AOL’s Q3 Shopping Spree Totaled $97 Million; Bulk For 5Min
AOL (NYSE: AOL) spent just under $100 million to pick up 5min, Thing Labs and TechCrunch in its last-minute Q3 spending spree — and two-thi… Read more »
AOL Slows Decline In U.S. Display, But Still Not Keeping Up With Peers
While AOL (NYSE: AOL) managed to arrest the decline of its U.S. display revenues in Q3, the “hard work” that CEO Tim Armstrong has repeatedl… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11.02.10
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» How relevant are portals these days? Well, comScore data AOL (NYSE: AOL) is still a top-five site, though vertical blog network… Read more »
Slideshow: AOL’s Homepage Through The Years
AOL (NYSE: AOL) announced a new homepage design today, which will go live Monday morning. It’s the latest iteration of a site that has had t… Read more »
AOL’s Homepage Revamp Aims For TV Network Model
You don’t usually hear the word “dayparts” when talking about a website’s homepage, but the new AOL (NYSE: AOL) homepage that’s going live M… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 10.29.10
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» As Condé Nast goes through its latest reorg, there is a mutual, if not entirely amicable, parting of the ways between the publ… Read more »
Updated: Ex-ABCNews.com Head Dube Joins AOL As SVP-GM AOL News & Info
AOL (NYSE: AOL) media chief David Eun said he was serious about AOL’s journalism. Following a spate of editorial departures, Eun Read more »
AOL’s Eun: Yes, We Still Want The Best Writers, Editors
Following reports Friday, including ours, that suggested AOL (NYSE: AOL) is shifting editorial strategies again, David Eun, president of AOL… Read more »
Top AOL Editors Are Heading For The Exits
AOL (NYSE: AOL) has been one of the biggest hirers of journalists over the past two years, but lately, it’s experiencing something of an exo… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 10.21.10
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» AOL’s content strategy involves “throwing a lot of things against the wall,” but it carries some risks, especially considering… Read more »
Starbucks Digital Network: BYOS (Bring Your Own Screen)
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In early 2006, Howard Schultz talked about the power of having a massive collection of Wi-Fi hotspots, declaring “Starbucks (NSDQ: SBUX) is… Read more »
Clovr Raises Cash To Create Ad Units That Link Coupons To Credit Cards
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Waltham, Mass.-based Clovr Media is coming out of stealth mode today to announce it has created a new type of loyalty program for banks and… Read more »
Analysts Bearish On Probability Of A Yahoo Takeover
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Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has hired Goldman Sachs to handle possible interest from suitors looking to take it over, Bloomberg says, but most of the… Read more »
Microsoft Taps Partner To Build Messenger App For Windows Phone 7
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Maybe Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) was strapped for time, who knows?
As it is, it won’t offer copy and paste in time for the Windows Phone 7 lau… Read more »
Possible Buyers — Including AOL — Are Looking At Yahoo
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Yahoo’s stock is now up more than 10 percent in after-hours trading — on top of a 5 percent jump during the day — as buzz mounts that a nu… Read more »
Nuance Builds A Competitor To Swype Called Trace
You can literally trace the roots of this story back to the beginning.
Nuance, which makes the very popular T9 text input for cellphones, h… Read more »
AOL Revives ‘City’s Best’ Local Metro Guide After Two Years
As AOL (NYSE: AOL) prepares to “quintuple” the number of hyperlocal blogs in its Patch network, the company is bringing back its City’s Best… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 10.13.10
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» AOL (NYSE: AOL) hyperlocal unit Patch has been hit with more charges of overworking its editors, while some reporters have been… Read more »
AOL Exec Shakeup Gives Brody Oversight Of Ads, Content And Commerce
AOL (NYSE: AOL) is shifting the balance a bit in terms of its content, ad and e-commerce divisions by putting Ned Brody, president of paid s… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 10.04.10
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» The NYTCo (NYSE: NYT) expects to pay back billionaire Carlos Slim’s $250 million loan three years ahead of schedule. Not only t… Read more »
Diller Praises AOL But Stays Mum On Yahoo
Asked by Michael Arrington at TechCrunch Disrupt for his take on company-of-the-week AOL (NYSE: AOL), IAC (NSDQ: IACI) CEO Barry Diller only… Read more »
Ex-AOL Content Chief Bill Wilson Joins Townsquare Media
Former AOL (NYSE: AOL) content head Bill Wilson is joining local media network Townsquare Media. Wilson left AOL in May after CEO Tim Armstr… Read more »
AOL’s Wild Acquisition Day Concludes With Thing Labs, Maker Of Brizzly
It’s a Ronco kind of day for folks who cover AOL (NYSE: AOL) — you think you’re done and then the company says, but, wait, there’s more. Fo… Read more »
It’s Official: AOL Acquires TechCrunch (And Mike Arrington, For Now)
So the third or fourth time is the charm: AOL (NYSE: AOL) has acquired TechCrunch, which will remain in San Francisco as a wholly owned unit… Read more »
AOL Buying DIY Video Syndicator 5Min
It’s kind of anti-climactic with rumors about AOL (NYSE: AOL) buying TechCrunch swirling around, but word that CEO Tim Armstrong and company… Read more »
Michael Arrington And TechCrunch Could Wind Up At AOL After All
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Very few people could post about TechCrunch sale possibilities (especially during a TechCrunch conference) and get me to pay attention. Om M… Read more »
AOL’s Project Devil Aims To Update The Banner Once And For All
Just in time for the first day of New York City’s Advertising Week, AOL (NYSE: AOL) sought to get a jump on attention getting news with its… Read more »
Armstrong: We’re Trailing The Display Market Now, But Wait ‘Til 2011
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Despite the recovery of display ad sales, AOL (NYSE: AOL) has found itself trailing the market, despite its vast reach. AOL CEO Tim Armstron… Read more »
AOL’s Patch Goes Off To College; Collaboration Begins With 13 J-Schools
AOL (NYSE: AOL) is looking to professionalize its hyperlocal blog network Patch by partnering with journalism schools at universities and co… Read more »
With Interest From AOL And Hearst, Solve Media Offers ‘CAPTCHA’ Ad Units
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Aside from pop-up ads perhaps, having to enter a “CAPTCHA” — the process of rewriting a barely readable piece of text to prove you’re not… Read more »
IBM Acquires Analytics Provider Netezza For $1.7 Billion
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IBM is preparing to acquire Netezza, a company that runs analytics for data warehouse appliances, for $1.7 billion. Under the terms of the a… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09.14.10
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» Hoping to reduce display declines and grab consumers and advertisers attention, AOL (NYSE: AOL) will unveil its larger ad forma… Read more »
NBCU Digital Exec Grosso To Serve As AOL Homepage GM
Chris Grosso is leaving his post as SVP for emerging digital businesses at NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) to become general manager of AOL’s homep… Read more »
AOL Names Ex-William Morris Head Wiatt As Strategic Consultant
Jim Wiatt, former chairman and CEO of the William Morris Agency, is stepping down from his post as an AOL (NYSE: AOL) board member to take o… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09.07.10
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» Twitter app developers have seen a 50 percent cut in early-stage investment over the past year — though it’s not clear if that… Read more »
A Change In Approach? Microsoft Chooses Not To Buy Search Share
Is Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) changing its approach to online spending? The company, which had said as recently as a year ago that it was willin… Read more »
AOL’s Armstrong: Google Deal ‘Better For Us Per Search’
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Any search deal with AOL (NYSE: AOL) would start with the same given: search-advertising revenue will continue to decline as it loses access… Read more »
AOL, Google Extend Search Deal To 2015; Add Mobile, YouTube
Ending months of speculation about whether AOL (NYSE: AOL) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) can make a new search deal, the companies announced this… Read more »
AOL Buys Rally Up As Part Of New Mobile Strategy
AOL (NYSE: AOL) is buying Rally Up, a startup behind a social networking app for the iPhone and iPad that lets users share their locations w… Read more »
MySpace Hires Former AOL Exec As SVP Of Business Development
MySpace (NSDQ: NWS), which has overhauled its management team in recent months and is preparing for a major relaunch of its site, has hired… Read more »
