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AOL: Last Ditch Efforts
Do you need help operating your computer-machine on the Intertubes? Once upon a time, AOL was master of its domain. Now that the world has realized the internet is free, AOL struggles to be useful. They bought Bebo, a social-networking site, in hopes that the young, international demographic will boost...
Tags: nyse, nasdaq, invest, investing, stock stock exchange, stocks, wallstrip, julie alexandria, analysts, howard lindzon, bebo, social networking, europe, risky harold and maude, road runner, time warner cable, instant messaging, aol, IM, Time Warner Inc., Internet, America Online Inc.
Videos 2008-06-06
"Ignited" Author Vince Thompson: Why Middle Managers Rule
Who needs CEOs? Not Vince Thompson. While he says they are valuable in raising money and getting a company started, middle management is where the real action is. That's where you get a real understanding of a company's strengths and weaknesses as well as what its customer needs are. Here,...
Tags: Middleshift, Vince Thompson, Ignited, Middle management, Management, AOL
Videos 2007-10-16
Jason Calacanis: Taking on Google
How does a good idea take hold? Serial entrepreneur Jason Calacanis knows the answer. The Brooklyn-born new media bad boy has been stirring up money and attention for his projects ever since he founded The Silicon Alley Reporter in 1996. He followed that with Weblogs, Inc., which he sold to...
Tags: Google Inc., Weblogs Inc., Silicon Alley Reporter, search engines, Dog And Pony, controversy, innovation, AOL, Mahalo, Calacanis, Marketing, Management, Strategy, Search, Advertising & Promotion, Entrepreneurship, Leadership
Videos 2007-09-24
Interview: AOL's Levick: Still Shopping; Ad Exchange Model Not A Fit
Taking a break between panel discussions at Advertising Week in New York, AOL’s Jeff Levick, president of Global Advertising and Strategy, offered his take on where the company stands, two months after the completion of CEO Tim Armstrong’s 100-day review. As evidenced in the elimination of two top execs...
Tags: Advertisement, America Online Inc., Tim, Advertising, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, David Kaplan
External links 2009-09-24
AOL Sues Advertise.com, Citing Likelihood Of Confusion With Advertising.com And Ad.com
Advertising.com, Ad.com, and Advertise.com. Because AOL (NYSE: TWX) says it has extensively used and promoted the first two trademarks, it is claiming control over the third, and therefore suing search and display platform Advertise.com for trademark infringement. In a lawsuit, AOL claims that Advertise.com is “virtually identical and confusingly...
Tags: Advertising.com, America Online Inc., Advertise.com, Advertising, Legal, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-19
Time Warner buys back AOL stake from Google
Time Warner bought back Google’s 5% stake in AOL for USD283m earlier this month as part of plans to reverse its ill-fated merger with AOL, according to regulatory filings. Google paid USD1bn for its stake in AOL in 2005, but has since written down the value of its investment by more than...
Tags: Google Inc., Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Channel Management, Internet, Search, Marketing, AOL, Jasper Jackson
Articles 2009-07-27
Liberty Media CEO hints at AOL acquisition
Liberty Media CEO, Greg Maffei,has hinted that the company is considering buying AOL's dial-up internet business from Time Warner, claiming that the firms are having "ongoing positive discussions". In an interview with CNBC, Maffei says: "There are assets inside Time...
Tags: Acquisition, Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Liberty Media Corp., Internet, Mergers & Acquisitions, Asset Management, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Operational Planning, Business Operations, AOL, CNBC, Editorial
Articles 2009-06-28
AOL buys two sites to boost local news output
AOL is buying two small websites which specialise in local content in an attempt to better target the market for local news. AOL confirmed the purchase of Patch Media and Going for less than USD10m each on June 11. Patch...
Tags: America Online Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Web Site Development, Corporate Law, Web Technology, Investment, Finance, Internet, Business Operations, AOL, MapQuest, Yellow Pages Group, Sarah Vizard, Time Warner Inc.
Articles 2009-06-11
AOL brings Socialthing to Warner sites
AOL is bringing its Socialthing life-stream to Warner Brothers Television Group websites. Time Warner-owned sites including CWTV.com, TheWB.com, KidsWB.com, DCHeroZone.com, Essence.com and Momlogic.com will integrate the life-stream service, which will display updates on a user’s activities on the Warner Brothers properties. ...
Tags: America Online Inc., Instant Messaging, Groupware, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, AOL, Warner Bros. Entertainment Group, Jasper Jackson, Time Warner Inc.
Articles 2009-05-05
Syndicaster to put local TV on YouTube
Video delivery company Syndicaster is offering local TV stations several new distribution channels for their video clips. These include YouTube, Yahoo! and AOL, via Brightcove. Syndicaster is a web-based video editing, management and delivery company that targets the...
Tags: YouTube Inc., Video, Syndicaster, Corporate Communications, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, AOL, Brightcove, YouTube, Editorial, Yahoo! Inc.
Articles 2009-04-14
CondeNast inks distribution deal with Hulu
CondeNast is partnering with Hulu to distribute content from its web properties, including Style.com, Epicurious.com, Wired.com, Men.Style.com and Vogue.TV. CondeNast already has distribution partnerships with YouTube, Adobe Media Player, Sony Bravia Internet Video and Verizon V-Cast. CondeNast is hoping to...
Tags: Web, CondeNast, Hulu, Business Structures, Channel Management, Media Players, Corporate Communications, Finance, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, MySpace, AOL, YouTube, Conde Nast Publications, Sony Electronics, editorial, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Yahoo! Inc.
Articles 2009-03-16
Bebo targets US Latinos
Bebo is partnering with AOL Latino and Hearst Digital in a bid to attract Latinos users in the US. Content from AOL Latino will include bilingual news, music and entertainment, while Hearst will provide videos, photos and polls from its site MisQuinceMag.com. ...
Tags: Bebo, America Online Inc., Hearst Corp., Social Networking, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing, AOL, editorial, Hearst-Argyle Television Inc.
Articles 2009-03-09
UK web players regulate behavioural ads
Major internet companies including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! and AOL are introducing guidelines for the use of behavioural advertising in the UK in a move aimed at placating privacy groups. Analysts are saying the guidelines are also an attempt to dissuade...
Tags: Web, Advertisement, U.K., Phorm, AOL, Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB), George Mitton, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.
Articles 2009-03-04
Time Warner and Comcast to launch VoD services – Rumour
Cable TV providers Comcast and Time Warner Cable are reportedly in talks with a number of major cable TV networks about launching online video on demand VoD services. The cable operators have recently met with programme owners including Time Warner,...
Tags: Time Warner Inc., VoD, Comcast Corp., Cable Company, Time Warner Cable Inc., Video, NBCU, Corporate Communications, Cable, Network Technology, Marketing, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, AOL, NBC Universal, Andrew McDonald, VIA Technologies Inc., Viacom Inc.
Articles 2009-02-20
AOL-Owned Patch Launches Two New Local Sites, Names Publisher
First, EveryBlock gets sold and now another heavily talked about hyperlocal startup has its own bit of news to announce. AOL-owned Patch is launching new sites in Summit, New Jersey and Darien, Connecticut, bringing the total number of hyperlocal sites in its network to eight. Three more are listed...
Tags: America Online Inc., CEO, Patch, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Financial Accounting, Internet, Finance, Advertising, Local, Media & Publishing, Online News, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-19
Industry Moves: AOL Brings Back Minson As CFO To Manage Spinoff
Former AOL (NYSE: TWX) corporate finance head Arthur Minson is moving back to the Time Warner unit as executive vice president and CFO. MInson left AOL in 2006 to help Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) with its spinoff from Time Warner as EVP and deputy CFO, giving him the...
Tags: Time Warner Inc., NYSE Euronext, Brings Co., America Online Inc., Industry, Manage Inc., Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Finance, Management, Industry Moves, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-08-27
Interview: AOL's Armstrong: You're Going To See More Changes
Following a roundtable breakfast with the new AOL to kick off Advertising Week, I caught up with CEO Tim Armstrong and got in a few questions (along with MediaMemo’s Peter Kafka). Overall, Armstrong said that he’s relying on AOL (NYSE: TWX) employees to tell him where to make the...
Tags: Advertisement, Brand, America Online Inc., Tim Armstrong, Branding, Marketing, Advertising, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, David Kaplan
External links 2009-09-21
Former Bebo Exec Shields Partnering On Content Company With Shine's Murdoch
Joanna Shields, who stepped down as president of the defunct People Networks unit at AOL (NYSE: TWX) last May, is working with Shine Group Chairman and CEO Elisabeth Murdoch on creating a content company from the ground up, AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher reported, citing unidentified sources. The as-yet unnamed company...
Tags: Bebo, President, Content Company, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Media & Publishing, Social Media, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, David Kaplan
External links 2009-09-16
AOL Tosses Out COO Partoll, Search And Local Head Kannapel
AOL (NYSE: TWX) CEO Tim Armstrong will be looking for ways to trim the company’s costs this fall and today, he started with two top execs, COO Kim Partoll and John Kannapell, SVP of search and local media, MediaMemo reported and paidContent has confirmed. A source tells paidContent that...
Tags: America Online Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Advertising, Local, Industry Moves, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, David Kaplan
External links 2009-09-16
Revamped SBNation Hooks Up With FanHouse
So what does a five-year-old sports start-up do with $13 million in funding? Blog network SBNation is spending some of it on a new strategy that adds a layer of senior editors and a real-time, edited news stream, pulling the 212 blogs into what CEO Jim Bankoff now calls...
Tags: America Online Inc., Blog, SBNation, FanHouse, Bankoff, Blogging, Business Structures, Internet, Finance, Entertainment, Sports, Media & Publishing, Online News, Social Media, Nanopublishing, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-09-10
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