Top Six Reasons Why Arianna Huffington Will Be AOL's Undoing

Jeff Bercovici at Forbes wrote a significant takedown of Arianna Huffington and AOL following its merger with Huffington Post. While the piece was generally complimentary toward AOL’s Tim Armstrong, the theme was that his decision to take on Huffington could be AOL’s undoing. Here are the top six reasons from the article why things for AOL seem doomed with Huffington at the helm.

1. Huffington forced the AOL buyout: “Other partners wanted an IPO rather than building up the company to be acquired by another media company… In effect, she subverted the wishes of the board.

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