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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

AOL names former Martha Stewart CEO to board

11/06/09 - Board Member - Entering - View Story
Break-Up To Make-Up: AOL Announces Financial Leadership Team

11/06/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story
Tech Ticker: Sun, AOL, AT&T

11/07/09 - Board Member - Entering - View Story
Time Warner reiterates AOL spin plan as net drops 38%

11/04/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Time Warner Profit Falls 38%

11/04/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
E-mail proof provider adds AOL, Yahoo to its suit against Goodmail Systems

10/29/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story
Michael Powell, Pat Mitchell, Fred Reynolds Join AOL Board

10/26/09 - Board Member - Entering - View Story
AOL names board of directors

10/27/09 - Board Member - Entering - View Story
Comcast And NBC Uni, Good But Not Great Deal: Analysis

10/26/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
The Life and Near Death of DMOZ

10/16/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Wall Street seeking catalysts to sustain media-stock surge

10/15/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
NBC-Comcast: A Big Deal, but Not a Good One

10/26/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
AOL Launches JSYK.com

10/08/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

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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
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
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
Time Warner sees changes

BNET - 2009-11-04

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday that its business outlook has improved, after the company posted quarterly profit and sales that fell from year-ago results but beat Wall Street's forecasts. The recession has cut into the company's media subscriptions and advertising sales, which are its primary revenue...

Tags: company, Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Time Inc.
AOL Keeping Its Venture Investments and AOL India

PaidContent - 2009-11-03

Last week I reported based on AOL’s spinoff SEC filing that Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) may be retaining AOL India and AOL’s venture investments. Turns out neither of that is happening, and was based on my misreading of the SEC filings. On AOL India, the company has denied Time...

Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Investment, Finance, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, Countries, Asia, India, Rafat Ali

Bewkes Asks Analysts To Imagine Time Warner Without AOL

PaidContent - 2009-11-03

Work in progress. It’s not quite the first day of the rest of their lives—that will come when the split is official—but Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes wants analysts and investors to start looking at AOL and Time Warner as two different companies, even breaking out the results as...

Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Bewkes, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Finance, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, Staci D. Kramer
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...

Tags: Google Inc., Acquisition, Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Media, CBS Corp., UBS AG, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Business Structures, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Diane Mermigas
AOL's Patch Plans Big New York Expansion

PaidContent - 2009-10-27

AOL-owned hyper-local firm Patch Media is making a big push into New York state, with the launch of 11 sites in Long Island and Westchester County over the next three months; the expansion will nearly double the size of the hyper local network, which already is the largest local...

Tags: Network, America Online Inc., Site, Networking, Advertising, Local, Media & Publishing, Online News, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, Joseph Tartakoff
Avoiding the 'AOL problem'

BNET - 2009-10-27

I believe we are at a turning point in the history of the wireless industry. Data is driving wireless revenues and is the focal point of product development in nearly every sector of the mobile ecosystem, with Cisco's $2.9 billion acquisition of Starent being a signature "event." But there are...

Tags: Wireless, America Online Inc.
David Liu Is Out As AOL's Global Messaging Head

PaidContent - 2009-10-26

David Liu is leaving his post as SVP for Global Messaging, Techcrunch reports. He’ll be making his exit next month, according to an e-mail Liu sent to co-workers. Although he’d been in the role for about a year-and-a-half, Liu’s departure comes a month after the hiring of ex-Yahoo (NSDQ:...

Tags: America Online Inc., Messaging, David Liu, E-mail, Instant Messaging, Portals, Groupware, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Online Communications, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Industry Moves, Social Media, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, David Kaplan

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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
• Google's anniversary gift: A 420% gain

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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