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HuffPost

U.S. left / progressive

Owned byOwned by BuzzFeed, Inc., a publicly traded company that bought HuffPost from Verizon in 2020. In May 2026 Allen Family Digital, LLC agreed to buy about 52% of BuzzFeed's Class A stock for $120 million, which gave that investor control of the parent company.
FundingMainly digital advertising, affiliate and commerce revenue, and content and ad partnerships. It is supported by its parent company, which has reported substantial doubt about its ability to keep operating as a going concern. HuffPost also runs a voluntary membership program, but it keeps its articles free to read.
On the administrationbroadly critical

Background

HuffPost launched in 2005 as The Huffington Post, co-founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer and Jonah Peretti as a liberal-leaning news aggregator and blog platform. AOL bought it in 2011, and it became part of Verizon's media business when Verizon acquired AOL in 2015. It adopted the name HuffPost in 2017 and gradually moved from unpaid contributor blogs toward more staff-reported journalism. Its reporting won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 2012. In 2020 BuzzFeed bought it in an all-stock deal, and Verizon became a minority shareholder in BuzzFeed. BuzzFeed has since struggled financially and cut staff, and its filings in 2026 have warned of substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Whitney Snyder is HuffPost's editor-in-chief. The site has openly criticized Trump's second term, including through a public dispute over a HuffPost White House correspondent's removal from the press pool. In April 2026 it opted out of the White House Correspondents' Dinner, saying Trump's second term is an affront to the free press. It publishes clearly labeled news reporting alongside opinion, and its editorial perspective is progressive.

Sources

  1. BuzzFeed, Inc. - Form 10-Q (June 30, 2026)
  2. Buzzfeed has 'substantial doubt' it can stay in business (CNN)
  3. BuzzFeed to buy HuffPost in all-stock deal (Axios)
  4. The good and bad news of the HuffFeed deal (Columbia Journalism Review)
  5. HuffPost Opts Out Of WHCA Dinner, Plans Livestream Coverage And Real-Time Analysis During Event
  6. HuffPost blasts White House for reportedly pulling press pool spot (The Hill)

Profile compiled 2026-10-14; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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