From the minute I heard that Time Warner bought Bebo for $850 million, I thought it was a bad idea which would hurt the company long term. At the very least, that money could now have been used to build a whole new AOL.…
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David Eun Puts AOL On A URL Diet With ‘Super Net’ Strategy
*Google* vet David Eun has kept a low profile since he joined AOL (NYSE: AOL) in March as president of AOL Media and Studios. But this week……
Read More@ CM Summit: Armstrong: AOL’s Content Approach Is Similar To Disney
Luckily for internet-related conference organizers, *AOL* CEO Tim Armstrong doesn't seem to be getting tired of answering the question: "Wha……
Read More@ D8: AOL’s Armstrong: Some Interest In Buying Bebo
The end of May is a memory and AOL (NYSE: AOL) has yet to announce the fate of Bebo, the $850 million bet made by previous management. I was……
Read MoreSEC Watch: Armstrong Puts $11 Million Into AOL Stock
Already a hefty shareholder in AOL (NYSE: AOL), Chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong added to his stake by buying $11 million in shares over the p……
Read MoreInterview: AOL’s Armstrong Tries To Rewrite Groundhog Day Script
Groundhog Day was a couple of months ago but Tim Armstrong gets his own version of it today, when he chairs the new AOL's first annual share……
Read MoreAOL’s Armstrong: No Ad Demand Problem Here
Despite the negative display revenue and ad revenues AOL (NYSE: AOL) reported this morning, CEO Tim Armstong quickly went to work during the……
Read MoreVideo: Tim Armstrong On AOL’s Big Push Into Local
AOL (NYSE: AOL) CEO Tim Armstrong went on CNBC today to discuss AOL's local news. Aside from announcing that the company's network of hyperl……
Read MoreSEC Watch: AOL’s Cahall Got Retention Bonus 10 Days Before Leaving; Armstrong Caps ’09 At $25M
AOL (NYSE: AOL) has to prove its mettle this year in full public view, in more ways than one. And 2010 may not be a great year for compensat……
Read MoreAOL and Hyper-Local — Good Luck With That
AOL is reportedly planning to expand its hyper-local journalism project, Patch.com, to hundreds of towns and cities over the next year. But can the Web giant fulfill CEO Tim Armstrong's new-media vision when so many others have failed so completely in the past?…
Read MoreAOL’s Armstrong: ‘AOL Is Not A Quarterly Project’; Plans Include More Paid Services, New Ad Platform
With its Q4 earnings less worse than expected, AOL (NYSE: AOL) chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong led off the company's first earnings call in a……
Read MoreThe Case for an AOL Renaissance
Now that AOL has been spun off from Time-Warner, it can write a new chapter for itself. If AOL does several key things right, it has a chance of being successful again. We look at some opportunities, along with the risks each one entails.…
Read MoreArmstrong On AOL’s New Branding And ‘Very, Very, Very Inexpensive’ Campaign
The glimpse AOL (NYSE: TWX) offered late Sunday night of its new branding campaign looked more like icons for AIM, not a branding campaign f……
Read MoreAOL Reveals Lame New Look & Logo
AOL will launch a new look and logo along with its official spinout from Time Warner (s TWX) on Dec. 10, as…
Read MoreCorrected: AOL International Cuts Coming But Looking For Partners; ICQ For Sale
AOL (NYSE: TWX) CEO Tim Armstrong did a hurried Q&A session at the Paley Center this afternoon and then had to rush off to being the IPO roa……
Read MoreAOL’s Post-Spin Board Includes Former FCC Chair Powell, Former William Morris Head Wiatt
AOL's post-spin board of directors includes a dash of Hollywood, a hint of e-commerce and some Washington expertise. The nine directors slat……
Read MoreCould the Sprint InstinctHD Displace a Pocketable HD Camcorder?
Sprint (s s) is taking convergence to the next level with the InstinctHD built by Samsung. Obviously, folks would expect CDMA device…
Read MoreInterview: Brad Garlinghouse, President, AOL Internet and Mobile Communications
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 n……
Read MoreSEC Watch: Time Warner Buys Back Google’s AOL Interest For $283 Million
In preparation for the pending spin off, Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) filed a form 10 with the SEC today for AOL Inc., the name the company will……
Read MoreTaking AOL Back: Forget Platform-A; It’s Just AOL Advertising Now
As expected, AOL (NYSE: TWX) is doing away with its Platform-A brand and will house all its ad functions under the banner of AOL Advertising……
Read More@ Brainstorm Tech: AOL CEO Tim Armstrong: Turning The Culture Around
Still hot here in Pasadena, at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference this morning. Tim Armstrong, the CEO of AOL (NYSE: TWX) is on now, and……
Read MoreAOL CEO’s First 100 Days: Our Coverage
Tim Armstrong is 100 days into his reign at AOL (NYSE: TWX), and is using that milestone to roll out his business plan to AOL employees arou……
Read MoreInterview: AOL’s Armstrong: ‘Putting Together A Clear Mobile Strategy’
Where does mobile fit into AOL's plans as the company starts anew one more time under one more chairman and CEO? Everywhere, Tim Armstrong i……
Read MoreInterview: AOL’s Armstrong First 100 Days: ‘People Are Missing The Real AOL Story’
Sixteen cities in 10 countries, from Baltimore to Bangalore, Denver to Dublin. Twenty-six Town Hall and All Hands meetings. Seventy-one prod……
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