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Google Ad Vet Tim Armstrong Replaces Randy Falco As AOL Chairman And CEO; Grant Out, Too

Mar 12, 2009 4:47 PM

So much for the Randy Falco three-year plan—AOL (NYSE: TWX) is starting over again with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) ad vet Tim Armstrong as chairman and CEO of the struggling Time Warner unit, replacing Falco. Also out: President and COO Ron Grant. This time around, Time Warner Chairman and CEO Jeff…

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Posted In: Advertising, Industry Moves, Companies, AOL, Google, Time Warner, randy falco, ron grant, tim armstrong

AOL-Bebo: $850M Deal Closes; AOL Combines Bebo, AIM, ICQ Into People Networks Headed By Shields

May 18, 2008 7:25 PM

It’s official—AOL (NYSE: TWX) now owns Bebo, closing the $850 million acquisition roughly two months after making it public. The social media network will not stand on its own; instead, AOL is combining Bebo, AIM, ICQ and its other community platforms into a new business unit known as the People…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, Companies, AOL, Time Warner, Countries, Asia, India, Europe, bebo, joanna shields, people networks, ron grant

@ EconSM: Interview: Ron Grant, President, AOL: Bebo Will Return Us To Our Roots

Apr 29, 2008 7:47 PM

AOL president Ron Grant, appearing on our EconSM panel, suggested new acquisition of Bebo would be used to thread social features throughout AOL’s new-look websites. In a later chat with my colleagues David Kaplan, Staci Kramer and I, Grant expanded on the philosophy and talked about the “turnaround” for a…

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Posted In: Companies, AOL, Time Warner, bebo, ron grant

@EconSM: AOL & Bebo; ‘The Final Leg Of The Stool’

Apr 29, 2008 6:45 PM

AOL’s $850 million purchase of Bebo back in March was one of the big social media deals of the year. In a Q&A with ContentNext co-editor Staci Kramer and paidContent:UK Editor Robert Andrews, Ron Grant of AOL (NYSE: AOL) and Bebo’s Joanna Shields (live from London!) discussed the deal, and…

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Posted In: Events, ContentNext Events, EconSM, Companies, AOL, Time Warner, bebo, joanna shields, ron grant

AOL-Bebo: Falco: ‘Gamechanging For AOL’; Shields: Didn’t Plan To Sell; Birches Out Of Picture

Mar 13, 2008 8:38 AM

AOL (NYSE: TWX) and Bebo bosses hosted reporters and analysts on a conference call to explain the reasons for the $850 million acquisition. —AOL CEO Randy Falco (left): “This is a tremendous acquisition and one I think is game-changing for AOL - it puts us squarely as a leader in…

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Posted In: Companies, AOL, Time Warner, bebo, joanna shields, ron grant

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