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WGA East-represented news writers and producers at HuffPost have ratified a new three-year contract. According to the guild, the pact was approved unanimously by the 91-member bargaining unit employed at the online news site. A deal on the new contract was reached on February 1, and a strike…

The WGA East and HuffPost have reached an agreement on a new three-year contract, averting a threatened strike. The guild’s contract with the online news outlet had been set to expire last night at midnight, and 98% of its 91 writers and editors had signed a pledge vowing to strike if a fair deal wasn’t…

WGA East members employed as writers and editors at the HuffPost news site are threatening to go on strike if a fair contract can't be reached by Tuesday night at midnight ET. With only two days left of bargaining, their strike pledge comes after months of negotiations for a new contract. According…

Verizon is exploring a sale of Yahoo and AOL that would end a rocky era for the telco as a media owner after a spate of disappointing acquisitions. A sale could bring $4 billion to $5 billion and giant investment group Apollo Global Management is said to involved, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Reps…

BuzzFeed said Tuesday that it will cut the size of the staff of HuffPost after it acquired the news site. The cuts will affect 47 employees in the U.S., while HuffPost Canada is closing and HuffPost Australia will be moving away from local coverage, according to a BuzzFeed spokesperson. They also will look at…

BuzzFeed is acquiring HuffPost, as part of a strategic partnership with Verizon Media that marks the latest evolution in the digital media landscape. Verizon Media, the current owner of HuffPost, will become a minority shareholder in BuzzFeed as a result of the all-stock transaction. Under the deal, Verizon Media and…

Donald Trump got a bit of an unexpected question from a reporter at his press conference, who asked him if he regretted “all the lying you have done to the American people.” The reporter was S.V. Date, White House correspondent for HuffPost, who also was serving as the print pool reporter on Thursday. Date originally…

UPDATED, with comment from NABJ: A top news division talent and business affairs executive is out at ABC News following an investigation that she made racially insensitive remarks. The network also announced plans to restructure her position. In an email to the staff obtained by Deadline, Peter Rice, the chairman of…

RYOT Films and HuffPost are launching Short Stories, a new partnership between the two brands to acquire and distribute a slate of premium, short documentary films on HuffPost and across Verizon Media. The first release will be Stanley Stellar: Here For This Reason, about acclaimed photographer Stanley Stellar, who…

Verizon’s distressed Oath unit, home to such Web 1.0 media operations as Yahoo, AOL and HuffPost, is bleeding badly enough that the company plans to take a $4.6 billion charge in the fourth quarter. A voluntary separation program that will see 10,400 workers exit by June 2019 are expected to result in a severance…

CNN is claiming Glenn Haab, father of 17-year-old Florida school shooting hero Colton Haab, sent “doctored” copies of a producer’s email to Fox News and HuffPost in an effort to make it look like the news outlet was scripting its town hall meeting. The father’s version of the email seemed to show CNN producer Carrie…