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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
AOL Wrestles With The Value Of Putting Its Brand Name On Everything
Even before Tim Armstrong joined Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) to take AOL independent, the company was mixing in new brands with the familiar acronym. He’s pushed that strategy even harder, to the point where the question is what brands will be added—but whether any of the major content will...
Tags: Brand Name, Brand, America Online Inc., Branding, Marketing, Media & Publishing, Online News, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, David Kaplan
External links 2009-11-20
JP Morgan: AOL's Value Pegged At Just $4.2 Billion
In answer to all the speculation about how much AOL (NYSE: TWX) is worth as Time Warner gets closer to spinning the unit off, JP Morgan analyst Imran Khan estimates the company is worth only $4.2 billion—a far cry from the $20 billion Google (NSDQ: GOOG) placed on it...
Tags: America Online Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, Money, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, David Kaplan
External links 2009-09-30
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
Google wants rid of AOL stake
Google is demanding that Time Warner either buys back Google’s 5% stake in AOL or offers the shares to the public in an IPO. Google is entitled to make this demand under the terms of its 2005 agreement, when Google paid Time Warner USD1bn for the AOL shares. ...
Tags: Google Inc., Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., IPO, Business Structures, Financial Planning, Internet, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, AOL, George Mitton
Articles 2009-02-05
AOL denies Bebo sale rumours
AOL is denying rumours that it is looking to sell Bebo, the social network it bought for USD850m less than a year ago. The denial comes amid claims Bebo has underperformed since it was acquired last March and may be...
Tags: Bebo, Network, America Online Inc., Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, AOL, Andrew McDonald, Time Warner Inc.
Articles 2009-01-28
Microsoft and Yahoo! executives renew talks
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer met with Yahoo! chairman, Roy Bostock, in New York late last week, according to press reports. It is the second time the companies have held talks in the last week and fuels speculation that the firms aim to renegotiate a search ad partnership. ...
Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Business Structures, Search, Finance, AOL, Andrew McDonald
Articles 2009-01-19
Balderton plans to invest USD480m in digital media startups
Balderton Capital has raised USD480m that it plans to invest in tech and media companies. The venture capital group - which was once the London arm of Benchmark Capital before spinning off in 2007 from its parent – has become one of Europe’s top investors.The group believes that the...
Tags: Balderton Capital, Digital Media, Venture Capital, Open Source, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Finance, Financing Startups, AOL, Bebo, MySQL, Marie Laigneau
Articles 2009-01-13
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
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
Industry Moves: Former YouTube Ad Exec Shashi Seth To Head AOL's Global Ad Products
Another Googler has landed at AOL… The latest is former YouTube monetization head Shashi Seth, who will now serve as SVP for Global Ad Products at AOL (NYSE: TWX). Seth left as YouTube’s head of monetization in June 2008 to become chief revenue office for image and video searcher...
Tags: Advertisement, America Online Inc., Industry, YouTube Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Advertising, Industry Moves, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, David Kaplan
External links 2009-09-29
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
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
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