As ZDNet notes, AOL has said that it plans to get $20 million in savings out of the Huffington
Post deal, so layoffs were expected. Still, Armstrong says he's sensitive about the business of firing staff and tries to be open and transparent about any changes because he knows there have been a
"lot of people changes" since the company broke off from Time Warner.
At the conference, Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington said the plan is to put old grizzled journalists with young kids out of college, according to ZDNet. Apparently, those staffers that don't fall into either category had better start preparing their resumes.