HuffPost anchor Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani appears at the 2019 Verizon Media NewFront on April 30, 2019 in New York City.
Getty Images
Verizon has been quietly scrambling to unload HuffPost as it grapples with continued losses at the left-leaning news and culture website, The Post has learned.
The telecom giant — which acquired the site formerly known as the Huffington Post as part of its $4.4 billion purchase of AOL in 2015 — has approached multiple digital-media companies during the past few months in a bid to get the property off its books as losses accelerate due to the coronavirus, according to sources close to the situation.
Verizon
VZ,
has pitched the property to prospective buyers including Thrillist-owner Group Nine Media, Rolling Stone publisher Penske Media Corp., Bustle Digital Media and J2 Global, insiders said. Those media outlets declined to comment.
Vox Media, which owns New York Magazine and operates
/https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/1208002845/0x0.jpg)
