Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington | |
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Αριάδνη Χάφινγκτον Στασινοπούλου | |
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Born | Ariadnē-Anna Stassinopoúlou [Αριάδνη-Άννα Στασινοπούλου] July 15, 1950 |
Education | Girton College, Cambridge (BA) |
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Political party | Democratic (2004–present) |
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Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington (
Huffington serves on numerous boards, including Onex, and Global Citizen. Her last two books, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder and The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time, both became instant international bestsellers.[5]
Huffington, the former wife of Republican congressman
In 2011,
She stepped down from her role at The Huffington Post in August 2016 to focus on a new startup, Thrive Global, a behavior change technology company with the mission of improving productivity and health outcomes.[12]
Early life
Huffington was born Ariadnē-Anna Stasinopoúlou (Αριάδνη-Άννα Στασινοπούλου) in
In 1971, Huffington appeared in an edition of
From March to April 1980, Huffington joined
Career
In 1973, Arianna (as Stasinopoúlou) wrote a book titled The Female Woman, attacking the Women's Liberation movement in general and Germaine Greer's 1970 The Female Eunuch in particular. In the book she wrote, "Women's Lib claims that the achievement of total liberation would transform the lives of all women for the better; the truth is that it would transform only the lives of women with strong lesbian tendencies."[21]
In the late 1980s, Huffington wrote several articles for National Review. In 1981, she wrote a biography of Maria Callas, Maria Callas – The Woman Behind the Legend, and in 1989, a biography of Pablo Picasso, Picasso: Creator and Destroyer.[22]
Huffington rose to the national U.S. prominence during the unsuccessful Senate bid in 1994 by her then husband, Michael Huffington, a
As late as 1998, Huffington still aligned herself with Republican Party. During that year, she did a weekly radio show in Los Angeles called Left, Right & Center, that "match[ed] her, the so-called 'right-winger', against self-described centrist policy wonk Matt Miller, and veteran 'leftist' journalist Robert Scheer."[15] In an April 1998 profile in The New Yorker, Margaret Talbot wrote, "Most recently, she has cast herself as a kind of Republican Spice Girl – an endearingly ditzy right wing gal-about-town who is a guilty pleasure for people who know better." Huffington described herself by side-stepping the traditional party divide, saying "the right–left divisions are so outdated now. For me, the primary division is between people who are aware of what I call 'the two nations' (rich and poor), and those who are not."[15]
Huffington, of Greek background, opposed the NATO intervention in Serbia during the Yugoslav Wars[25] and in 2000, she co-convened the "Shadow Conventions",[26] which appeared at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia and the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles at Patriotic Hall.[27]
Huffington headed
In a 2004 appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, she announced her endorsement of John Kerry by saying, "When your house is burning down, you don't worry about the remodeling."[29] Huffington was a panel speaker during the 2005 California Democratic Party State Convention, held in Los Angeles. She also spoke at the 2004 College Democrats of America Convention in Boston, which was held in conjunction with the 2004 Democratic National Convention. She was also a regular panelist on the nationally syndicated weekend radio program, Both Sides Now with Huffington & Matalin,[30] hosted by Mark Green.
Huffington serves on the board of directors of the Berggruen Institute,[31] the Center for Public Integrity,[32] Uber,[33] and Onex Corporation.[34]
She is also a One Young World Counsellor, speaking to delegates at summits in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2013 and Dublin, Ireland, in 2014. She spoke about her "third metric" for success and the value of youth leadership.[35]
On May 22, 2016, she gave the commencement address[36] and received an honorary degree from Colby College in Waterville, Maine.[37] Also in 2016, she was named to Oprah Winfrey's SuperSoul100 list of visionaries and influential leaders.[38]
Huffington has authored 15 books in her career. She faced 37 rejections before securing a publishing contract for her second book. Huffington also wrote the foreword for Marina Khidekel's book 'Your Time to Thrive,' published in 2021.[39][40]
The Huffington Post
In 2005, Huffington founded The Huffington Post (now known as HuffPost) with Andrew Breitbart, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti.[41][42] It was launched on May 9, 2005, as a commentary outlet, blog, and an alternative to news aggregators such as the Drudge Report. The site historically published work from both paid staff writers and reporters and unpaid bloggers.[43] In February 2011, AOL acquired The Huffington Post for US$315 million, making Huffington editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group.[44] In 2012, The Huffington Post became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize.[45] In 2016, Huffington officially departed from The Huffington Post.[46]
Thrive Global
In 2016 Huffington stepped down from her positions at AOL and Huffington Post to launch her new enterprise, Thrive Global, which claims to offer "science-based solutions" to end stress and burnout.[47]
- Meditative Story Podcast – In August 2019, Thrive Global launched the podcast Meditative Story in partnership with WaitWhat – a media company led by former TED executives June Cohen and Deron Triff. The podcast supposedly combines first-person stories with meditation prompts and original music to create a "mindfulness experience" in audio.[48] Variety has described it as "part first-person narrative podcast and part guided meditation."[49] Forbes has described it as "a completely new kind of listening experience that blends intimate first-person stories with mindfulness prompts, enveloped in beautiful music composition."[50] Huffington described Meditative Story as "a response to a deep cultural need in our hyper sped up world to have a moment to recharge. The podcast is a tool-set for wellness combining intimate storytelling, that we’re all hardwired to respond to, plus moments of reflection."[50] The podcast's first season featured stories from Krista Tippett (host of the radio show On Being), NPR Host Peter Sagal, travel writer Pico Iyer, LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman, Beautycon Media's Moj Mahdara, actor Josh Radnor, and astronomer Michelle Thaller, among others.[51]
- Thrive Global Podcast – In 2017, Thrive Global launched a podcast with iHeart Radio featuring Huffington as host.[52]
California recall election participation
Huffington was an
She dropped out of the race on September 30, 2003, and endorsed Governor Gray Davis' campaign to vote against the recall. Polls showed that only about 2 percent of California voters planned to vote for her at the time of her withdrawal.
Presence in media
Huffington was a panelist on the weekly
Prior to The Huffington Post, Huffington hosted a website called AriannaOnline.com. Her first foray onto the internet was a website called Resignation.com, which called for the resignation of President
In November 2008, Huffington joined the cast of
Huffington was spoofed by actress Tracey Ullman in her Showtime comedy series Tracey Ullman's State of the Union. Huffington spoke glowingly of the impersonation.[21]
Huffington was further impersonated by actresses Michaela Watkins and Nasim Pedrad on Saturday Night Live.[60]
She appeared as herself in the May 10, 2010, episode of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
Huffington participated in the 24th annual "Distinguished Speaker Series" at the
Huffington offered to provide as many buses as necessary to transport those who wanted to go to Jon Stewart's
Huffington played herself in the Family Guy episode "Brian Writes a Bestseller" along with Dana Gould and Bill Maher in a live segment of Real Time with Bill Maher.
In 2012, Huffington became a LinkedIn influencer, writing about success and sharing professional insights.[63]
Claims of plagiarism
Huffington was accused of plagiarism for copying material for her book Maria Callas (1981); the claims were settled out of court in 1981, with Callas' biographer Gerald Fitzgerald being paid "in the low five figures."[64][65][66]
Lydia Gasman, an art history professor at the University of Virginia, has claimed that Huffington's 1988 biography of Pablo Picasso, Picasso: Creator and Destroyer, included themes similar to those in Gasman's unpublished four-volume Ph.D. thesis. "What she did was steal twenty years of my work," Gasman told Maureen Orth in 1994. Gasman did not file suit. Huffington denied the allegations.[21]
Religious views
Huffington has had a lifelong interest in spirituality; in her youth, together with Bernard Levin, she explored the Rajneesh movement, later dating Erhard Seminars Training founder Werner Erhard and going on to become affiliated with John-Roger Hinkins' Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness.[21][67] In 1994, she published a self-help book titled The Fourth Instinct, outlining her view that people should rise above the three basic instincts of survival, power, and sex to find their higher and better selves.[68]
Awards and honors
Huffington was named to the 2011 Time 100 as a media mogul.[69] Huffington was selected for the inaugural 2021 Forbes 50 Over 50; made up of entrepreneurs, leaders, scientists and creators who are over the age of 50.[70]
Personal life
Huffington is Greek by birth
The couple later moved to
The couple divorced in 1997.
Bibliography
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- The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time (2016) ISBN 978-1-101-90400-8
- Goodnight Smartphone (2017)
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External links
- Column archive at HuffPost
- Column archive at AlterNet
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Arianna Huffington on Charlie Rose
- Arianna Huffington at IMDb
- Arianna Huffington collected news and commentary at The Guardian
- Arianna Huffington collected news and commentary at The New York Times
- Campaign contributions made by Arianna Huffington
- Arianna Huffington at TED
- Arianna Huffington on the Muck Rack journalist listing site
Interviews and statements
- "Arianna Huffington video interview on The Alcove with Mark Molaro, 2008" on YouTube
- Video interview/discussion with Huffington and Robert Wright on Bloggingheads.tv
- "7 Days in America" podcast
- Arianna Huffington interview on the Tavis Smiley show. Watch her interview online. October 2006
- Video of Arianna Huffington on The Hour
- Arianna Huffington on her New Book Third World America – eo interview by Democracy Now!, September 10, 2010
- Arianna Huffington interviewed by Sophie Elmhirst on New Statesman, December 2010
- Arianna Huffington Video produced by Makers: Women Who Make America
- Interview on Meet The Writers, Monocle 24 with Georgina Godwin
Articles
- Hurricane Arianna, article by Paul Harris, The Observer, December 10, 2006
- This is the Future of the News: The Arianna Huffington Interview by David Weinberger for Wired, May 15, 2007