Tag: AOL
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Duane 1 month 6 days ago
Yahoo and AOL are close on finalizing a deal that would combine parts of both companies. The deal would bridge Timer Warner's Internet operations with Yahoo by folding the AOL unit into Yahoo. In return, Time Warner would make a cash investment of about 20% of the combined entity, valuing AOL at about $10 billion.
The possible Yahoo-AOL tie-up is part of a threefold plan by Yahoo to present shareholders with an alternative to Microsoft's unsolicited offer. Yahoo would also propose repurchasing billions of dollars of its own shares and is...
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NBC Universal and News Corp. Announce Deal with Internet Leaders AOL, MSN, MySpace And Yahoo! to Create a Premium Online Video Site with Unprecedented Reach.
For the most part when people started talking about the old media folks creating a YouTube killer, the belief was that they would get it wrong. Turns out that the naysayers didn't give Hollywood enough credit for learning some new tricks.
The new service that NBC and NewsCorp announced today is very very clever. Rather than trying to do the much lamented portal play, they enlisted...
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. May 2004: AOL sells Japan business to eAccess for $18.6 million.
. September 2006: AOL sells German broadband business to Telecom Italia for about $853 million.
. September 2006: AOL sells AOL France for $365 million to Neuf Cegetel.
. October 2006: AOL UK, the broadband business sold to Carphone Warehouse for $725 million.
. October 2006: AOL sells AOL Call center in Ogden, Utah to Teleperformance USA for an undisclosed amount.
. December 20, 2005: Google buys 5% stake in AOL for $1 billion.
. January 2007: AOL sells paid...
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Wetpaint told VentureBeat its users have generated more than 150,000 Wikis in six months, and that the company has struck partnerships with big media companies. AOL, ABC, CBS, American Express Publishing, T-Mobile and HTC have created community sites for their active users.
The word on the superhighway is that the brand new CEO of AOL, Randy Falco, doesn't really "like" email as a form of communication. He doesn't have an aol email address yet...
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NYT's take on Calacanis' resignation:
In recent months, Mr. Calacanis said he was considering leaving AOL to start a new company. His decision to resign was hastened by the news that Time Warner, AOL’s parent, had replaced Mr. Miller with Randy Falco, the president of the NBC Universal Television Group.
“I’m not inclined to start over with a new guy,” Mr. Calacanis said in an interview on Thursday. As for what to make of the treatment of Mr. Miller, who discovered he was being replaced after a reporter called AOL asking about Mr....
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GigaOm writes:
"An anonymous tip dropped into our inbox, claiming that Jason Calacanis, one of the co-founders of Weblogs Inc., and architect of the new Netscape has resigned from AOL, following the resignation of Jon Miller."
UPDATE: TechCrunch is confirming the news.
http://www.techcrunch.c...-from-aol/
Time Warner appointed NBC executive Randy Falco as the new chairman and CEO of AOL, bringing a long-time television executive in to run the struggling online service.
Falco is currently president and chief operating officer of the NBC Universal Television Group. He replaces Jonathan Miller, who is leaving the company after four years at the head of AOL.
Falco has spent 30 years with NBC and has an extensive advertising background. He was involved in coordinating NBC's coverage of the Olympics and refining NBC's approach to selling...
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Randy Falco, the president of the NBC Universal Television Group, is in talks to leave his position as the No. 2 executive at the television group to take a senior operating role at AOL, Time Warner’s Internet subsidiary, according to executives briefed on the move.
The move to shake up the top ranks of the two big media companies is expected to be announced as soon as this week. But it was unclear last night, the executives said, whether Mr. Falco, 52, would hold the title of president or chief executive at AOL, and what position...
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Did you guys remember Jimbo's post from last week about the $100m dream:
Imagine there existed a budget of $100 million to purchase copyrights to be made available under a free license. What would you like to see purchased and released under a free license?
I was recently asked this question by someone who is potentially in a position to make this happen.
http://web2.commongate....lion_Dream
The "wallet" is none other than Jason Calacanis, and "of course" is not his wallet but AOL's.
Calacanis now...
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