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America Online Inc.

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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

Number of Employees 300

Contact Information

770 Broadway

New York, New York 10003

212-652-6400

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Display Advertising: 541850

Recent Events

Hires and fires through Nov. 25

11/26/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Director - View Story
RBC Capital Markets Corp initiates coverage of AOL Inc. at 'sector perform'

11/24/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Blogs: AOL's New Logo Makes Up For Lack Of Innovation

11/24/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
AOL Unveils New Brand

11/24/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
AOL to Unveil New Logo Following Next Month's Spinoff

11/23/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Cartoon Gets a Princess from AOL

11/21/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Will AOL's Implosion Ever End? - Latest remake involves laying off one third of staff...

11/20/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
AOL offers buyouts to over a third of work force

11/28/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CEO - View Story
Community Health To Participate In The 2009 Citi Investment Research Small And Mid Cap Conference;...

11/19/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
AOL Looks to Slash Staff By a Third

11/19/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
AmEx to buy Revolution Money payment platform

11/18/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Wikis Can Help Your Employees Collaborate

11/24/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
AOL-Time Warner and High-Speed Access. Also, Cell-Phone Ban.

11/26/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
AOL to spin off Dec. 9, begin trading Dec. 10

11/17/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Google lifeline thinning out

11/13/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
O'Brien: Beware the hype around mergers

11/11/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
AOL names former Martha Stewart CEO to board

11/06/09 - Board Member - Entering - View Story

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Brody Rejoins AOL To Head Paid Services In Finance Re-Org; Gilt CEO Lyne Added To Post-Spin Board

PaidContent - 2009-11-06

Ned Brody is re-joining AOL (NYSE: TWX) as EVP of paid services, leaving his role as founder and CEO of ARPUinc. He’ll be picking up where he left off in his former role at AOL as SVP of the company’s Premium Services unit—while there, he developed several new paid...

Tags: NYSE Euronext, America Online Inc., Ned Brody, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Sales Channel, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Sales, Industry Moves, Industry Moves Roundup, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, Patrick Smith
Industry Moves Round-Up: AOL; Namco; Elsevier; PC World; Machinima

PaidContent - 2009-09-25

—AOL: Caroline Campbell is taking on the role of VP of corporate communications at AOL (NYSE: TWX). She had already been working with the company for a few months in her role at PR firm Porter Novelli. Campbell previously worked in corporate communications at Google.—Namco: Catherine Fowler is now...

Tags: America Online Inc., VP, Industry, Namco, PC World, Sales Strategy, Public Relations, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Sales, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Industry Moves, Alex Ferreyra
Media Roundup: Google Asks AOL for Their Money Back, McClatchy to Cut $100 Million in Expenses and More

BNET - 2009-02-05

In Today's Media Roundup: Google asks AOL for their money back, McClatchy to cut $100 million in expenses, Warner music sales down 11 percent, Online ad revenues up in forth quarter, EchoStar buys Sirius XM debt, AP wants money for Obama poster and People and other magazines to disappear...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Associated Press, America Online Inc., Media, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Sirius, EchoStar Communications Corp., Fairey, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sean Blanda
Coleman Appointment at AOL Continues Game of Portal Musical Chairs

BNET - 2009-02-04

In the can't-tell-the-players-without-a-scorecard department, the game of musical chairs among online ad sales execs continues at the major portals with word yesterday that former Yahoo executive vp/global sales Greg Coleman would be the new head of Platform A, the AOL division which houses its ad business. What Coleman's appointment at...

Tags: Game, Advertisement, America Online Inc., VP, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Coleman, Portals, Sales Strategy, Web Technology, Internet, Sales, Catharine P. Taylor
Media Roundup: Post-Intelligencer is For Sale, Financial Times to Lay Off 80, and More

BNET - 2009-01-12

In Today' Media Roundup: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is for sale, but finding a buyer may be unlikely, Financial Times to lay off 80, AOL splits content sees higher pageviews, Music video game sales down and Single copy magazine sales down by Sean Blanda

Tags: Revenue, Financial Times, America Online Inc., Media, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Games, Sales, Personal Technology, Sean Blanda

Earnings: Carphone Confirms Split; iPhone/Dongles Drive Mobile; AOL UK Haemorrhaging

Content Next - 2008-11-18

Carphone Warehouse profit dropped by 11 percent to £39 million ($58 million) between April and September but, in answer, the group on Tuesday confirmed plans to split itself in two - the Best Buy Europe electronics retailer, created when the US giant bought half of Carphone for $2.1 billion...

Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Phone, Financial, Mobile, America Online Inc., U.K., Earnings, TalkTalk, Sales Strategy, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Investment, Sales Force Management, Financial Accounting, Telecom & Utilities, Sales, Internet, Finance, Robert Andrews, Countries, Europe, UK, Money, Time Warner Inc.
AOL's Platform-A Lands Verizon Deal, No. 1 Network Ranking

BNET - 2008-04-15

Not a bad day for AOL's Platform-A ad network. First, the company announced a major deal with Verizon, in which Platform-A will rep all of its online advertising, as well as most of its mobile advertising: Under the terms of the agreement, Verizon will leverage Platform-Aâ€™s ...

Tags: Advertisement, Network, America Online Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Ad Network, Sales Strategy, Sales, Jake Swearingen
JumpTV Appoints Head of Global Ad Sales; Former AOL Executive Bill Stephen to Lead Ad Sales Team and Develop Sales Strategy.

- 2007-09-11

TORONTO, Sep 11, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- To further leverage the millions of hours of IPTV-based advertising inventory across its network, JumpTV Inc. (AIM: JTV) (TSX: JTV), a leader in broadcasting international and sports television over t TORONTO, Sep 11, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX --...

Tags: advertisement, America Online Inc., sales, sales strategy
Seven Steps To Marketing Your New Product

BNET - 2006-11-15

Willing bring a new product or service to market. All the homework is done and decided exactly what plan is to offer; now all there is need to generate is sales. Sounds simple enough, doesn't it? But every day, countless new product and service ideas are conceived-never to be born...

Tags: America Online Inc., Product, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Marketing Research, Sales, Marketing
Neuf Cegetel Finalizes Agreement to Acquire Time Warner's AOL France Internet Access Business for EUR 288 Million; AOL to Provide Audience Services and Manage Online Advertising Sales for Neuf Cegetel's Internet Portal Audience

- 2006-09-21

PARIS & NEW YORK -- Neuf Cegetel and Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) today announced that they have finalized their agreement, after exclusive negotiations, for Neuf Cegetel to acquire AOL France's Internet access business for EUR 288 million ($365 million) in cash.

Tags: agreement, America Online Inc., Internet, sales, Time Warner Inc.

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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

Executive News

AOL Picks Leo Burnett

Adweek Online - 9/04/09 - View Story
Leo Burnett: You've Got AOL

PR Newswire - 9/04/09 - View Story
Associated Content Is The Place For Ace

Media Post - 9/04/09 - View Story
AOL Names CFO

TradingMarkets - 9/04/09 - View Story
Arora To Head Up Google Sales

Media Post - 9/03/09 - View Story
Examiner.com scoops up NowPublic

CNET News.com - 9/01/09 - View Story
AOL Taps New C.F.O. Ahead of Spin-Off

New York Times - 8/28/09 - View Story
AOL Names Minson as CFO

The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition - 8/28/09 - View Story
AOL names Arthur Minson CFO

Hollywood Reporter - 8/27/09 - View Story
AOL Names Time Warner Cable's Minson As CFO

Multichannel Online - 8/27/09 - View Story
AOL picks former Time Warner cable exec as CFO

Reuters - 8/27/09 - View Story
UPDATE 1-AOL picks former Time Warner cable exec as CFO

Reuters - 8/27/09 - View Story
AOL Hires Arthur Minson as CFO, EVP

Mediaweek - 8/27/09 - View Story
AOL picks former Time Warner cable exec as CFO

Reuters via Yahoo! - 8/27/09 - View Story
AOL Selects TW Cable Executive Minson As Chief Financial Officer

CNN Money - 8/27/09 - View Story
AOL Names Arthur Minson as Chief Financial Officer

Business Wire - 8/27/09 - View Story
AOL hires new finance chief

Washington Business Journal - 8/27/09 - View Story
Univision Partners With Truveo On Search

Media Post - 8/25/09 - View Story
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CNN Money - 8/23/09 - View Story
Google still rules five years after IPO

CNN Money - 8/23/09 - View Story

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