Huffington Post expands Canada editions

Larry Kramer submits: The AOL acquisition of Huffington Post for $315 million is a dramatic move to bring the missing ingredient to AOL’s latest strategy to become a content co

Diane Mermigas submits:AOL’s (AOL) acquisition of The Huffington Post is a telling deal on many fronts, pointing to the consolidation of America’s so-called new and old news media in slowly improving economic times and the cashing out of entrepreneurs and early investors.

Ottawa’s intention to create a new layer of federal securities regulation if key provinces don’t join to hammer out a deal to create a common regulator with shared federal-provincial powers is likely a sign of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s frustration, according to Ian Russell, head of the industry group for Canadian investment dealers. In this week’s budget, Mr. Flaherty pledged to push ahead with proposed federal legislation if a “timely agreement” for a co-operatively established common securities regulator cannot be reached.

Larry Dignan (ZDNet) submits: AOL on Monday paid $315 million—$300 million in cash—for the Huffington Post and while most are focusing on the content and editorial plans, observers may want to look at the balance sheet and future flexibility.

Transat A.T., the country’s largest travel tour operator, said Thursday it will introduce a fleet of a Boeing 737s next year to replace its aging Airbus narrow-body fleet, bringing into question the extent to which it will continue its relationship with CanJet Airlines. The move will see the company internalize its outbound, medium-haul operations from Canada to Mexico, the Caribbean and Florida, which is currently provided by CanJet.

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Celebrity, scandal and new media converged in Paris Monday as shamed IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's wife returned to the spotlight to launch Le Huffington Post, a French take on the US news website.Anne Sinclair insisted her private life would not in any way affect news coverage in the first foreign-language edition of the influential American site that gets 37 million visitors a month.

No One Of Consequence submits:Kudos to Rob Fagen for creatively comparing Netflix (NFLX) to Visa (V).[1] We suggest that Netflix is no Visa in the most consequential respect, and bears resemblance to The Huffington Post. Therein lies a valuation.