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Stephen Colbert creates own version of HuffPo

I am proud to say that the Colbuffington Re-post is now for sale. I will take $316 million

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After hearing the news that AOL had acquired the Huffington Post for $315 million, Stephen Colbert checked out the business model. Between charging old ladies $10 an hour for dial-up service and re-blogging other people’s content, Colbert said, it doesn’t seem that tough.

Dahling, I happened to cruise by your $300 million website ,and you know what I find? A whole lot of me! You’ve achieved the impossible: making me angry while looking at pictures of myself.

Obvious answer? Re-blog the whole site under the Colbert banner. Behold:

http://www.colbuffingtonrepost.com 

By Adam Clark Estes

Adam Clark Estes blogs the news for Salon. Email him at ace@www.salon.com and follow him on Twitter @adamclarkestes


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