Brendan Condon, head of overseas ops for AOL’s Platform-A (NYSE: TWX) advertising group, is leaving London after 13 months for a new role - the latest exec change as new CEO Tim Armstrong’s 100-day review nears completion. A UK spokesperson told us: “Brendan is returning to his home base of…

In a move that may hint at the outlines of a new-look AOL (NYSE: TWX), Bebo’s European VP and MD Kate Burns is moving over to head AOL’s European ad sales ops, just before new AOL CEO Tim Armstrong completes his 100-day company review. AllThingsD already reported in May Bebo…

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Is Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) once again interested in purchasing part of AOL? In an interview with CNBC this morning (via Tech Trader Daily), Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei (pictured) was asked whether it was “just a nonsense rumor” that his company had an interest in Time Warner’s internet business.…

AOL’s video search engine Truveo is launching a global revamp tonight—across 17 of its country-specific sites, including in the U.S, where it is aiming for a less-cluttered, almost Google-like home page. Truveo is the second-largest video search engine worldwide, behind Google (NSDQ: GOOG), with 25.6 million unique visitors, according to…

AOL has bought two local startups, including one which claims AOL CEO Tim Armstrong as an investor. In a statement, the company said the additions of Patch Media and Going Inc. would bulk up its network of local services, which it said already make up the largest local network online.…

AOL’s Europe CEO Dana Dunne is the latest to be hit by AOL’s new broom - he’s leaving the company after a European reorg, NMA says and a spokesperson confirmed to us: “Earlier this year, the AOL (NYSE: TWX) leadership made a decision to make some changes to the organisation…

Now that Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) is finally spinning off AOL, its publishing division could be the next to go, says Pali Research analyst Rich Greenfield in a report this morning. Greenfield says that CEO Jeff Bewkes and the company’s board of directors are not emotionally attached to its various…

Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes opened the company’s annual meeting by highlighting two recent spinoff plans, that of Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and this morning’s announcement that AOL would be separated out as an independent company. By casting off these two businesses, Bewkes said that…

As expected, Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) (NYSE:TWX) confirmed that its board of directors has authorized the spinoff of AOL—making the internet unit an independent, publicly traded company following the proposed transaction. And, as we reported would be the case, AOL will keep the online-access subscription service. Time Warner hopes to…

The long-awaited spinoff of AOL is almost near, as Time Warner’s board of directors will make the final decision at tomorrow’s board meeting, paidContent has confirmed a TechCrunch report. Last month, Time Warner revealed the first step toward taking AOL independent when it filed a 10-Q saying the company would…

AOL (NYSE: TWX) People Networks president Joanna Shields, who was promoted from being Bebo president after the March 2008 acquisition, is leaving the company, AllThingsD reported and we have confirmed with the company. This is CEO Tim Armstrong’s second major exec change, with ex-Googler Jeff Levick having replaced Greg Coleman…

While some might hold out hope that the economy could stabilize in the second half of the year, Cowen & Co. have lowered their revenue forecast for U.S. online ads to a 6 percent decline in 2009 to $22 billion. The financial analyst firm, which tends to offer more pessimistic…

One more high-level resignation for *Google*. Tom Phillips, Google’s director of search and analytics is out. MediaMemo links his departure to sales chief Tim Armstrong’s defection to *AOL*, but there are some indications that Phillips may have already been on his way out: he most recently headed up Google’s Print…

AOL’s promotion of online identities manager Socialthing continues this week by tying it in across corporate sibling Warner Bros. Television Group. The deal also suggests a new closeness with its fellow Time Warner subsidiary, even as the company moves to spin off AOL (NYSE: TWX). In past years, WBTVG and…

Online advertising startup Tumri has hired another executive with big internet company experience. Former Platform-A (NYSE: TWX) SVP Michael Peralta (pictured, right) will be Tumri’s chief revenue officer. He joins former *Yahoo* SVP for business operations Jeff McCombs, who was hired just last month to be the company’s CFO. Tumri’s…

Greg Coleman’s ouster at Platform-A (NYSE: TWX) isn’t the first time he has been pushed out of a top executive job. Flashback to 2007 and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), where he was head of ad sales. Just a couple of months after Sue Decker took over as president, she replaced him…

Rather than just replacing Greg Coleman as head of Platform-A (NYSE: TWX), AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is giving his former Google (NSDQ: GOOG) colleague Jeff Levick an expanded role as the company as president, Global Advertising and Strategy, AOL announced. In this new title, Levick will be responsible for Platform-A,…

Greg Coleman’s tenure as president of AOL’s Platform-A (NYSE: TWX) lasted less than 100 days, part of a major shake-up as new Chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong takes firm control.  AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher reports that the former *Yahoo* ad exec is gone along with CFO Nisha Kumar. Coleman’s replacement is…