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摘要

AOL, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire The Huffington Post for $315 million. The news, analysis, and lifestyle website was founded in 2005 and now counts nearly 25 million unique monthly visitors. The new group will have a combined base of 117 million unique visitors a month in the U.S. and 270 million around the world. Following the close of this transaction, AOL will accelerate its strategy to deliver a scaled and differentiated array of premium news, analysis, and entertainment produced by thousands of writers, editors, reporters, and videographers around the globe.