We here at Mediaite understand one basic truism to all media strategies — sex sells. Every so often (read: every day) we notice how some of our friends across the Internet use sexy headlines and photos to drive traffic. And what better way to celebrate these recession-busting decisions than in a regular feature? Welcome to SEX WATCH!

Glenn Greenwald is reporting that HuffPo has hired recently fired Washington Post blogger Dan Froomkin. What’s equally interesting is that Froomkin said yes. Is HuffPo merely trying to establish further legitimacy in DC circles? Or take on Politico?

Newly installed HuffPo CEO Eric Hippeau says the company could be making money “if it wanted to.” But for the time being it looks like they might be sticking to what one could feasibly refer to as the 2.0 version of the world’s oldest profession. Simon Dumenco weighs in…again.

Says Arianna Huffington: “Looking for hidden political agendas in every article and every photo on HuffPost will lead to some very convoluted conclusions. As Freud said, ‘Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar’ — and a nipple slip is just a nipple slip.”

More than two months after the Washington City Paper published an April Fool’s Day parody of the Huffington Post homepage HuffPo has decided to retaliate! Why the sudden interest? We’re fairly certain it has something to do with Rihanna’s nipples.

We all know sex sells. So here’s a quick look who’s strutting their best stuff on the corner of Link meets Bait.