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Caption competition 5

Feb 7th 2011, 19:22 by The Economist online

Arianna Huffington stands with Tim Armstrong

CAN you write an Economist picture caption? The excellent standard of entries in our previous competitions suggests that many of you can: here's a new chance for you to see your wit in print.

The photograph above will accompany an article in our Business section in this week's issue. It shows Arianna Huffington, co-founder of the Huffington Post, standing with the boss of AOL, Tim Armstrong. Ms Huffington's website has just been bought by AOL for $315 million. Little more than five years old, the Huffington Post has enjoyed enormous success by publishing high volumes of sharply opinionated articles produced by thousands of bloggers, many of whom are unpaid.

As before, it's up to you to provide the caption: please leave your suggestions in the comments thread below. The captions should be as short and snappy as possible, and definitely no more than about 30 characters long. The best contribution will appear beneath the picture in this week's print edition, which is published on Friday morning. Entries close at midnight London time on Wednesday evening, so you've got a little more than 48 hours. The only reward is that the winner can then truthfully claim to have written (at least a few words) for The Economist. Over to you.

Update: The competition has now closed and the winners have been announced.

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hedgefundguy wrote:
Feb 7th 2011 7:35 GMT

The happy couple, Mr. & Mrs. Frank N. Stein.

Regards

CLTX wrote:
Feb 7th 2011 7:44 GMT

Ariana Online

CLTX wrote:
Feb 7th 2011 7:45 GMT

Arianna Online

Feb 7th 2011 7:46 GMT

Puff and huff, all the way to the bank.

hedgefundguy wrote:
Feb 7th 2011 7:48 GMT

Everybody SING!

"Green Acres is the place to be..."

or

"Darling I love you, but give me Park Avenue."

Regards

Feb 7th 2011 7:50 GMT

You're right, it is a nice trough.

rewt66 wrote:
Feb 7th 2011 7:58 GMT

A marriage of convenience.

hedgefundguy wrote:
Feb 7th 2011 8:00 GMT

What therefore the Boards of Directors hath joined together, let not a proxy war put asunder.

Regards

jamesyar wrote:
Feb 7th 2011 8:13 GMT

No one knows we're CGI......

LexHumana wrote:
Feb 7th 2011 8:51 GMT

Tim shows up to Prom with second-choice Arianna, after being dumped by his first-choice, Time Warner

Granceiba wrote:
Feb 7th 2011 8:56 GMT

Love is in the cloud

Feb 7th 2011 9:01 GMT

I'll huff! And I'll puff!

vancian wrote:
Feb 7th 2011 9:12 GMT

Time, please!

Feb 7th 2011 9:12 GMT

The footnote for the chosen caption should be:

*Caption by The Economist's army of unpaid writers.

sirjohnk wrote:
Feb 7th 2011 9:14 GMT

blogging all the way to the bank

vancian wrote:
Feb 7th 2011 9:14 GMT

1+1= 0

KaosAgent wrote:
Feb 7th 2011 9:28 GMT

Content farm buys opinion mill

zangie wrote:
Feb 7th 2011 9:29 GMT

Match made in Blogosphere

Andy B wrote:
Feb 7th 2011 9:33 GMT

You got the money? OK keep smiling and back away real slow..

OneAegis wrote:
Feb 7th 2011 9:33 GMT

"You've got $315 million."

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