The Huffington Post is going to be without a Huffington, reports the Associated Press.

The AP item. in part, added:

“Arianna Huffington, The Huffington Post’s editor-in-chief, announced Thursday that she’s leaving to head a new health, wellbeing and productivity startup.

“The one-time conservative commentator oversaw explosive growth at the liberal online blog and news site that she co-founded in 2005, which went on to win a Pulitzer in less than a decade.

“The Huffington Post is now owned by Verizon Communications Inc., and her departure comes several weeks after Verizon said it was buying the media properties of Yahoo Inc. for about $4.8 billion. Representatives for New York-based Verizon and The Huffington Post did not respond to a request for comment Thursday morning.”

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