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Paul Berry Stepping Into New Role At Huffington Post After Directing Company’s Platform Development

Paul Berry Stepping Into New Role At Huffington Post After Directing Company’s Platform Development

A large part of the Huffington Post’s success has come from their user friendly technology which allows for hyper fast responsiveness from editors and writers while providing useful tools for users and now the man behind much of the company’s […]

MapQuest Grasps At Relevancy With “Vibe” iPhone App

MapQuest Grasps At Relevancy With “Vibe” iPhone App

The last time I used MapQuest in was March 2005 and I remember thinking “nothing could be more cool when traveling than using Mapquest” one month later I completely abandoned the program if favor of Google Maps and since that […]

Saul Hansell Quits AOL To Join Venture Firm Betaworks

Saul Hansell Quits AOL To Join Venture Firm Betaworks

Saul Hansell left his 17-year post at the New York Times two years ago to join AOL and now the entrepreneur has announced his departure from the company to take a post at New York based venture firm Betaworks. According […]

Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft Engage In Display Advertising Agreement

Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft Engage In Display Advertising Agreement

Microsoft Corp., AOL and Yahoo! teamed up on Wednesday to offer advertisers the ability to buy non-reserved online display inventory from all three company’s. Agencies will still have the ability to choose who they partner with (Yahoo! Network Plus, AOL’s […]

AOL Reports: Ad Revenue Rises While Total Revenue Declines

AOL Reports: Ad Revenue Rises While Total Revenue Declines

AOL on Wednesday announced a global ad revenue increase of  8% year over year in the three months ending September while the company also revealed a 6% decline in total revenues. According to a company report AOL pulled in $317.7 […]

AOL HD Launches On Samsung Smart TV And Google TV

AOL HD Launches On Samsung Smart TV And Google TV

Extending their reach into the TV market AOL HD announced on Friday that their AOL HP app is now available for immediate download on the Samsung Smart TV and Google TV platforms. The announcement comes just three months after AOL […]

AOL to go after Pandora by only showing half the ads

AOL to go after Pandora by only showing half the ads

Music has always been big business but with the popularity of services like Pandora, Spotify, MOG, and any number of other music streaming services the competition is a lot tougher than it use to be. Perennial web giant wannabe AOL […]

Janet Balis Named Head Of Sales Strategy, Marketing & Partnerships For AOL

Janet Balis Named Head Of Sales Strategy, Marketing & Partnerships For AOL

AOL on Tuesday announced that Janet Balis has been named as its  Head of Sales Strategy, Marketing and Partnerships. In her role Janis will help develop AOLs marketing strategy for AOL Advertising’s products and services. Janet has been put in charge […]

AOL’s Tim Armstrong Trying To Merge Company With Yahoo

AOL’s Tim Armstrong Trying To Merge Company With Yahoo

Tim Armstrong is hoping Yahoo shareholders can see the value in merging AOL with Yahoo to create a massive content company. According to a Reuters source Armstrong believes selling AOL to Yahoo could save the combined company’s $1.5 billion in […]

AOL Launches Editors Room, Brings Curated Video Content To Publishers

AOL Launches Editors Room, Brings Curated Video Content To Publishers

AOL Video on Wednesday launched Editors Room a new video embed platform that allows publishers to post thousands of videos on their website while earning money from their use. The platform currently offers more than 250,000 curated premium videos from […]

FMR LLC Cuts AOL Holdings To Less Than 5 Percent

FMR LLC Cuts AOL Holdings To Less Than 5 Percent

FMR LLC, the parent company of Fidelity Management & Research Co. has slashed their holdings in AOL to less than 5 perent according to a regulatory filing made on Tuesday. The investment firm had raised their AOL holdings to 10.32 percent […]

AOL Turnaround Could Actually Be Working [Analyst Report]

AOL Turnaround Could Actually Be Working [Analyst Report]

Brian Pitz and Brian Fitzgerald, analysts for UBS believe AOL may finally be turning things around, predicting that the company will have earned $532 million in Q3 revenue, ahead of industry expectations set at $525 million. In their report the […]

Huffington Post Media Group Acquires Online Engagement Platform ‘Localocracy’

Huffington Post Media Group Acquires Online Engagement Platform ‘Localocracy’

The Huffington Post Media Group(“HPMG“) has announced the acquisition of online engagement platform Localocracy. The platform providers users with the capabilities to solve problems in their communities through online engagement. Moving over from the Localocracy team to Huffington Post Media Group are […]

AOL Announces 15 New Original Web Series for Women, Men, Teens and Young Adults [List]

AOL Announces 15 New Original Web Series for Women, Men, Teens and Young Adults [List]

AOL, Inc. on Monday announced 15 new original video programs for their online market which spans multiple audiences and advertising categories. Each of the new programs will be distributed throughout the AOL network including placement on HuffingtonPost created sites. Along with […]