Idea for The Huffington Post Stolen? 'Absurd, Ludicrous' Say Co-Founders Arianna Huffington, Ken Lerer
The Huffington Post co-founders Arianna Huffington and Ken Lerer scoffed at accusations by Democratic consultants Peter Daou and James Boyce that the Web site was their idea and that a handshake agreement was violated, Politico reported.
Huffington and Lerer called the accusations “a completely absurd, ludicrous supposition” in an email to Politico, adding:
We have now officially entered into Bizzaro World. James Boyce and Peter Daou, two political operatives who we rejected going into business with or hiring six years ago, and who had absolutely nothing to do with creating, running, financing, or building The Huffington Post, now concoct some scheme saying they own part of the company.
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