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Stephen Colbert Launched Colbuffington Post - A Fake Huffington Post

Posted By lawyergirrrl on Feb 18, 2011   FROM: huffingtonpost.com report abuse

Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert has launched a new website, “The Colbuffington Post.” Many issues about Huffington's $315 million sale of the Huffington Post to AOL were addressed by Colbert on Wednesday. As per Colbert, Huffpo is well-known for its wide-ranging, comprehensive coverage of things that other people produced and put on the Internet. The content strategy of Huffington Post has been in the news since it was brought by AOL.

Stephen Colbert Launched Colbuffington Post - A Fake Huffington Post

Optimistically for AOL, HuffPo will be a new source of income. At present, income of AOL depends on 82 year old Delaware resident Claire Meyers and the $10 an hour that she still pays for dial up service. Colbert took a look at the daily, new iPad-only newspaper of Rupert Murdoch on his Wednesday show. The product impressed Colbert due to all the expediency of utilizing an iPad to read the news online is offered by it.

Colbert gave details that the Huffington Post is worth each penny of the $315 million, paid by Aol on his “Tip of the Hat / Wag of the Finger” segment on Wednesday night. Colbert decided to launch Colbuffington Re-Post, a website that covers the Huffington Post’s coverage. Colbert said that Colbuffington Re-Post got everything that people love about the Huffington Post as this is a Huffington Post with a new border around. The exact worth of Colbuffington Re-Post is $316 million.

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