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AOL's advertising growth slows: Blame the enhancements?: Time Warner reported earnings on Wednesday and gave some color on its AOL unit. Advertising growth for AOL was 16 percent in the second quarter. That growth isn't bad, but compared to the 40 percent growth in the prior quarter it looks a bit worrisome. On the earnings conference call,...; Tags: Web Technology, General; Blog posts 2007-08-02
Quote of the Day: Parson's Last Stand: Speaking at a panel discussion at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association conference in Las Vegas, Time Warner chief executive Richard Parsons laid down the gauntlet to Google: "The Googles of the world, they are the Custer of the modern world. We are the Sioux nation," Time Warner Inc....; Tags: Google, General, Entertainment; Blog posts 2007-05-09

Google Rules! AOL move over, 'I Google Myself': Who really rules the Web? What is the state of Internet culture today?Remember when AOL ruled online? How quaint!Google of course declares itself to have taken over as the "gateway to the Internet."Who needs AOL? Or anyone else, in todays Google world!Is "the notion that the new kids on the...; Tags: Google Software Applications, Google, Culture; Blog posts 2007-05-10
Looks like Google checkmates Microsoft's AdCenter?: According to the various, widely covered press reports, Google is close to a deal that locks rival Microsoft out of AOL's storehouse of ads. This is unwelcome news for Microsoft, which badly needs the AOL traffic to kickstart its AdCenter service, which is set to debut in the U.S....; Tags: America Online Inc., Google Inc.; Blog posts 2005-12-16
Will the AOL-MSN talks outcome point to a new era in vendor-network synergy?: After reading Steve Case's op-ed piece in the Washington Post this weekend, one gets the impression that how Time Warner goes with AOL -- a sweet deal with Google or a sweeter deal with Microsoft -- portends sweeping and frightening changes in the mega-corporation keiretsu landscape. ...; Tags: America Online Inc., Google Inc., Time Warner Inc.; Blog posts 2005-12-12