First look at AOL as HuffPost, via Kara Swisher

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Kara Swisher of the Wall Street Journal posted the page, as well as scoring a video interview with Arianna Huffington and AOL's Tim Armstrong before the announcement on Sunday that the two media firms were merging. Swisher also reports that Huffington will move to New York (as long rumored), but keep her home in Brentwood. It was in the Brentwood living room last Thursday night that Huffington made a point of introducing Swisher (and her mother) during her remarks at a HuffPost party to honor "The King's Speech," lead actor Colin Firth and director Tom Hooper. Huffington's people even tweeted out a pic of her and Firth standing with the Swishers. It would seem that Swisher, the longtime tech writer, is pretty well tied-in at Chez Huffington these days.

Earlier on LA Observed:
AOL to buy Huffington Post and put Huffington in charge


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