When the Huffington Post was sold to AOL five years ago, Ms. Huffington was named president and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, which took on other AOL media properties like Engadget, TechCrunch, Moviefone and MapQuest. Corrections & Amplifications:The Huffington Post was co-founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer and Jonah Peretti. “I have been running Huffington Post for 11 years and I couldn’t imagine having another relationship with it,” she said. Ms. Huffington, who is 66 years old, had signed a new deal in June of last year to remain at the Huffington Post as president and editor-in-chief through 2019. The Huffington Post was founded as a liberal alternative to the Drudge Report and quickly rose in prominence as a blogging platform and news aggregator.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 11, 2016 11:26 UTC