Amanda Natividad
Mar 13, 2011 6:57 PM
What do Tim Armstrong and Arianna Huffington have in mind for the newest version of AOL? (NYSE: AOL) At our recent conference paidContent 2011, the AOL CEO and the Huffington Post founder set the stage for the layoffs announced one week later, talked up new hires and spun a picture…
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David Kaplan
Mar 10, 2011 7:01 PM
AOL (NYSE: AOL) CEO Tim Armstrong warned that layoffs would be coming last week, and today, the pink slips were released. Armstrong spoke about the decision during a Q&A keynote session this morning at the Bloomberg Businessweek Media Summit. In a separate interview with paidContent when he left the conference,…
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Staci D. Kramer
Mar 9, 2011 11:05 PM
Last week, AOL (NYSE: AOL) CEO Tim Armstrong told the crowd at paidContent 2011 that layoffs—aka “job changes”—were coming following the $315 million deal to acquire the Huffington Post. The layoffs started Thursday in India, where AOL’s operations are being dramatically downsized: 400 jobs lost, 300 outsourced, roughly 200 remaining,…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jun 3, 2010 5:38 PM
The end of May is a memory and AOL (NYSE: AOL) has yet to announce the fate of Bebo, the $850 million bet made by previous management. I was told earlier this week an announcement could still be weeks away. This might be one reason: CEO Tim Armstrong just said…
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Staci D. Kramer
Nov 23, 2009 1:30 AM
The glimpse AOL (NYSE: TWX) offered late Sunday night of its new branding campaign looked more like icons for AIM, not a branding campaign for a company on the verge of reinvention. That’s because what we’re seeing now is only a teaser, as AOL CEO Tim Armstrong told paidContent in…
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Rafat Ali
Nov 18, 2009 3:45 PM
AOL (NYSE: TWX) CEO Tim Armstrong did a hurried Q&A session at the Paley Center this afternoon and then had to rush off to being the IPO roadshow, which starts tonight here in Manhattan, presumably at some glitzy event here in the city. (Ed. note: The road show actually starts…
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David Kaplan
Jul 24, 2009 12:50 PM
As expected, AOL (NYSE: TWX) is doing away with its Platform-A brand and will house all its ad functions under the banner of AOL Advertising, a move announced this morning at the company meeting where CEO Tim Armstrong officially unveiled his 100-day restructuring plan. The changes to Platform-A take effect…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jul 19, 2009 10:43 PM
So much for Bebo as the social network spine of AOL (NYSE: TWX). It didn’t take new Chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong long to figure out that the much-vaunted integration of Bebo with AOL’s AIM, ICQ and other elements wasn’t working—and to start unwinding the People Networks group. But Armstrong…
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Staci D. Kramer
Mar 17, 2009 4:57 PM
UK sales head Dennis Woodside will succeed Tim Armstrong as The Americas’ sales lead for Google (NSDQ: GOOG) following the ad vet’s appointment as chairman and CEO of AOL (NYSE: TWX). Armstrong was a principal architect of the search company’s sales operation; most recently he was president, The Americas Operations,…
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Staci D. Kramer
Mar 12, 2009 11:24 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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