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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

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NAICS Code Display Advertising: 541850

Recent Events

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Lawsuit over Time Warner-AOL merger dismissed (Reuters)

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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'

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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 offers buyouts to over a third of work force

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AOL to spin off Dec. 9, begin trading Dec. 10

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Comcast Not Satisfied With Success, Decides to Become AOL Time Warner

BNET - 2009-12-03

We're finally at the point where Time Warner TWX is going to spin off AOL, which was originally the acquired in one of the most ill-conceived merger deals of all time. And now what happens? Comcast CMSA decides that it isn't satisfied with creating a trend of increasing share prices....

Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Comcast Corp., Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Erik Sherman
AOL to Cut One-third of Workforce

Reuters - 2009-11-19

NEW YORK (Reuters) - AOL plans to cut one-third of its workforce, or about 2,500 jobs, in an effort to trim some $300 million in annual costs as part of the Internet company's planned spin-off from Time Warner Inc.The struggling Web pioneer, which is now focused primarily on advertising-supported content,...

Tags: Time Warner Inc., Layoff, America Online Inc., Workforce, Workforce Management, Internet, Human Resources, December Spin-off
AOL to lay off a third of staff

BNET - 2009-11-19

NEW YORK - AOL said it plans to cut about a third of its work force once it is spun off from the media conglomerate Time Warner Inc. That would amount to nearly 2,300 of the roughly 6,900 workers at the struggling Internet company. AOL said in a securities filing...

Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc.
AOL and Time Warner Officially Splitting Up

BNET - 2009-11-17

By Andy Beal Sometimes, what looks like it will be as tasty as chocolate and peanut butter, ends up tasting more like pickles and ice cream. Nothing matches that last culinary disaster better than the merger of AOL and Time Warner. Well, on December 9th, that union will be no...

Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc.
AOL to spin off Dec. 9, begin trading Dec. 10

BNET - 2009-11-17

AOL will officially be spun off from Time Warner on December 9, with trading to begin the next day.Shareholders of record at 2 p.m. PST on November 27 will get one share of AOL for every 11 shares of Time Warner on the day of the long-expected spinoff of the...

Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc.

With AOL Spinoff, TMZ To Move To Time Warner/Telepictures, As Expected; $25M 2008 Revenues

PaidContent - 2009-11-16

As we have been reporting for a while, celeb powerhouse site TMZ will now be part of Time Warner, after operating as a JV between AOL and Warner Bros-owned Telepictures for a while. First TMZ took ad sales away from AOL earlier this summer, and now as part of...

Tags: Revenue, Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., TMZ, Operational Accounting, Finance, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, Rafat Ali
Time Warner Will Spin Off AOL On Dec. 9, Declare Dividend Of AOL Shares

PaidContent - 2009-11-16

Time Warner has set the date for spinning off AOL for Dec. 9. The company’s board of directors has approved the final distribution ratio and declared a pro rata dividend of the shares of AOL common stock owned by Time Warner (NYSE: TWX). The AOL common stock will not...

Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Dividend, Common Stock, Financial Planning, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Corporate Governance, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, David Kaplan
Time Warner to Spin Off AOL on December 9

Reuters - 2009-11-16

By Yinka AdegokeNEW YORK (Reuters) - Media conglomerate Time Warner Inc said on Monday it will spin off its AOL unit to shareholders on December 9, nine tumultuous years after one of the most disastrous corporate mergers in history.Time Warner shareholders of record on November 27 will receive an AOL...

Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Financial Accounting, Sales Strategy, Financial Planning, Personal Finance, Finance, Tim Armstrong
AOL Begins Layoffs; 100 To Be Let Go Today

PaidContent - 2009-11-10

AOL is laying off 100 staffers today, sources tell paidContent, confirming earlier reports by AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher and Valleywag. The moves are part of CEO Tim Armstrong’s “Project Everest,” which he has said is designed to look at streamlining roughly 10 individual teams at the company. Armstrong has indicated...

Tags: Time Warner Inc., Layoff, America Online Inc., Armstrong, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Jobs & Layoffs, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, David Kaplan
Time Warner's Revenues Down 6 Percent; AOL Tanks 23 Percent

PaidContent - 2009-11-04

Time Warner’s river of woes continue as it reported its Q309 earnings this morning: its revenues were down 7 percent, while AOL (NYSE: TWX), slated to be split off by end of this year, saw its revenues drop by a big 23 percent compared to last year. Release. by...

Tags: Revenue, Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Operational Accounting, Finance, Rafat Ali

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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

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AOL Names CFO

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Arora To Head Up Google Sales

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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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