HuffPost#Contributors

The Huffington Post was launched on May 9, 2005, as a commentary outlet, blog, and an alternative to news aggregators such as the Drudge Report.{{cite news | last1=Jackson | first1=Lucas | title=Arianna Huffington Resigns From HuffPost | url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/08/11/arianna-huffington-resigns-from-huffpost | work=The Daily Beast | date=April 13, 2017 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=March 12, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061109/https://www.thedailybeast.com/arianna-huffington-resigns-from-huffpost | url-status=live}}{{cite book |last1=Voigt |first1=Kai-Ingo |title=Business Model Pioneers |date=2017 |publisher=Springer |page=96 |isbn=978-3319388458 |quote=as a commentary outlet, blog, and an alternative to news aggregators such as the Drudge Report |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JtTBDAAAQBAJ |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=March 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061113/https://books.google.com/books?id=JtTBDAAAQBAJ |url-status=live}} It was founded by Arianna Huffington, Andrew Breitbart, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti. Prior to this, Arianna Huffington hosted the website Ariannaonline.com. Her first foray into the Internet was the website Resignation.com, which called for the resignation of President Bill Clinton and was a rallying place for conservatives opposing Clinton.{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/talk/zforum/huffington121698.htm | title=Direct Access: Arianna Huffington | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=December 16, 1998 | access-date=August 31, 2017 | archive-date=December 22, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222095112/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/talk/zforum/huffington121698.htm | url-status=live}}

An early Huffington Post strategy was crafting search-engine optimized (SEO) stories and headlines based around trending keywords, such as "What Time Is the Super Bowl?"{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/a-brief-history-of-what-time-is-the-super-bowl/283497/ |title=A Brief History of 'What Time Is the Super Bowl?' |last=Meyer |first=Robinson |work=The Atlantic |date=January 31, 2014 |access-date=September 29, 2018 |archive-date=September 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929233424/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/a-brief-history-of-what-time-is-the-super-bowl/283497/ |url-status=live}}

In August 2006, The Huffington Post raised a $5 million Series A round from SoftBank Capital and Greycroft.{{cite news | url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2006/08/08/the-huffington-post-gets-5-million-injection-in-first-round/ | title=The Huffington Post Gets $5 Million Injection in First Round | work=The New York Times | date=August 8, 2006 | url-access=subscription | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 2, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802032748/https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2006/08/08/the-huffington-post-gets-5-million-injection-in-first-round/ | url-status=live}}

In December 2008, The Huffington Post raised $25 million from Oak Investment Partners at a $100 million valuation and Fred Harman of Oak Investment Partners joined its board of directors.{{cite news | url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/12/01/the-huffington-post-raises-25-million-from-oak-investment-partners/ | title=The Huffington Post Raises $25 Million from Oak Investment Partners | work=TechCrunch | date=December 1, 2008 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801180517/https://techcrunch.com/2008/12/01/the-huffington-post-raises-25-million-from-oak-investment-partners/ | url-status=live}}{{cite news | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/2008/12/huffington-post-deal-25-million-at-100-million-valuation | title=Huffington Post Deal: $25 Million At $100 Million Valuation | first=Henry | last=Blodget | author-link=Henry Blodget | work=Business Insider | date=December 1, 2008 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 2, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802005957/https://www.businessinsider.com/2008/12/huffington-post-deal-25-million-at-100-million-valuation | url-status=live}}{{cite news | url=https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/huffpo-announces-25-mil-new-initiatives-110474/ | title=HuffPo Announces $25 Mil. for New Initiatives | work=Adweek | date=December 1, 2008 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 2, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802001837/https://www.adweek.com/digital/huffpo-announces-25-mil-new-initiatives-110474/amp/ | url-status=live}} The money was to be used for technology, infrastructure, investigative journalism, and development of local versions.{{cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass-high-tech/2008/12/huffington-reported-to-take-25m-from.html | title=Huffington reported to take $25M from Oak Investment | first=Galen | last=Moore | work=American City Business Journals | date=December 1, 2008 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=March 12, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061112/https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass-high-tech/2008/12/huffington-reported-to-take-25m-from.html | url-status=live}}{{cite news | url=http://allthingsd.com/20081201/huffington-post-nabs-25-million-in-funding-heres-an-exclusive-boomtown-interview-with-oak-investments-fred-harman/ | title=Huffington Post Nabs $25 Million in Funding – Here's a BoomTown Interview With Oak Investment's Fred Harman | first=Kara | last=Swisher |author-link=Kara Swisher | work=All Things Digital | date=December 1, 2008 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801184556/http://allthingsd.com/20081201/huffington-post-nabs-25-million-in-funding-heres-an-exclusive-boomtown-interview-with-oak-investments-fred-harman/ | url-status=live}}

In June 2009, Eric Hippeau, co-managing partner of Softbank Capital, became CEO of The Huffington Post.{{cite press release | url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20090615006352/en/Eric-Hippeau-Joins-Huffington-Post-CEO-SoftBank | title=Eric Hippeau Joins The Huffington Post as CEO From SoftBank Capital | publisher=Business Wire | date=June 15, 2009 | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801212514/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20090615006352/en/Eric-Hippeau-Joins-Huffington-Post-CEO-SoftBank | url-status=live}}

In January 2011, The Huffington Post received 35% of its traffic from web search engines (SEOs), compared to 20% at CNN.{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/business/media/11search.html | title=Web Words That Lure the Readers | last=Cain Miller | first=Claire | work=The New York Times | date=February 10, 2011 | url-access=subscription | access-date=September 29, 2018 | archive-date=September 30, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930000617/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/business/media/11search.html | url-status=live}} This strategy appealed to AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, who tried to implement similar SEO-driven journalism practices at AOL at the time of its acquisition of The Huffington Post.{{cite news | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-aol-way | title=Leaked: AOL's Master Plan | last=Carlson | first=Nicholas | work=Business Insider | date=February 1, 2011 | access-date=September 29, 2018 | archive-date=September 8, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908093159/https://www.businessinsider.com/the-aol-way | url-status=live}}{{cite web | url=https://slate.com/technology/2011/02/aol-and-huffington-post-merger-search-engine-optimization-won-t-work-forever.html | title=HuffPo's Achilles' Heel | last=Manjoo | first=Farhad | author-link=Farhad Manjoo | work=Slate | date=February 8, 2011 | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=June 13, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613092002/https://slate.com/technology/2011/02/aol-and-huffington-post-merger-search-engine-optimization-won-t-work-forever.html | url-status=live}}

In March 2011, AOL acquired The Huffington Post for {{USD}}315 million.{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703386704576186232665740452 | title=AOL Completes Purchase of Huffington Post | first=Emily | last=Steel | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=March 7, 2011 | url-access=subscription | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=July 25, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725052830/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703386704576186232665740452 | url-status=live}}{{cite news | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/aol-completes-huffington-post-acquisition-164902 | title=AOL Completes Huffington Post Acquisition | first=Georg | last=Szalai | work=The Hollywood Reporter | date=March 7, 2011 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 2, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802103916/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/aol-completes-huffington-post-acquisition-164902 | url-status=live}} As part of the deal, Huffington became president and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post and existing AOL properties Engadget, TechCrunch, Moviefone, MapQuest, Black Voices, PopEater (now subpage on the HuffPost Entertainment subpage), AOL Music, AOL Latino (now HuffPost Voices), AutoBlog, Patch, and StyleList.

In December 2011, The Huffington Post said it had 36.2 million unique visitors.

The Huffington Post subsumed many of AOL's Voices properties, including AOL Black Voices, which was established in 1995 as Blackvoices.com, and AOL Latino, Impact (launched in 2010 as a partnership between Huffington Post and Causecast), Women, Teen, College, Religion, and the Spanish-language Voces (en español). The Voices brand was expanded in September 2011 with the launch of Gay Voices, dedicated to LGBT-relevant articles.{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/causecast-ryan-scott_b_1382897 | title=Social Good Stars: Causecast CEO Ryan Scott on the Future of Cause Marketing | first=Amy | last=Neumann | work=HuffPost | date=March 28, 2012 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193524/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/causecast-ryan-scott_b_1382897 | url-status=live}}{{cite web | last=McGann | first=Laura | url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/03/huffington-post-outsources-section-to-online-fundraising-organization/ | title=Huffington Post outsources section to online fundraising organization | work=Nieman Foundation for Journalism | date=December 20, 2013 | access-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-date=May 25, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525002653/https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/03/huffington-post-outsources-section-to-online-fundraising-organization/ | url-status=live}}

By late 2013, the website operated as a "stand-alone business" within AOL, taking control of more of its own business and advertising operations, and directing more effort towards securing "premium advertising".{{cite news | first=Lucia | last=Moses | url=https://www.adweek.com/digital/huffpost-takes-more-control-destiny-new-ad-staff-separate-aol-154443/ | title=HuffPost Takes More Control of Destiny With New Ad Staff Separate From AOL | work=Adweek | date=December 12, 2013 | url-access=subscription | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801164205/https://www.adweek.com/digital/huffpost-takes-more-control-destiny-new-ad-staff-separate-aol-154443/ | url-status=live}}

In June 2015, Verizon Communications acquired AOL for US$4.4 billion and the site became a part of Verizon Media.

Huffington resigned to pursue other ventures and was succeeded as editor-in-chief by Lydia Polgreen in December 2016.

In April 2017,{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lydia-polgreen-huffpost_n_58fe16b8e4b018a9ce5d2e4c | title=Letter From The Editor: HuffPost's New Chapter | last=Polgreen | first=Lydia | author-link=Lydia Polgreen | work=HuffPost | date=April 25, 2017 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801174338/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lydia-polgreen-huffpost_n_58fe16b8e4b018a9ce5d2e4c | url-status=live}} Polgreen announced the company would rebrand, changing its official full name to HuffPost,{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffington-post-huffpost-lydia-polgreen_n_58fce1cae4b00fa7de1522ee | title=The Huffington Post Is Now HuffPost | first=Michael | last=Calderone | work=HuffPost | date=April 25, 2017 | access-date=November 6, 2019 | archive-date=July 22, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722202022/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffington-post-huffpost-lydia-polgreen_n_58fce1cae4b00fa7de1522ee | url-status=live}} with changes to the design of its website and logo, and content and reporting.{{cite news | url=https://mashable.com/2017/04/25/huffpost-redesign/ | title=Meet HuffPost: New leadership, new look, new name | last=Abbruzzese | first=Jason | work=Mashable | date=April 25, 2017 | access-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801190846/https://mashable.com/2017/04/25/huffpost-redesign/ | url-status=live}}{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-huffington-post-shrinks-its-name-to-huffpost-1493110800 | title=Huffington Post Shrinks Its Name to HuffPost, in a Step Back From Founder | last=Shields | first=Mike | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=April 25, 2017 | url-access=subscription |access-date=April 26, 2017 | archive-date=April 26, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426013545/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-huffington-post-shrinks-its-name-to-huffpost-1493110800 | url-status=live}}

On January 24, 2019, 20 employees were laid off as a part of Verizon Media laying off 7% of its staff.{{Cite web|last=Kludt|first=Tom|title=Layoffs underway at HuffPost a day after parent company Verizon announced cuts|date=January 24, 2019 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/24/media/huffpost-layoffs/index.html|publisher=CNN|access-date=November 18, 2020|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108003103/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/24/media/huffpost-layoffs/index.html|url-status=live}} The opinion and health sections were eliminated. Pulitzer Prize finalist Jason Cherkis lost his job.{{Cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/1000-media-layoffs-buzzfeed-huffpost-yahoo-gannett_n_5c4b61a6e4b0e1872d4384b6 | title=The Media Industry Laid Off A Thousand People In January. It May Not Be Over. | last=Campbell | first=Andy | work=HuffPost | date=January 25, 2019 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=February 29, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229132617/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/1000-media-layoffs-buzzfeed-huffpost-yahoo-gannett_n_5c4b61a6e4b0e1872d4384b6 | url-status=live}}

On March 6, 2020, Polgreen announced that she would step down as editor-in-chief to become the head of content at Gimlet Media.{{cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=Lydia |title=Lydia Polgreen To Step Down As Editor-In-Chief Of HuffPost |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lydia-polgreen-to-step-down-as-editor-in-chief-of-huffpost_n_5e6280c7c5b601904ea9f460 |website=huffpost.com |date=March 6, 2020 |publisher=HuffPost |access-date=November 24, 2020 |archive-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123170750/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lydia-polgreen-to-step-down-as-editor-in-chief-of-huffpost_n_5e6280c7c5b601904ea9f460 |url-status=live}}

In November 2020, HuffPost shut down its India operation after six years. According to some media reports, the acquisition did not include the India site due to regulations barring foreign ownership of Indian Digital Media.{{Cite web|title='HuffPost' shuts down its Indian edition after six years|url=https://scroll.in/latest/979406/huffpost-shuts-down-its-indian-edition-after-six-years|access-date=December 10, 2020|website=Scroll.in|date=November 25, 2020 |archive-date=December 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209123942/https://scroll.in/latest/979406/huffpost-shuts-down-its-indian-edition-after-six-years|url-status=live}}

On February 16, 2021, BuzzFeed acquired HuffPost from Verizon Media in a stock deal.{{Cite web |first=Kerry |last=Flynn |title=BuzzFeed lays off 70 HuffPost staffers in massive 'restructure' less than a month after acquisition|date=March 9, 2021 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/09/media/huffpost-layoffs/index.html|access-date=March 11, 2021|publisher=CNN|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310113705/https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/09/media/huffpost-layoffs/index.html|url-status=live}} On March 9, 2021, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti said that the company had lost "around $20 million" during the previous year, and HuffPost Canada was shut down and ceased publishing.{{cite news |title=HuffPost shuts down Canadian operations |date=March 9, 2021 |work=Toronto Star |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/03/09/huffpost-shuts-down-canadian-operations.html |access-date=March 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061114/https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/03/09/huffpost-shuts-down-canadian-operations.html |archive-date=March 12, 2021 |url-status=live}}

On April 12, 2021, Danielle Belton became editor-in-chief.{{cite web |url= https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/joe-holleman/st-louis-native-belton-heading-huffpost-us-news-operation/article_cba4d2ed-6792-55c3-9abd-88cd41342fdf.html |title= St. Louis native Belton heading HuffPost US news operation |date=April 22, 2021 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |access-date=April 12, 2021 |first=Joe |last=Holleman}}

Following the gradual shut-down of BuzzFeed News announced in 2023, BuzzFeed, Inc. refocused its news efforts into HuffPost, with plans to rehire past BuzzFeed News employees at HuffPost or at BuzzFeed.{{cite news |last1=Huston |first1=Caitlin |title=BuzzFeed News Shutting Down Amid Major Layoffs |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/buzzfeed-news-shutting-down-amid-major-layoffs-1235392981/ |access-date=2 May 2023 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=20 April 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Darcy |first1=Oliver |title=BuzzFeed News will shut down |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/20/media/buzzfeed-news-shuts-down/index.html |access-date=2 May 2023 |work=CNN |date=20 April 2023}}

• In spring 2007, the first local version, HuffPost Chicago, was launched.{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/chicago | title=HuffPost: Chicago | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=April 25, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425110531/https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/chicago | url-status=live}}
• In June 2009, HuffPost New York was launched.{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/new-york-city | title=HuffPost: New York | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427095418/https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/new-york-city | url-status=live}}
• HuffPost Denver launched on September 15, 2009.{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/denver | title=HuffPost: Denver | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=May 30, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530065502/https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/denver | url-status=live}}{{cite magazine | url=https://www.westword.com/news/the-debut-of-huffington-post-denver-5828833 | title=The Debut of Huffington Post Denver | last=Roberts | first=Michael | magazine=Westword | date=September 15, 2009 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801184348/https://www.westword.com/news/the-debut-of-huffington-post-denver-5828833 | url-status=live}}
• HuffPost Los Angeles launched on December 2, 2009.{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/los-angeles | title=HuffPost: Los Angeles | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428151716/https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/los-angeles | url-status=live}}{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/go-west-young-internet-ne_b_376756 | title=Go West, Young Internet Newspaper: Introducing HuffPost Los Angeles | first=Arianna | last=Huffington | author-link=Arianna Huffington | work=HuffPost | date=December 2, 2009 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801170409/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/go-west-young-internet-ne_b_376756 | url-status=live}}
• HuffPost San Francisco launched on July 12, 2011.{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/san-francisco | title=HuffPost: San Francisco | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427113228/https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/san-francisco | url-status=live}}
• HuffPost Detroit launched on November 17, 2011.{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/detroit | title=HuffPost: Detroit | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427124149/https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/detroit | url-status=live}}{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffpost-detroit_b_1098666 | title=Motoring Into the Motor City: Introducing HuffPost Detroit | first=Arianna | last=Huffington | author-link=Arianna Huffington | work=HuffPost | date=November 17, 2011 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801182314/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffpost-detroit_b_1098666 | url-status=live}}
• HuffPost Miami launched in November 2011.{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/miami | title=HuffPost: Miami | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427112206/https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/miami | url-status=live}}{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffpost-miami_b_1119489 | title=Taking Our Talents to South Florida: Introducing HuffPost Miami | first=Arianna | last=Huffington | author-link=Arianna Huffington | work=HuffPost | date=November 30, 2011 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801165720/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffpost-miami_b_1119489 | url-status=live}}
• HuffPost Hawaii was launched in collaboration with the online investigative reporting and public affairs news service Honolulu Civil Beat on September 4, 2013.{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/hawaii | title=HuffPost: Hawaii | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427113945/https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/hawaii | url-status=live}}{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hawaii-news-coverage-expa_b_3866886 | title=Hawaii News Coverage Expands with Launch of HuffPost Hawaii | first=Pierre | last=Omidyar | author-link=Pierre Omidyar | work=HuffPost | date=September 4, 2013 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801180402/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hawaii-news-coverage-expa_b_3866886 | url-status=live}}

• On May 26, 2011, HuffPost Canada, the first international edition, was launched.{{cite news |title=Huffington Post launches Canadian version |agency=The Canadian Press |work=The Globe and Mail |date=May 26, 2011 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/huffington-post-launches-canadian-version/article581063/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 28, 2020 |archive-date=March 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061136/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/huffington-post-launches-canadian-version/article581063/ |url-status=live}} Following BuzzFeed's acquisition of HuffPost, it was announced on March 9, 2021, that HuffPost Canada would stop publishing content and cease operations the following week as part of a broader restructuring plan for the company.{{Cite news |date=March 9, 2021 |title=HuffPost Canada to stop publishing |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/huffpost-canada-closing-1.5942533 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309192945/https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/huffpost-canada-closing-1.5942533 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2021-03-09 |access-date=March 9, 2021}}{{Cite news |date=March 9, 2021 |title=Huffington Post Canada website no longer publishing content, will maintain archive |work=Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/03/09/canadian-press-newsalert-huffpost-canada-no-longer-publishing-content.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309193751/https://www.thestar.com/business/2021/03/09/canadian-press-newsalert-huffpost-canada-no-longer-publishing-content.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2021-03-09 |access-date=March 9, 2021}}
• On July 6, 2011, Huffington Post UK was launched.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-14042203/arianna-really-excited-for-huffington-post-uk-edition | work=BBC News | title=Arianna 'really excited' for Huffington Post UK edition | date=July 6, 2011 | access-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-date=April 4, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404000859/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-14042203/arianna-really-excited-for-huffington-post-uk-edition | url-status=live}}
• On January 23, 2012, The Huffington Post, in partnership with {{Lang|fr|Le Monde}} and Les Nouvelles Editions Indépendantes, launched Le Huffington Post, a French-language edition and the first in a non-English speaking country.{{cite news | title=Editor Is the Story as the French Huffington Post Starts | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/business/media/anne-sinclair-takes-helm-at-french-huffington-post.html | last=Sciolino | first=Elaine | author-link=Elaine Sciolino | work=The New York Times | date=January 23, 2012 | url-access=subscription | access-date=February 25, 2017 | archive-date=February 22, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222223230/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/business/media/anne-sinclair-takes-helm-at-french-huffington-post.html | url-status=live}}
• On February 8, 2012, Le Huffington Post Québec ({{aka}} HuffPost Québec), a French language edition, was launched in Canada's primarily French-speaking province, Quebec.{{cite news |last=Huffington |first=Arianna |author-link=Arianna Huffington |title=Nothing Provincial About It: Introducing Le HuffPost Québec |work=HuffPost |date=February 8, 2012 |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/le-huffpost-quebec_b_1260183 |access-date=April 27, 2020 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801164048/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/le-huffpost-quebec_b_1260183 |url-status=live}}
• On May 1, 2012, a U.S.-based Spanish-language edition was launched under the name HuffPost Voces, replacing AOL Latino.{{cite news | title=¡Bienvenidos a la Familia! Introducing HuffPost Voces |first=Arianna |last=Huffington |author-link=Arianna Huffington |work=HuffPost |date=2012-07-01 |orig-date=May 1, 2012 |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffpost-voces_b_1465854 |access-date=2024-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801161243/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffpost-voces_b_1465854 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |url-status=live}}
• In June 2012, the edition in Spain, El Huffington Post (later ElHuffPost), was launched.{{cite news |title=El Huffington Post Debuts In Spain |first=Katherine |last=Fung |work=HuffPost |date=April 29, 2013 |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/el-huffington-post-spain-launch_n_1578565 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802012443/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/el-huffington-post-spain-launch_n_1578565 |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |url-status=live}}
• On May 6, 2013, an edition for Japan, {{lang|ja|ハフポスト}} (HuffPost Japan), was launched with the collaboration of Asahi Shimbun, the first edition in an Asian country.{{cite news | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2013/05/01/arianna_huffington_n_3190277.html | script-title=ja:アリアナ・ハフィントンさん ザ・ハフィントン・ポスト編集長（前編） |language=ja |work=HuffPost |date=May 6, 2013 |access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801195038/https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2013/05/01/arianna_huffington_n_3190277.html | url-status=live}}
• On September 24, 2013, an Italian edition, L'Huffington Post, was launched, directed by journalist Lucia Annunziata in collaboration with the media company Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso.{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/benvenuti-a-lhuffington-p_b_1904132 | title=Benvenuti a L'Huffington Post! | first=Arianna | last=Huffington | author-link=Arianna Huffington | work=HuffPost | date=September 25, 2013 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 2, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802012427/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/benvenuti-a-lhuffington-p_b_1904132 | url-status=live}}
• In June 2013, Al Huffington Post, the third francophone edition, launched for the Maghreb French area.{{cite news | url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201306260835.html | title=North Africa: 'Al Huffington Post Maghreb' Officially Launched in Nation | agency=Tunis Afrique Presse | publisher=AllAfrica | date=June 25, 2013 | access-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-date=December 19, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219211410/http://allafrica.com/stories/201306260835.html | url-status=live}} On December 3, 2019, the Maghreb edition was closed.{{cite news | title=HuffPost Maghreb closes 6 years after launch | url=https://gulfnews.com/technology/media/huffpost-maghreb-closes-6-years-after-launch-1.1575418064102 | agency=Agence France-Presse | work=Gulf News | date=December 4, 2019 | access-date=December 4, 2019 | archive-date=December 4, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204200230/https://gulfnews.com/technology/media/huffpost-maghreb-closes-6-years-after-launch-1.1575418064102 | url-status=live}}
• On October 10, 2013, Munich-based Huffington Post Deutschland was launched in co-operation with the liberal-conservative magazine Focus, covering German-speaking Europe.{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/liebe-gruesse-from-munich-huffpost-goes-to-germany_b_4065106 | title=Liebe Grüße From Munich: HuffPost Goes to Germany | author-link=Arianna Huffington | first=Arianna | last=Huffington | work=HuffPost | date=October 10, 2013 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193557/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/liebe-gruesse-from-munich-huffpost-goes-to-germany_b_4065106 | url-status=live}} On January 11, 2018, it was announced that the German language edition would shut down on March 31, 2018.{{Cite news | url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/huff-post-deutschland-wird-eingestellt-huffington-post-ohne-deutsche-ausgabe-a-1247550.html | title="Huff Post Deutschland" wird eingestellt | work=Der Spiegel | date=January 11, 2019 |language=de |access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801220557/https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/huff-post-deutschland-wird-eingestellt-huffington-post-ohne-deutsche-ausgabe-a-1247550.html | url-status=live}}
• In January 2014, Arianna Huffington and Nicolas Berggruen announced the launch of the WorldPost, created in partnership with the Berggruen Institute.{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/covering-the-world-introducing-the-worldpost_b_4637990 | title=Covering the World: Introducing The WorldPost | author-link=Arianna Huffington | first=Arianna | last=Huffington | work=HuffPost | date=January 21, 2014 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801202352/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/covering-the-world-introducing-the-worldpost_b_4637990 | url-status=live}} Its contributors have included former British prime minister Tony Blair, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, novelist Jonathan Franzen, and musician Yo-Yo Ma.{{cite web|url=https://36z59wriv543qd814533ma8z-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/BER_5YearAnniversary_R23_040416_Spreads.pdf|title=Berggruen Institute: Five Year Anniversary Edition|publisher=Berggruen Institute|date=October 2018|access-date=January 29, 2022}}
• On January 29, 2014, the Brazilian version was launched as Brasil Post, in partnership with Grupo Abril, the first in Latin America.{{cite web |url=https://exame.abril.com.br/tecnologia/versao-brasileira-do-huffington-post-brasil-post-esta-no-ar/ |title=Versão brasileira do Huffington Post, Brasil Post está no ar |language=pt |work=Exame |date=January 28, 2014 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |archive-date=June 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620074222/https://exame.abril.com.br/tecnologia/versao-brasileira-do-huffington-post-brasil-post-esta-no-ar/ |url-status=live}} Brasil Post was later renamed Huffington Post Brasil in 2015,{{Cite web |date=2015-11-04 |title=Site Brasil Post vai mudar nome para Huffington Post Brasil |url=https://exame.com/marketing/site-brasil-post-vai-mudar-nome-para-huffington-post-brasil/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Exame |language=pt-br}} then HuffPost Brasil. In November 2020, the edition was closed down following BuzzFeed's acquisition.{{Cite web |title=Following its acquisition by BuzzFeed, HuffPost shuts down its Brazil and India editions – TechCrunch |date=November 24, 2020 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/24/huffpost-india-brasil-shutdown/ |access-date=2022-05-15}}
• In February 2014, a Korean language edition was launched in South Korea in partnership with the local center-left newspaper ''The Hankyoreh.{{cite news|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140228001116|title=Huffington Post starts Korean edition|work=The Korea Herald|date=February 28, 2014|access-date=January 29, 2022}}
• In September 2014, planned launches were announced for sites for Greece, India, as well HuffPost Arabi, an Arabic version of the website.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/aug/06/huffington-post-launch-arabic-language-edition-aol-al-jazeera | title=Huffington Post to launch Arabic-language edition | first=Paul | last=Revoir | work=The Guardian | date=August 6, 2014 | access-date=December 13, 2016 | archive-date=February 2, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202111427/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/aug/06/huffington-post-launch-arabic-language-edition-aol-al-jazeera | url-status=live}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.campaignlive.com/article/huffington-post-launch-brazil-abril/1214257 | title=Huffington Post to launch in Brazil with Abril | date=September 30, 2013 | first=Arif | last=Durrani | access-date=May 14, 2019 | archive-date=August 2, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802014337/https://www.campaignlive.com/article/huffington-post-launch-brazil-abril/1214257 | url-status=live}}
• On August 18, 2015, HuffPost Australia was launched.{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/introducing-huffpost-australia_b_8000452?ir=Australia | title=HuffPost Down Under: Introducing HuffPost Australia | author-link=Arianna Huffington | first=Ariana | last=Huffington | work=HuffPost | date=August 18, 2015 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193541/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/introducing-huffpost-australia_b_8000452?ir=Australia | url-status=live}}
• On November 21, 2016, HuffPost South Africa, the brand's first sub-Saharan edition, was launched in partnership with Media24. The South African edition stopped when the partnership with Media24 ended in 2018.{{cite news | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2018/07/16/media24-and-huffpost-to-end-partnership-in-south-africa_a_23482888/ | title=Media24 and HuffPost to End Partnership in South Africa | work=HuffPost | date=July 16, 2018 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=March 12, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061131/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2018/07/16/media24-and-huffpost-to-end-partnership-in-south-africa_a_23482888/ | url-status=live}}

The site originally published work from both paid reporters and unpaid bloggers through its contributor network.{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffington-post-bloggers_n_821446 | title=How the Huffington Post Works (In Case You Were Wondering) | first=Jason | last=Linkins | work=HuffPost | date=May 28, 2013 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=June 23, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623081208/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/huffington-post-bloggers_n_821446 | url-status=live}}

In February 2011, Visual Art Source, which had been cross-posting material from its website, went on strike against The Huffington Post to protest against its writers not being paid.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/05/huffington-post-aol | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Bill | last=Lasarow | title=Why our writers are on strike against the Huffington Post | date=March 5, 2011 | access-date=December 13, 2016 | archive-date=January 2, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102061603/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/05/huffington-post-aol | url-status=live}}{{cite news | url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2011/02/unpaid_huffington_post_blogger.html | title=Unpaid Huffington Post Bloggers: 'Hey Arianna, Can You Spare a Dime?' | first=Chris | last=Rovzar | work=New York | date=February 10, 2011 | access-date=December 12, 2019 | archive-date=September 1, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901113446/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2011/02/unpaid_huffington_post_blogger.html | url-status=live}} In March 2011, the strike and the call to boycott was joined and endorsed by the National Writers Union and NewsGuild-CWA; however, the boycott was dropped in October 2011.{{cite news | url=https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2011/national-writers-union-drops-huffington-post-boycott/ | title=National Writers Union, Guild drop Huffington Post boycott | first=Jim | last=Romenesko | publisher=Poynter Institute | date=October 21, 2011 | access-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801194909/https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2011/national-writers-union-drops-huffington-post-boycott/ | url-status=live}}

In April 2011, The Huffington Post was targeted with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by Jonathan Tasini on behalf of thousands of bloggers who had submitted material to the website.{{cite news |title=Huffington Post Is Target of Suit on Behalf of Bloggers |last=Peters |first=Jeremy W. |author-link=Jeremy W. Peters |work=The New York Times |date=April 12, 2011 |url=https://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/huffington-post-is-target-of-suit-on-behalf-of-bloggers/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 27, 2020 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323060615/https://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/huffington-post-is-target-of-suit-on-behalf-of-bloggers/ |url-status=live}} On March 30, 2012, the suit was dismissed with prejudice by the court, holding that the bloggers had volunteered their services, their compensation being publication.{{cite news | title=Unpaid bloggers' lawsuit versus Huffington Post tossed | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aol-huffingtonpost-bloggers/unpaid-bloggers-lawsuit-versus-huffington-post-tossed-idUSBRE82T17L20120330 | first=Jonathan | last=Stempel | work=Reuters | date=September 27, 2012 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801194434/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aol-huffingtonpost-bloggers/unpaid-bloggers-lawsuit-versus-huffington-post-tossed-idUSBRE82T17L20120330 | url-status=live}}

In 2015, Wil Wheaton stated that he refused to allow his work to be reused for free on the site.{{cite news | url=http://wilwheaton.net/2015/10/you-cant-pay-your-rent-with-the-unique-platform-and-reach-our-site-provides/ | title=you can't pay your rent with "the unique platform and reach our site provides | first=Wil | last=Wheaton | author-link=Wil Wheaton | date=October 27, 2015 | access-date=October 28, 2015 | archive-date=October 28, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028070901/http://wilwheaton.net/2015/10/you-cant-pay-your-rent-with-the-unique-platform-and-reach-our-site-provides/ | url-status=live}}{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-top-ten-reasons-you-s_b_8479388 | title=The Top Ten Reasons You Should Work for Free – Unless You Are Wil Wheaton | first=Stacie | last=Huckeba | work=HuffPost | date=December 6, 2017 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=May 3, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503183400/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-top-ten-reasons-you-s_b_8479388 | url-status=live}}

The practice of publishing blog posts from unpaid contributors ended in January 2018. This transformed the site, which had become notable for featuring extensive sections in a broad range of subjects from a significant number of contributors.{{cite news |last=Ember |first=Sydney |title=HuffPost, Breaking From Its Roots, Ends Unpaid Contributions |work=The New York Times |date=January 18, 2018 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/business/media/huffpost-unpaid-contributors.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=May 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922014732/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/business/media/huffpost-unpaid-contributors.html |archive-date=September 22, 2018 |url-status=live}} Contributors had included:

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• Adrienne Wu on gender, and species, identity{{cite web |title=Not Identifying as Human? |first=Adrienne |last=Wu |date=2017-12-01 |work=HuffPost Contributors platform |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/i-dont-identify-as-human_b_5a21e594e4b05072e8b56944 |access-date=2022-04-11}}
• Arianna Huffington{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/arianna-huffington | title=Contributor: Arianna Huffington | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=April 26, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426204024/https://www.huffpost.com/author/arianna-huffington | url-status=live}}
• Barack Obama on politics{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/barack-obama | title=Contributor: Barack Obama | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=July 28, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728200717/https://www.huffpost.com/author/barack-obama | url-status=live}}
• Robert Reich on politics{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/robert-reich | title=Contributor: Robert Reich | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=April 23, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423221409/https://www.huffpost.com/author/robert-reich | url-status=live}}
• Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge on mental health issues.{{cite news | url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/17/opinions/uk-royal-duchess-huffington-post/index.html | title=Why Duchess of Cambridge is editing Huffington Post | first=Max | last=Foster | publisher=CNN | date=February 17, 2016 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 18, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818225442/https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/17/opinions/uk-royal-duchess-huffington-post/index.html | url-status=live}}
• Harry Shearer on life issues{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/harry-shearer | title=Contributor: Harry Shearer | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=July 30, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730173031/https://www.huffpost.com/author/harry-shearer | url-status=live}}
• Jeff Pollack on music{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/jeff-pollack | title=Contributor: Jeff Pollack | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=April 25, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425110849/https://www.huffpost.com/author/jeff-pollack | url-status=live}}
• Kurtis Chadwick on international culture{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/kurtis-chadwick | title=Contributor: Kurtis Chadwick | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=April 25, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425110849/https://www.huffpost.com/author/kurtis-chadwick | url-status=dead}}
• Roy Sekoff on politics{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/roy-sekoff | title=Contributor: Roy Sekoff | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801213217/https://www.huffpost.com/author/roy-sekoff | url-status=live}}
• Craig Taro Gold, spiritual author{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/craig-taro-gold | title=Contributor: Craig Taro Gold | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=February 27, 2019 | archive-date=February 28, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228004403/https://www.huffpost.com/author/craig-taro-gold | url-status=live}}
• Jeff Halevy on health{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/jih-224 | title=Contributor: Jeff Halevy | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 2, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802012425/https://www.huffpost.com/author/jih-224 | url-status=live}}
• Cenk Uygur{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/cenk-uygur | title=Contributor: Cenk Uygur | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=March 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301123942/https://www.huffpost.com/author/cenk-uygur | url-status=live}}
• Diane Ravitch on education{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/diane-ravitch | title=Contributor: Diane Ravitch | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428151600/https://www.huffpost.com/author/diane-ravitch | url-status=live}}
• Jacob M. Appel on ethics{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/jacob-m-appel | title=Contributor: Jacob M. Appel | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=April 23, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423224220/https://www.huffpost.com/author/jacob-m-appel | url-status=live}}
• Howard Friedman on statistics and politics{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/howard-steven-friedman | title=Contributor: Howard Steven Friedman | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801213221/https://www.huffpost.com/author/howard-steven-friedman | url-status=live}}
• Auren Hoffman on business and politics{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/auren-hoffman | title=Contributor: Auren Hoffman | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801194953/https://www.huffpost.com/author/auren-hoffman | url-status=live}}
• Cara Santa Maria on science{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/cara-santa-maria | title=Contributor: Cara Santa Maria | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=February 21, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221080824/https://www.huffpost.com/author/cara-santa-maria | url-status=live}}
• Nancy Rappaport on child psychiatry{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/cara-santa-maria | title=Contributor: Nancy Rappaport | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=February 21, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221080824/https://www.huffpost.com/author/cara-santa-maria | url-status=live}}
• Iris Krasnow on marriage{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/iris-krasnow | title=Contributor: Iris Krasnow | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=July 18, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718093659/https://www.huffpost.com/author/iris-krasnow | url-status=live}}
• Anand Reddi publishes on global health{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/anand-reddi | title=Contributor: Anand Reddi | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=February 27, 2019 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801230717/https://www.huffpost.com/author/anand-reddi | url-status=live}}
• Radley Balko on civil liberties and the criminal justice system{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/radley-balko | title=Contributor: Radley Balko | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=May 3, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503195520/https://www.huffpost.com/author/radley-balko | url-status=live}}
• Frances Beinecke on climate change and the environment{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/frances-beinecke | title=Contributor: Frances Beinecke | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=March 28, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328193233/https://www.huffpost.com/author/frances-beinecke | url-status=live}}
• Jenna Busch on the entertainment industry{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/jenna-busch | title=Contributor: Jenna Busch | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801165718/https://www.huffpost.com/author/jenna-busch | url-status=live}}
• Jerry Capeci on the mafia{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/jerry-capeci | title=Contributor: Jerry Capeci | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=May 6, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506222528/https://www.huffpost.com/author/jerry-capeci | url-status=live}}
• Margaret Carlson on politics{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/margaret-carlson | title=Contributor: Margaret Carlson | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801161250/https://www.huffpost.com/author/margaret-carlson | url-status=live}}
• Dominic Carter on politics{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/dominic-carter | title=Contributor: Dominic Carter | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=April 23, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423123802/https://www.huffpost.com/author/dominic-carter | url-status=live}}
• Deepak Chopra on integrative medicine and personal transformation{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/deepak-chopra | title=Contributor: Deepak Chopra | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=June 29, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629004311/https://www.huffpost.com/author/deepak-chopra | url-status=live}}
• John Conyers (deceased) on politics{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/john-conyers | title=Contributor: John Conyers | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801174342/https://www.huffpost.com/author/john-conyers | url-status=live}}
• Danielle Crittenden on Jewish lifestyle{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/danielle-crittenden | title=Contributor: Danielle Crittenden | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801182307/https://www.huffpost.com/author/danielle-crittenden | url-status=live}}
• Laurie David on environmental and food issues{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/laurie-david | title=Contributor: Laurie David | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801163844/https://www.huffpost.com/author/laurie-david | url-status=live}}
• G. Roger Denson on art, media and cultural criticism{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/rogerdenson-330 | title=Contributor: G. Roger Denson was an early contributor to The Huffington Post |access-date=2025-02-01}}
• Andrea Doucet on gender relations{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/andrea-doucet | title=Contributor: Andrea Doucet | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801170242/https://www.huffpost.com/author/andrea-doucet | url-status=live}}
• Ryan Duffy on demographic trends{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/maddy-dychtwald | title=Contributor: Ryan Duffy | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801170412/https://www.huffpost.com/author/maddy-dychtwald | url-status=live}}
• Maddy Dychtwald on gender relations{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/andrea-doucet | title=Contributor: Maddy Dychtwald | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801170242/https://www.huffpost.com/author/andrea-doucet | url-status=live}}
• Ivan Eland on defense{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/ivan-eland | title=Contributor: Ivan Eland | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-date=April 3, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403230617/https://www.huffpost.com/author/ivan-eland | url-status=live}}
• Mitch Feierstein on the Federal Reserve{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/mitch-feierstein | title=Contributor: Mitch Feierstein | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-date=January 29, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129080035/https://www.huffpost.com/author/mitch-feierstein | url-status=live}}
• Bruce Fein on law{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/bruce-fein | title=Contributor: Bruce Fein | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-date=April 12, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412101659/https://www.huffpost.com/author/bruce-fein | url-status=live}}
• Ashley Feinberg on politics, media, and technology{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/ashley-feinberg | title=Contributor: Ashley Feinberg | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427142803/https://www.huffpost.com/author/ashley-feinberg | url-status=live}}
• Michelle Fields on politics{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/michelle-fields | title=Contributor: Michelle Fields | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-date=April 23, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423103956/https://www.huffpost.com/author/michelle-fields | url-status=live}}
• Rob Fishman on social media{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/rob-fishman | title=Contributor: Rob Fishman | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801163804/https://www.huffpost.com/author/rob-fishman | url-status=live}}
• Myriam François-Cerrah on France and the Middle East{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/myriam-francois | title=Contributor: Myriam François-Cerrah | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801170731/https://www.huffpost.com/author/myriam-francois | url-status=live}}
• Dan Froomkin on politics{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/dan-froomkin | title=Contributor: Dan Froomkin | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-date=April 23, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423115835/https://www.huffpost.com/author/dan-froomkin | url-status=live}}
• Yvonne K. Fulbright on sexuality{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/dr-yvonne-k-fulbright | title=Contributor: Yvonne K. Fulbright | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-date=May 23, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523231033/https://www.huffpost.com/author/dr-yvonne-k-fulbright | url-status=live}}
• Phil Radford on climate change and the environment{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/philip-radford | title=Contributor: Phil Radford | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 2, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802012447/https://www.huffpost.com/author/philip-radford | url-status=live}}
• Lauren Galley on issues important to teen girls{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/girlsabovesociety-534 | title=Contributor: Lauren Galley | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801195036/https://www.huffpost.com/author/girlsabovesociety-534 | url-status=live}}
• Mort Gerberg publishes cartoons{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/mort-720 | title=Contributor: Mort Gerberg | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 2, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802012429/https://www.huffpost.com/author/mort-720 | url-status=live}}
• Tim Giago on Native Americans{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/tim-giago | title=Contributor: Tim Giago | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=April 3, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403031143/https://www.huffpost.com/author/tim-giago | url-status=live}}
• Steve Gilliard on politics{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/steve-gilliard | title=Contributor: Steve Gilliard | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801161314/https://www.huffpost.com/author/steve-gilliard | url-status=live}}
• Philip Giraldi on counterterrorism issues{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/philip-giraldi | title=Contributor: Philip Giraldi | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=July 18, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718131800/https://www.huffpost.com/author/philip-giraldi | url-status=live}}
• David Goldstein on politics{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/david-goldstein | title=Contributor: David Goldstein | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801230736/https://www.huffpost.com/author/david-goldstein | url-status=live}}
• Nathan Gonzalez on foreign policy{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/nathan-gonzalez | title=Contributor: Nathan Gonzalez | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801202355/https://www.huffpost.com/author/nathan-gonzalez | url-status=live}}
• Kent Greenfield on constitutional law, business law, and legal theory{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/kent-greenfield | title=Contributor: Kent Greenfield | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193549/https://www.huffpost.com/author/kent-greenfield | url-status=live}}
• Anthony Gregory on habeas corpus{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/anthony-gregory | title=Contributor: Anthony Gregory | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193537/https://www.huffpost.com/author/anthony-gregory | url-status=live}}
• Greg Gutfeld on politics in a comedic taste{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/greg-gutfeld | title=Contributor: Greg Gutfeld | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 2, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802014337/https://www.huffpost.com/author/greg-gutfeld | url-status=live}}
• David Hackel on politics{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/dave-hackel | title=Contributor: David Hackel | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193543/https://www.huffpost.com/author/dave-hackel | url-status=live}}
• Leon Hadar on foreign policy{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/leon-t-hadar | title=Contributor: Leon Hadar | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 2, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802012449/https://www.huffpost.com/author/leon-t-hadar | url-status=live}}
• Katie Halper on politics{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/katie-halper | title=Contributor: Katie Halper | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801202342/https://www.huffpost.com/author/katie-halper | url-status=live}}
• Thor Halvorssen on human rights{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/thor-halvorssen | title=Contributor: Thor Halvorssen | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=February 23, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223065453/https://www.huffpost.com/author/thor-halvorssen | url-status=live}}
• Jane Hamsher on politics{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/jane-hamsher | title=Contributor: Jane Hamsher | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801202344/https://www.huffpost.com/author/jane-hamsher | url-status=live}}
• Aaron Harber on politics{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/aaron-harber | title=Contributor: Aaron Harber | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801194909/https://www.huffpost.com/author/aaron-harber | url-status=live}}
• Johann Hari on drugs and addiction{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/johann-hari | title=Contributor: Johann Hari | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=May 25, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525010625/https://www.huffpost.com/author/johann-hari | url-status=live}}
• David Harsanyi on politics and culture{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/david-harsanyi | title=Contributor: David Harsanyi | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801194437/https://www.huffpost.com/author/david-harsanyi | url-status=live}}
• Gary Hart on international law{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/gary-hart | title=Contributor: Gary Hart | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801180642/https://www.huffpost.com/author/gary-hart | url-status=live}}
• Mehdi Hasan on the Middle East{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/mehdi-hasan | title=Contributor: Mehdi Hasan | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801180536/https://www.huffpost.com/author/mehdi-hasan | url-status=live}}
• Auren Hoffman on entrepreneurship
• Nicholas von Hoffman on politics{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/nicholas-von-hoffman | title=Contributor: Nicholas von Hoffman | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801210236/https://www.huffpost.com/author/nicholas-von-hoffman | url-status=live}}
• Paul Holdengräber on the arts{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/paul-holdengraber | title=Contributor: Paul Holdengräber | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193548/https://www.huffpost.com/author/paul-holdengraber | url-status=live}}
• Hamid Naderi Yeganeh on math art{{cite news | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/naderiyeganeh-606 | title=Contributor: Hamid Naderi Yeganeh | publisher=HuffPost | access-date=September 17, 2020 | archive-date=March 24, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324043526/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/naderiyeganeh-606 | url-status=live}}

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HuffPost has been criticized for providing a platform for alternative medicine and supporters of vaccine hesitancy, including in a detailed critique in 2009 by physician and author Rahul Parikh.{{cite news | last=Parikh | first=Rahul K. | url=http://www.salon.com/2009/07/30/huffington_post/singleton/ | title=The Huffington Post is crazy about your health | work=Salon | date=May 15, 2009 | access-date=May 6, 2025 | archive-date=January 9, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109062119/http://www.salon.com/2009/07/30/huffington_post/singleton/ | url-status=dead }} In 2020, biology professor and founder of the science blog Pharyngula addressed hesitancy and other issues.{{cite news | last=PZ Myers | author-link=PZ Myers | url=https://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/12/14/what-do-fox-news-and-the-huffi | title=What do Fox News and the Huffington Post have in common? | work=ScienceBlogs | date=December 14, 2009 | access-date=May 6, 2025 | archive-date=April 15, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415004117/http://scienceblogs.com:80/pharyngula/2009/12/what_do_fox_news_and_the_huffi.php | url-status=dead}} Steven Novella, president of the New England Skeptical Society, criticized The Huffington Post for allowing homeopathy proponent Dana Ullman to have a blog on the site.{{Cite web |date=2011-01-31 |title=Homeopathy Pseudoscience at the HuffPo - NeuroLogica Blog |url=https://theness.com/neurologicablog/homeopathy-pseudoscience-at-the-huffpo/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=NeuroLogica Blog - Your Daily Fix of Neuroscience, Skepticism, and Critical Thinking}} In 2011, skeptic Brian Dunning listed it at No. 10 on his "Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites" list.{{Skeptoid|id=4283|number=283|title= Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites |access-date=October 23, 2020|date=November 8, 2011|quote=10. Huffington Post (HuffPo aggressively promotes worthless alternative medicine such as homeopathy, detoxification, and the thoroughly debunked vaccine-autism link)}}

In January 2012, The Huffington Post was criticized for appointing as editorial director in France the well-known former TV journalist Anne Sinclair, because she stood by her husband Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former IMF head, when several women accused him of sexual assault. Commentators at {{Lang|fr|l'Express}}, Rue89, and {{Lang|fr|Le Monde}} warned against potential conflict of interest in the French edition's news coverage.{{Cite web|date=2012-01-18|title=Huffington Post names Strauss-Kahn's wife as French site editor|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jan/18/huffington-post-strauss-kahn-row|access-date=2022-01-14|website=the Guardian}}

In April 2017, HuffPost South Africa was directed by the press ombudsman to apologize unreservedly for publishing and later defending a column calling for disenfranchisement of white men, which was declared malicious, inaccurate and discriminatory hate speech.{{Cite news|last=Lynsey Chutel|date=April 24, 2017|title=A fake HuffPo blog about white male privilege cost its non-white female South Africa editor her job|work=Quartz Africa|url=https://qz.com/africa/966763/huffington-post-south-africa-editor-verashni-pillay-resigns-after-fake-blog-on-denying-white-men-franchise/|access-date=December 17, 2020|archive-date=November 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130183957/https://qz.com/africa/966763/huffington-post-south-africa-editor-verashni-pillay-resigns-after-fake-blog-on-denying-white-men-franchise/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=NEO GOBA|date=August 22, 2017|title=Huffington Post hate speech ruling overturned|work=TimesLIVE|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2017-08-22-huffinton-post-hate-speech-ruling-overturned/|access-date=December 17, 2020|archive-date=March 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315065019/https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2017-08-22-huffinton-post-hate-speech-ruling-overturned/|url-status=live}}

In July 2019, HuffPost was criticized for publishing a story written by Rachel Wolfson, a publicist, that praised financier Jeffrey Epstein, a sex offender. Editors later removed the article at the author's request.{{Cite news |title=Jeffrey Epstein Pitched a New Narrative. These Sites Published It. |first=Tiffany |last=Hsu |work=The New York Times |date=July 21, 2019 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/business/media/jeffrey-epstein-media.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=November 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213104224/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/business/media/jeffrey-epstein-media.html |archive-date=December 13, 2019 |url-status=live}}

HuffPost has been seen as a mostly progressive, liberal or liberal-leaning outlet,{{Cite journal |last1=Budak |first1=Ceren |last2=Goel |first2=Sharad |last3=Rao |first3=Justin M. |date=2016 |title=Fair and Balanced? Quantifying Media Bias through Crowdsourced Content Analysis |url=https://academic.oup.com/poq/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/poq/nfw007 |journal=Public Opinion Quarterly |volume=80 |issue=S1 |pages=250–271 |doi=10.1093/poq/nfw007 |issn=0033-362X |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312061115/https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2526461 |archive-date=March 12, 2021|url-access=subscription }} being described as such by the BBC,{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-37047416 | title=Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington to step down | last=Wilson | first=Bill | publisher=BBC | date=August 11, 2016 | access-date=June 21, 2018 | archive-date=June 16, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616142249/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-37047416 | url-status=live}} CNN,{{Cite news | url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/01/13/media/liberal-media-donald-trump/index.html | title=Liberal media outlets mobilize for Trump presidency | last=Kludt | first=Tom | publisher=CNN | date=January 13, 2017 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 5, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805031127/https://money.cnn.com/2017/01/13/media/liberal-media-donald-trump/index.html | url-status=live}} and Politico.{{cite news | url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/06/should-news-outlets-declare-allegiances-209576 | title=Should news outlets declare allegiances? | first=Dylan | last=Byers | work=Politico | date=June 26, 2015 | access-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-date=May 18, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518200646/https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/06/should-news-outlets-declare-allegiances-209576 | url-status=live}} Upon becoming the editor-in-chief in December 2016, Lydia Polgreen said that the "wave of intolerance and bigotry that seems to be sweeping the globe" after the election as US president of Donald Trump was remarkable, and that The Huffington Post had an "absolutely indispensable role to play in this era in human history."{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lydia-polgreen-huffington-post_n_5846ef54e4b0fe5ab693122b | title=Lydia Polgreen Named Editor-In-Chief Of The Huffington Post | last=Calderone | first=Michael | work=HuffPost | date=December 6, 2016 | access-date=November 6, 2019 | archive-date=November 14, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114144651/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lydia-polgreen-huffington-post_n_5846ef54e4b0fe5ab693122b | url-status=live}}

Commenting in 2012 on increased conservative engagement on the website despite its reputation as a liberal news source, The Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington stated that her website was "increasingly seen" as an Internet newspaper that is "not positioned ideologically in terms of how we cover the news".{{cite news | first=Michael | last=Calderone | url=https://www.politico.com/story/2009/05/the-gops-new-tool-huffington-post-022861 | title=Republicans flock to The Huffington Post | work=Politico | date=May 22, 2009 | access-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-date=May 28, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528230202/https://www.politico.com/story/2009/05/the-gops-new-tool-huffington-post-022861 | url-status=live}} According to Michael Steel, press secretary for Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner, Republican aides "engage with liberal websites like The Huffington Post [anyway, if for] no other reason than [because] they drive a lot of cable coverage". Jon Bekken, journalism professor at Suffolk University, has cited it as an example of an "advocacy newspaper".{{cite book | title=Encyclopedia of Journalism |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofjo0004unse/page/32/mode/2up| last=Sterling | first=Christopher H. |author-link=Christopher H. Sterling | year=2009 | publisher=Sage Publications |isbn=978-0-7619-2957-4 | page=32}} The Wall Street Journal editor James Taranto has mockingly referred to it as the "Puffington Host", while Rush Limbaugh referred to it as the "Huffing and Puffington Post".{{cite news | first=James | last=Taranto | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703712504576236691268440446 | title=Keep Your Day Job, Arianna | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=April 1, 2011 | url-access=subscription | access-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801184556/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703712504576236691268440446 | url-status=live}}

During the 2016 United States presidential election, HuffPost regularly appended an editor's note to the end of stories about candidate Donald Trump, reading: "Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims—1.6 billion members of an entire religion—from entering the U.S." After Trump was elected on November 8, 2016, HuffPost ended this practice to "give respect to the office of the presidency."{{cite news | first=Hadas | author-link=Hadas Gold | last=Gold | url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/11/the-huffington-post-ending-its-editors-note-about-donald-trump-231044 | title=The Huffington Post ending editor's note that called Donald Trump 'racist' | work=Politico | date=November 8, 2016 | access-date=April 28, 2020 | archive-date=May 10, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510071654/https://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/11/the-huffington-post-ending-its-editors-note-about-donald-trump-231044 | url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Wang|first=Amy X.|title=On the wrong side of history, major US news outlets are already changing their tune about covering Trump|url=https://qz.com/832895/news-outlets-like-the-new-york-times-and-people-are-having-to-change-the-way-they-talk-about-donald-trump/|access-date=November 20, 2020|website=Quartz|date=November 11, 2016 |archive-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913205906/https://qz.com/832895/news-outlets-like-the-new-york-times-and-people-are-having-to-change-the-way-they-talk-about-donald-trump/|url-status=live}}

• Won a Pulitzer Prize in 2012 in the category of national reporting for senior military correspondent David Wood's Beyond the Battlefield, a 10-part series about wounded veterans.{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/beyond-the-battlefield | title=Beyond The Battlefield: From A Decade Of War, An Endless Struggle For The Severely Wounded | work=HuffPost | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801194954/https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/beyond-the-battlefield | url-status=live}}{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/business/media/2012-Journalism-Pulitzer-Winners.html | title=2012 Journalism Pulitzer Winners | work=The New York Times | date=April 16, 2012 | url-access=subscription | access-date=February 25, 2017 | archive-date=August 3, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803122207/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/business/media/2012-Journalism-Pulitzer-Winners.html | url-status=live}}
• 2010 "People's Voice" winner in the 14th Webby Awards. The Huffington Post lost the 2010 Webby Award jury prize for "Best Political Blog" to Truthdig.{{cite press release | url=https://www.webbyawards.com/press/press-releases/winners-of-14th-annual-webby-awards-announced/ | title=Winners of 14th Annual Webby Awards Announced | publisher=Webby Awards | date=May 4, 2010 | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801210257/https://www.webbyawards.com/press/press-releases/winners-of-14th-annual-webby-awards-announced/ | url-status=live}}
• Peabody Award in 2010 for "Trafficked: A Youth Radio Investigation".{{cite web | url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/trafficked-a-youth-radio-investigation | title=70th Annual Peabody Awards | publisher=Peabody Award | date=May 2011 | access-date=September 16, 2014 | archive-date=October 20, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020075730/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/trafficked-a-youth-radio-investigation | url-status=live}}
• Named second among the "25 Best Blogs of 2009" by Time.
• Won the 2006 and 2007 Webby Awards for "Best Politics Blog".{{cite web| url=https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2006/web/general-website/blog-political/the-huffington-post/?/| title=The Huffington Post| publisher=Webby Awards| access-date=March 12, 2021| archive-date=August 1, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801164207/https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2006/web/general-website/blog-political/the-huffington-post/?%2F| url-status=live}}
• Contributor Bennet Kelley was awarded the Los Angeles Press Club's 2007 Southern California Journalism Award for Online Commentary for political commentary published on the site.{{cite web | url=http://lapressclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2007-Southern-California-Journalism-Award-Winners.pdf | title=2007 Southern California Journalism Award Winners | publisher=Los Angeles Press Club | access-date=April 29, 2020 | archive-date=September 19, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919215151/https://lapressclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2007-Southern-California-Journalism-Award-Winners.pdf | url-status=live}}
• Ranked the most powerful blog in the world by The Observer in 2008.{{cite news | title=The world's 50 most powerful blogs | url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/mar/09/blogs | first=Jessica | last=Aldred | work=The Guardian | date=March 9, 2008 | access-date=December 13, 2016 | archive-date=December 2, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202000124/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/mar/09/blogs | url-status=live}}{{cite magazine | url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1879276_1879279_1879212,00.html | title=25 Best Blogs 2009 | magazine=Time | date=February 13, 2009 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=December 23, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223021340/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1879276_1879279_1879212,00.html | url-status=live}}
• Co-founder Arianna Huffington ranked 12th in the 2009 list of the "Most Influential Women in Media" by Forbes.{{cite magazine |first=Kiri |last=Blakeley |title=In Pictures: The Most Influential Women In Media – No. 12: Arianna Huffington |magazine=Forbes |date=July 14, 2009 |url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/07/14/most-influential-women-in-media-forbes-woman-power-women-oprah-winfrey_slide_13.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=August 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325225733/http://www.forbes.com/2009/07/14/most-influential-women-in-media-forbes-woman-power-women-oprah-winfrey_slide_13.html |archive-date=March 25, 2010 |url-status=live}} She was ranked 42nd in the 2009 Top 100 in Media List by The Guardian.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jul/11/arianna-huffington-mediaguardian-100-2009 | title=MediaGuardian 100 2009: 42. Arianna Huffington | work=The Guardian | date=July 13, 2009 | access-date=December 13, 2016 | archive-date=January 9, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109191925/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jul/11/arianna-huffington-mediaguardian-100-2009 | url-status=live}}
• Nominated in 2015 for the "Responsible Media of the Year" award at the British Muslim Awards.{{cite news | url=https://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/11745550.british-muslim-awards-2015-finalists-unveiled/ | title=British Muslim Awards 2015 finalists unveiled | work=Asian Image | date=January 23, 2015 | access-date=April 27, 2020 | archive-date=August 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801174338/https://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/11745550.british-muslim-awards-2015-finalists-unveiled/ | url-status=live}}

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