The Huffington Post founder, Ariana Huffington, resigned as editor, why?

Rice News Site "The Huffington PostMr. Ariana Huffington, who is the editor in chief of the founder, will resign from the editor-in-chief and leave the company.

Why Arianna Huffington left the Huffington Post - Recode
http://www.recode.net/2016/8/11/12438644/huffington-aol-yahoo-verizon

Ariana Huffington retires Huff Post founder, a new company established
http://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2016/08/11/ariannahuffington-stepdown_n_11449194.html

Mr. Ariana Huffington, born in Greece, started writing after graduating from Cambridge University. Since becoming a prominent actor in the American business world and social circles, he established the internet news site "The Huffington Post" (Hafinton Post) in 2005 and since then served as editor in chief, We have grown into a global news site that operates local versions in Japan, the UK, Canada, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Korea, Greece, India etc.

Mr. Ariana, the face of the Huffington Post, announced on August 11, 2016 that he will resign from the editor - in - chief position and move on a new path.

I thought HuffPost would be my last act. But I've decided to step down as HuffPost's editor-in-chief to run my new venture, Thrive Global.

- Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff)August 11, 2016

As mentioned in the above tweet, ArianaThrive GlobalHe is a representative of a venture company engaged in activities related to wellness (physical and mental health), and has steered two companies, Haifinton Post and Thrive Global. However, Mr. Ariana thought that it is possible to achieve both work of "establishing a start-up and continuing the chief editor of Huffington Post, but I realized that today it is an illusion" As stated, it seems that it was supposed to give up the editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post as it became difficult to balance Hafinton Post with Thrive Global's work.

However, there is also pointed out that Ariana 's explanation is face - to - face.RecodeAccording to a stakeholder close to Thrive Global in response to the interview, Ms. Ariana 's resignation to Hafenton Post editorial office is "Acquisition of Yahoo by VerizonThat is a big factor. Hafintonpost was acquired by AOL in 2011 and it was affiliated, but Verizon has acquired that AOL in 2015. And with the acquisition of Yahoo in 2016, the situation that both AOL and Yahoo become umbrella of Verizon was born. In relation to Yahoo which also functions as a news site (news aggregator), "stakeholders said," It is clear that Mr. Ariana can not work in a position like the past, "he says.