Staci D. Kramer
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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Staci D. Kramer
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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Robert Andrews
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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Joseph Weisenthal
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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Robert Andrews
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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