The Huffington Post to delay Australian launch

The Huffington Post appears to be delaying its Australian launch to instead focus on its moves into Japan and Brazil.

The online publisher has told Encore it will still launch in Australia, despite remaining largely silent on the issue in recent months, but has declined to comment on when the launch will be.

“We are still planning to launch in Australia, but are currently focusing on launching The Huffington Post in Japan and Brazil,” a spokeswoman for the Huffington Post told Mumbrella.

Mid last year a senior Huffpo executive told The Australian that the launch would be in the second quarter of 2013.