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AOL is a leading global ad-supported Web company, with a comprehensive display advertising network in the U.S., a suite of popular Web brands and products, and a leading social media network. The company?s strategy focuses on growing the size, engagement and monetization of its worldwide audience by providing highly relevant content and advertising to consumers across the Web. AOL?s business is centered on Platform-A, Publishing and People Networks. In addition, AOL continues to run one of the largest Access businesses in the U.S. A majority-owned subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., AOL LLC and its subsidiaries have operations in the U.S., Europe, Canada and Asia.
Chief Executive Officer
Tim ArmstrongNumber of Employees 300
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Display Advertising: 541850
Recent Events
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Hires and fires through Nov. 25
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RBC Capital Markets Corp initiates coverage of AOL Inc. at 'sector perform'
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Blogs: AOL's New Logo Makes Up For Lack Of Innovation
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AOL Unveils New Brand
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AOL to Unveil New Logo Following Next Month's Spinoff
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Cartoon Gets a Princess from AOL
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Will AOL's Implosion Ever End? - Latest remake involves laying off one third of staff...
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AOL set to shed third of work force
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Community Health To Participate In The 2009 Citi Investment Research Small And Mid Cap Conference;...
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AOL Looks to Slash Staff By a Third
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AmEx to buy Revolution Money payment platform
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Wikis Can Help Your Employees Collaborate
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AOL-Time Warner and High-Speed Access. Also, Cell-Phone Ban.
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AOL to spin off Dec. 9, begin trading Dec. 10
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Google lifeline thinning out
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O'Brien: Beware the hype around mergers
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AOL names former Martha Stewart CEO to board
News & Analysis
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Statement from Jules Polonetsky, AOL's Chief Privacy Officer on the FTC Staff's Proposed Online Behavioral Advertising Privacy Principles
- 2007-12-20
DULLES, Va. -- In response to today's announcement by the FTC's staff of proposed online behavioral advertising privacy principles, AOL's Chief Privacy Officer, Jules Polonetsky, made the following statement:
The Philadelphia Inquirer Consumer Watch Column.
- 2004-06-16
By Jeff Gelles, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 16--About five years ago, a colleague of mine conducted a small experiment. He sat down at his computer with his 6-year-old daughter, who was eager to try out...
Middle Village, N.Y., Teen Settles Online Scam Suit without Admitting Guilt.
- 2004-05-22
By Mark Harrington, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 22--The urgent e-mail from the "account department" told America Online customers of the need for "updated/corrected" credit-card and billing information from "all our members." "Please be advised...
US crackdown hits identity theft scammer posing as AOL, Paypal
- 2004-03-22
WASHINGTON AFP ? US authorities said they had obtained a criminal conviction and a civil court order in a fraud scheme that hijacked logos from America Online and Web payments service Paypal to trick customers into revealing key data. The Federal Trade Commission said it obtained a court-ordered shutdown...
The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Your Money's Worth Column.
- 2004-01-11
By Kevin DeMarrais, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 11--Are you getting less junk in your electronic mailbox? You should, because a new federal law that took effect 11 days ago imposed tight restrictions on spam. But if...
AOL settles FTC charges
- 2003-09-24
America Online Tuesday agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it treated subscribers unfairly over the last several years by making it overly difficult for them to cancel monthly subscriptions to the Internet service. AOL said in a statement that the company was not admitting any...
Internet 'spoofing' isn't funny
- 2003-07-22
WASHINGTON -- Stealing identities and credit card numbers with bogus e-mail and Web sites that appear to come from legitimate companies is an increasing problem on the Internet, federal officials warned Monday. The Federal Trade Commission said it had brought its first case against this type of scheme,...
'Phishing' Is Latest Internet Fraud Scheme.
- 2003-07-22
By Mary Anne Ostrom, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 22--There's a new Internet fraud scheme you can add to your list: Phishing. In what the FBI Monday called "the hottest, and most troubling, new scam...
Virginia Governor Signs Bill to Jail Those Sending E-Mail Spam.
- 2003-04-30
By Tim Lemke, The Washington Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 30--Virginia yesterday became the first state to pass legislation allowing prosecutors to bring criminal charges against senders of spam. Gov. Mark Warner signed two antispam bills at the Sterling,...
The Week.(includes multiple records)(Brief Article)
- 2002-08-12
New AOL chief to mend ad fences With Jonathan Miller installed as chairman-CEO of America Online, the AOL Time Warner Internet unit is expected to focus on deepening its relationships with subscribers, repairing relations with advertisers and introducing services under a retooled business model....
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Tim Armstrong | Chief Executive Officer |
| Bill Wilson | President, MediaGlow |
| Gregory G. Coleman | President, Platform-A |
| Ted Cahall | President, Products & Technologies |
| Kimberly Strong | Vice President, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer |
| Nisha Kumar | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
| Dave Harmon | Executive Vice President, Human Resources |
| Ira Parker | Executive Vice President, Business Development, and General Counsel |
| Joanna Shields | Executive Vice President, & President, People Networks |
| Jon Werther | Executive Vice President, Integrated Operations |
| Kimberley Partoll | Executive Vice President, Access, Business Intelligence & New Ventures |
| Maneesh Dhir | Executive Vice President, International |
| Tricia Primrose Wallace | Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications |
| Tiane Mitchell Gordon | Senior Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion |
| Erin Clift | Senior Vice President, Global Sales Development |
| Jeff Levick | Head, Global Advertising Sales Strategy |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AOL LLC | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Lawrence Academy Private School | Trustee | Current |
| AOL LLC | Chairman | Current |
| Advertising Research Foundation | Board of Directors | Current |
| KnowledgeStorm, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| AOL LLC | Vice President, Advertising Sales | Former |
| Starwave Corporation | Director of Integrated Sales & Marketing | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AOL LLC | President, MediaGlow | Current |
| AOL LLC | Executive Vice President, Programming | Former |
| Rutgers University Graduate School of Management | MBA | Former |
| State University of New York at Stony Brook | BS in Business Management | Former |
| State University of New York at Stony Brook | BA in Economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AOL LLC | President, Platform-A | Current |
| NetSeer, Inc. | President and CEO | Former |
| Yahoo! Inc. | Executive Vice President, Media & Sales | Former |
| Yahoo! Inc. | Executive Vice President, Global Sales | Former |
| NetSeer, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AOL LLC | President, Products & Technologies | Current |
| Nvtc | Board of Directors | Current |
| CNET Networks, Inc. | CIO | Former |
| Classmates Online, Inc. | COO & Executive Vice President | Former |
| United Online, Inc. | Executive Vice President | Former |
| AOL LLC | Executive Vice President, Platforms and Technologies | Former |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | MS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Former |
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Master's In Business Administration Studies | Former |
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Bachelor's | Former |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AOL LLC | Vice President, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AOL LLC | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Harvard Business School | MBA | Former |
| Harvard College | Graduate | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AOL LLC | Executive Vice President, Human Resources | Current |
| Clarkson University | MBA | Former |
| Skidmore College | BA in Marketing and Psychology | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AOL LLC | Executive Vice President, Business Development, and General Counsel | Current |
| Zink Imaging, Inc | Executive | Current |
| Zink Imaging, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Polaroid Corporation | Chief Legal Officer | Former |
| Bird Inc | Partner | Former |
| Alston & Bird | Partner | Former |
| Resolution Trust Corporation | Deputy General Counsel | Former |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | Former | |
| Emory University School of Law | Law degree | Former |
| Brooklyn College | BA | Former |
| Emory University School of Law | Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AOL LLC | Executive Vice President, & President, People Networks | Current |
| Bebo LLC | CEO | Former |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Bachelor's Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AOL LLC | Executive Vice President, Integrated Operations | Current |
| The George Washington University Law School | JD | Former |
| The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | MBA | Former |
| Emory University | BA | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AOL LLC | Executive Vice President, Access, Business Intelligence & New Ventures | Current |
| AOL LLC | Executive Vice President, Customer Management and Paid Services | Former |
| Duke University | Bachelor's degree in History | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AOL LLC | Executive Vice President, International | Current |
| Stanford University | Master's of Business Administration | Former |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Master's of Science | Former |
| Indian Institute of Technology | Bachelor's of Technology degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AOL LLC | Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications | Current |
| Georgetown University | Graduate | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AOL LLC | Senior Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion | Current |
| Women In Community Service, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| AOL LLC | Director of Diversity and Inclusion | Former |
| Wesleyan University | Graduate | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AOL LLC | Senior Vice President, Global Sales Development | Current |
| Peoria Ad Club | Board of Directors | Current |
| Google Inc. | Head, Advertising-Agency Relations | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AOL LLC | Head, Global Advertising Sales Strategy | Current |
| Helium, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Search Engine Strategies | Board of Directors | Current |
| Google Inc. | Vice President, Industry Development & Marketing, The Americas | Former |
| Strategic Alliances LLC | Board of Directors | Former |
| DePaul University | J.D. | Former |
| New York University | Bachelor's Degree | Former |
| DePaul University | Degree | Former |
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AOL Picks Leo Burnett
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Examiner.com scoops up NowPublic
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AOL Taps New C.F.O. Ahead of Spin-Off
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AOL Names Minson as CFO
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AOL names Arthur Minson CFO
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AOL Names Time Warner Cable's Minson As CFO
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AOL picks former Time Warner cable exec as CFO
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UPDATE 1-AOL picks former Time Warner cable exec as CFO
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AOL Hires Arthur Minson as CFO, EVP
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AOL picks former Time Warner cable exec as CFO
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AOL Selects TW Cable Executive Minson As Chief Financial Officer
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AOL Names Arthur Minson as Chief Financial Officer
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AOL hires new finance chief
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