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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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Former AOL Exec Named Rosetta Stone Director
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AOL Snags Saul Hansell From The New York Times
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Market Report -- Short Stories AOL
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You've got freedom: AOL cuts ties
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Time Warner set to drop AOL
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IAC's Diller rebuffed Ask.com suitors
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Time Warner, AOL Set For Spin-Off This Week
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Lawsuit over Time Warner-AOL merger dismissed (Reuters)
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Hires and fires through Nov. 25
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AOL gets set to go solo
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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...
News & Analysis
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The Big Portals' Battle For Local
PaidContent
- 2009-12-04
The local space is heating up, with the number of hyperlocal news startups growing by the month and the big-three portals also doubling down. Given their big traffic numbers and financial might, it’s with the big portals that things could get interesting. AOL (NYSE: TWX), MSN and Yahoo (NSDQ:...
Media Cash for Clunkers and Other Deal Mania in 2010
BNET
- 2009-11-02
At least 200 media and tech companies seeking digital revenue nirvana could be involved in deals in 2010Â -- even if it means unraveling the past two decades of building and buying. UBS UBS has assembled a list of potential targets for media acquisitions...
Google And Microsoft Make Gains In The Search Market
BNET
- 2009-10-15
In September, Americans conducted 13.8 billion searches, with Google leading the way with 64.9 percent of the search market, a 0.3 percent increase from August, according to comScore's latest search engine rankings. Yahoo ranked second with 18.8 percent of the search market, a slight decline of 0.5 percent from August....
Gmail, AOL and Yahoo email logins posted online in phishing scam
BNET
- 2009-10-07
More than a quarter of a million email accounts on the biggest webmail services are believed to be at risk from online criminals after thousands of passwords belonging to users of the Yahoo, AOL and Gmail services were posted online. The breach, likely to be the...
20,000+ Gmail, Yahoo, AOL Accounts Compromised [ALERT]
BNET
- 2009-10-06
Yesterday, it was revealed that 10,000+ Hotmail accounts were compromised and all of the usernames and passwords of these accounts were posted online. It was a major security and scam issue, but it was thought to only affect Hotmail users. Unfortunately, Hotmail was only the...
AOL, Yahoo, and Microsoft Spend Big On Ads To Reclaim Their Luster
BNET
- 2009-10-05
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Facebook and Twitter get all the attention, but Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft, all onetime winners in their respective categories (portals, internet access, operating systems), are out to remind the world they're still the heavy-hitters on the web. For these brands, the...
Industry Moves: Garlinghouse Is Back?And AOL's Got Him
PaidContent
- 2009-09-08
Yahoo vet Brad Garlinghouse, the author of the infamous Peanut Butter Manifesto, is back in the portal business—and in a big way. Garlinghouse, who left Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) last year (part of that company’s brain drain), is joining AOL (NYSE: TWX) as president of Internet and Mobile Communications, spearheading...
Interview: Brad Garlinghouse, President, AOL Internet and Mobile Communications
PaidContent
- 2009-09-08
Until now, most of Tim Armstrong’s hires since he joined AOL (NYSE: TWX) as CEO have been in advertising or the business side, including a number from his former employer Google. Newest hire Brad Garlinghouse is a switch in both cases: a product guy from portal competitor Yahoo (NSDQ:...
Inside Word: Some Advice For Yahoo And AOL As They Double Down On The News Business
PaidContent
- 2009-09-04
The Inside Word is a weekly feature that looks at compelling industry debates and discussions unfolding on the blogs of employees at digital-media companies.Blogger: Tim OrenPosition: Managing director, Pacifica FundBlog name: Tim Oren’s Due Diligence: Letters From An Inhabited DataspaceBackstory: Oren is a co-founder of Silicon Valley VC firm...
Bing Sees Modest Search Gains In July
BNET
- 2009-08-19
Microsoft's Bing managed to make a slight gain in July while Google and Yahoo saw miniscule declines in search, according to comScore. Google led the U.S. search market in July with 64.7 percent of the searches conducted, followed by Yahoo (19.3%), and Bing (8.9%). Ask grabbed 3.9 percent of the...
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 Picks Leo Burnett
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Leo Burnett: You've Got AOL
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Associated Content Is The Place For Ace
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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
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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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Univision Partners With Truveo On Search
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• Google's anniversary gift: A 420% gain
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Google still rules five years after IPO
Industry Transcripts by Seeking Alpha
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infoGROUP, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
on Nov 04, 2009about IUSA
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Valassis Communications Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
on Oct 29, 2009about VCI
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Acxiom Corporation F2Q10 (Qtr End 09/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
on Oct 28, 2009about ACXM
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Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Conference Call
on Oct 28, 2009about IPG
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Local.com Corporation Q3 2009 Earnings Conference Call
on Oct 27, 2009about LOCM
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