Huffington Post global boss says ‘philosophy’ played a part in Fairfax deal

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The Huffington Post looked at a number of factors including a “philosophical alignment” with potential bidders before settling on Fairfax Media for its Australian partner, its general manager of international Koda Wang has told Mumbrella.

It will have a launch staff of 12 or 13 on the editorial side, with Fairfax looking after the commercial sales and controlling 49 per cent of the Australian operation.

Talking to Mumbrella this morning he also took a  swipe at competitors saying: “There are other players which have started out with much larger staff and a flashier message, but we’re going to approach it like a startup.”