Huffington Post’s future is on uncertain footing following the Verizon acquisition

You might have heard: Verizon bought The Huffington Post’s owner AOL for $4.4 billion

But did you know: As AOL was acquired by Verizon last month, some posited that the future of The Huffington Post was thrown into question. But a sale is not out of the question for Huffington Post, in a market filled with “frothy” media valuations that could put Huffington Post’s valuation around $1 billion. However, Ken Doctor presents a potential upside of Verizon ownership for Huffington Post: Verizon could begin placing Huffington Post on devices as a default app, which some people would inevitably keep and could provide a “decent” amount of traffic.

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