HuffPost Live, the 8-month-old, online-native video news network from AOL's Huffington Post Media Group, will begin syndicating to cable on May 13. The live network has struck a deal with AXS TV to bring half of HuffPost Live's 12 hours of live weekday programming to the channel, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.
The deal is surprising, not least because HuffPost Live has long insisted that it's not a cable news network, and had no ambitions to become one. As founder Roy Sekoff said at launch, "[We're] not going to become a cable network." He added, "What's the point of doing this if it just becomes the same old thing?" Read more...
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