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@ 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 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 content-conscious…

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Posted In: Social Media, Events, ContentNext Events, EconSM, Companies, AOL, Bebo, Time Warner, 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: Social Media, Events, ContentNext Events, EconSM, Companies, AOL, Bebo, Time Warner, joanna shields, ron grant

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