Arianna Huffington
The Brave New World of the “New Media”: How Social Media Has Revolutionized the Communications Landscape
Sat, February 19 – 8:00 PM Valley Performing Arts Center
The tech advances of the last few years have turned the news and entertainment worlds on their ears, shifting the balance of power away from the media giants and to consumers—and citizens—empowering them to choose and create. Technology is having the same game-changing effect on the political world. In this lively presentation, Huffington, described by Fortune as one of the few people who “get” the Internet, discusses the latest online and social media trends—including how media companies are turning content promiscuity into profits—and reveals her vision of a hybrid future where traditional media and new media become one.
In the Headlines
On February 7, 2011, it was announced that AOL would purchaseThe Huffington Post for $315 million. Huffington will take control of all of AOL’s editorial content as president and editor in chief of a newly created Huffington Post Media Group. The arrangement will give her oversight not only of AOL’s national, local and financial news operations, but also of the company’s other media enterprises like MapQuest and Moviefone.
About Arianna Huffington
In May 2005, Arianna Huffington launched The Huffington Post, a news and blog site that has quickly become one of the most widely read, linked to, and frequently cited media brands on the Internet.
A nationally syndicated columnist and author of 12 books, Huffington is also cohost of Left, Right & Center, KCRW’s popular political roundtable program.
In 2006, she was in Time magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people. In 2009, she was named as one of the most infl uential women in media by Forbes magazine and #42 in The Guardian’s “Top 100 in Media” list.
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