--- title: Arianna Huffington Steps Down From The Huffington Post description: Media mogul Arianna Huffington is stepping down as her eponymous site’s editor-in-chief canonical: https://time.com/4448344/arianna-huffington-steps-down-from-huffington-post/ author: Kastalia Medrano article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-11T20:15:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:07.737Z og:title: Arianna Huffington Is Stepping Down From The Huffington Post og:description: She'll focus on her health startup og:url: https://time.com/4448344/arianna-huffington-steps-down-from-huffington-post/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdfb5b725daff3edf/6988a1fdbc6cfc11c33de370/arianna-huffington-leave-huffpo.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Arianna Huffington Leaving Huffington Post og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Arianna Huffington Is Stepping Down From The Huffington Post twitter:description: She'll focus on her health startup twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdfb5b725daff3edf/6988a1fdbc6cfc11c33de370/arianna-huffington-leave-huffpo.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Arianna Huffington Is Stepping Down From The Huffington Post > Sponsored content. 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Arianna Huffington attends The Hollywood Reporter's 2016 35 Most Powerful People in Media on April 6, 2016 in New York City. Noam Galai—WireImage/Getty IMages by [Kastalia Medrano](https://time.com/author/kastalia-medrano/) ## Kastalia Medrano Aug 11, 2016 8:15 PM UTC Arianna Huffington, the media mogul whose eponymous online publication the _Huffington Post_ changed our collective approach to consuming the news, is [stepping down as the site’s editor-in-chief](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/12/business/arianna-huffington-post.html). She wrote in a staff memo addressed to “HuffPosters” on Thursday: --- > “” --- [Huffington](http://motto.time.com/4347144/arianna-huffington-twenty/) founded the digital-only publication in May 2005, and its staffers have since cultivated a signature blend of reporting and aggregation. The site has been [awarded the Pulitzer Prize](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/16/huffington-post-pulitzer-prize-2012%5Fn%5F1429169.html), and Huffington herself has become the kind of [media celebrity](http://motto.time.com/4295181/arianna-huffingtons-rules-for-better-sleep/) who is well known outside journalism circles. Going forward, she’ll be putting her energies into another venture, her “health and wellness” [startup Thrive Global](http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/08/arianna-huffington-to-launch-thrive-global-a-new-health-and-wellness-advisory-start-up.html). “The talent, commitment and values you all bring to everything you do here make HuffPost what it is,” Huffington wrote, “and what you do is now more important than ever. So most of all, I want to end by thanking all of you. I’m filled with gratitude and admiration for all the colleagues and friends that I’ve made over the years on this incredible adventure. 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