November 22, 2008
Good News! Arianna Huffington To Be "Queen Of Capital Hill"
"Friendship" has it's priviledges for secular progressive Arianna as well as support from George Soros.
Arianna Huffington looks set to cement her position as the Queen of Capitol Hill in the next few days.The Times has learnt that the Huffington Post, her influential political website, will confirm within the next week that it has completed a $15 million (£10 million) fundraising from investors.
The money will finance the expansion of HuffPo, as it is known, into the provision of local news across the United States and into more investigative journalism. And it will ensure that Ms Huffington's influence continues to spread across the US political scene.
She is a close friend of Barack Obama, the President-elect - who, with Hillary Clinton, has posted on her site - and, at a dinner in London on Wednesday night, joked: “I only text three people - my two teenage children and Barack Obama.”
Hopey, changey plans for the "new media"?
h/t Leapofaith
