By Susan Krashinsky on the Globe and Mail, May 26 – The Huffington Post has launched its Canadian edition, the latest U.S. digital media company to use Canada as an international testing ground.
The news aggregation company Huffington Post Canada took the wraps off a new homepage dedicated to Canadian news and politics, with contributions from prominent Canadians such as David Suzuki and Elizabeth May.
Plans for the launch emerged in April, when the publication began hiring in Toronto. It’s the first step in a series of new editions planned for international markets. The HuffPo, as it is often called, will launch a U.K. version on July 7 and has hired 130 journalists there in the past few months. Founder Arianna Huffington will travel to Brazil at the beginning of September to finalize plans for a Brazilian edition as well. Read full article