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Caption competition 5
Feb 7th 2011, 19:22 by The Economist online
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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The happy couple, Mr. & Mrs. Frank N. Stein.
Regards
Ariana Online
Arianna Online
Puff and huff, all the way to the bank.
Everybody SING!
"Green Acres is the place to be..."
or
"Darling I love you, but give me Park Avenue."
Regards
You're right, it is a nice trough.
A marriage of convenience.
What therefore the Boards of Directors hath joined together, let not a proxy war put asunder.
Regards
No one knows we're CGI......
Tim shows up to Prom with second-choice Arianna, after being dumped by his first-choice, Time Warner
Love is in the cloud
I'll huff! And I'll puff!
Time, please!
The footnote for the chosen caption should be:
*Caption by The Economist's army of unpaid writers.
blogging all the way to the bank
1+1= 0
Content farm buys opinion mill
Match made in Blogosphere
You got the money? OK keep smiling and back away real slow..
"You've got $315 million."