Role: Arianna Huffington will be ubiquitous at Davos, much like her newspaper is on the web. The larger than life media baron will mediate three discussions in addition to sitting on a panel about the future of journalism in the digital age.
What’s at stake in 2012: Two years into profitability and a year after The Huffington Post’s purchase by AOL, the paper is setting to expand internationally, with it’s French launch due this week. The bureau will be run by Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s wife, Anne Sinclair.