too long with bureaucratic infrastructures with a ton of fat (and in some cases are just now getting down to managable staffing levels), they can’t be expected to get by on 50 employees like HuffPo.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:47:55 +0000

someone with cash needs to buy Belo’s stock; it will prove to be a great investment. Worse case right now if belo is working feverishly to become private.

By: TLS

TLS — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:24:51 +0000

For what it is worth I visit Huffington Post probably 6 times a day and during the election it was at least once an hour. I visit the DMN site just once a day. Those 50 huff post employees bring it.