> It wouldn’t surprise me to see more such quick-let’s-add-some-page-views-to-our-arsenal deals.  It wouldn’t surprise me to see Huffington Post’s main — and perhaps better — rival, Politco, get acquired over the next twelve months. I would predict MSNBC as a likely candidate to acquire them. via [gigaom.com](http://gigaom.com/2011/02/07/aol-huffington-post-and-why-it-is-not-really-a-good-deal/)People are obviously in quite a tizzy over AOL’s acquisition of the Huffington Post. I say good for Ariana. She made a good business deal for herself. Shrewd business move. And as the…

> My argument is simple: blocking ads can be devastating to the sites you love. I am not making an argument that blocking ads is a form of stealing, or is immoral, or unethical, or makes someone the son of the devil. It can result in people losing their jobs, it can result in less content on any given site, and it definitely can affect the quality of content. It can also put sites into a real advertising death spin. As ad revenues go down, many sites are lured into running…