Arianna Huffington born Arianna Stasinopoulos Greek ??????? ????????????? is a Greek American author and syndicated columnist She is best known as cofounder of the news website The Huffington Post A popular conservative commentator in the mid1990s she adopted more liberal political beliefs in the late 1990s She is the exwife of former Republican congressman Michael Huffington In 2003 she ran as an independent candidate for Governor in the California recall election In 2009 Huffington was named as number 12 in Forbes firstever list of the Most Influential Women In Media She has also moved up to number 42 in The Guardians Top 100 in Media List On February 7 2011 AOL announced it would acquire The Huffington Post for US315 million and make Huffington president and editorinchief of The Huffington Post Media Group which will include The Huffington Post and existing AOL properties such as Engadget AOL Music Patch Media and StyleList
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