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Tim Armstrong's fine risk-reward setup at AOL

Tim Armstrong's fine risk-reward setup at AOLgiven a free reign one can keep adding star quality to ones resume even if "He joined Compaq in 1998 as their chief information officer and was named chairman and CEO in July 1999. After the merger with HP, Capellas served as president of...

Tags: fine risk-reward setup, risk-reward setup, Tim Armstrong, America Online Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-13

Tim Armstrong's fine risk-reward setup at AOL

AOL's new soon-to-be CEO Tim Armstrong will be in for quite a sea change from his previous gig at Google. The lingering question: Why would you leave Google for AOL?  It's an interesting question raised by Sam Diaz offline. For all the talk Techmeme about Armstrong's enthusiasm...

Tags: MCI Inc., Michael Capellas, America Online Inc., Tim Armstrong, Leadership, Channel Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Professional Development, Management, Marketing, Investment, Finance, Career, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-13

AOL names Google's Tim Armstrong CEO

AOL names Google's Tim Armstrong CEOfresherjobThere are numerous companies which offer fresher jobs in India. No doubt, India is a big country and it is now developing country. It has a great group of young persons graduating out of colleges every year in huge numbers. These graduates are professional degree...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Tim Armstrong, America Online Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-12

Google's Tim Armstrong on YouTube; IE 8 and Microsoft Cashback

Google's Tim Armstrong on YouTube; IE 8 and Microsoft CashbackDouble who?Hurt Doubleclick? Oh no! What will we ever do? We must put aside our needs as humans, people, and customers and give up our features so that another company may profit.Is this really what Doubleclick is saying? Screw the user...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., DoubleClick Inc., Microsoft Cashback, Tim Armstrong, IE 8, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Additional Resources

AOL: Will Armstrong get any honeymoon?

AOL will lay off a third of its workforce once it is spun off as a public company. The company's ad business is a wreck. And the best thing AOL has going for it is a subscription model (read dial-up) that's also in decline. Welcome back to the big leagues...

Tags: Honeymoon, America Online Inc., Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-11-19

AOL names its Board of Directors

AOL, which is expected to be spun off from Time Warner as an independent company later this year, has named the members of its Board of Directors, who will join CEO and Chairman Tim Armstrong at the table. They are: Richard Dalzell, former Chief Information Officer of...

Tags: America Online Inc., Board, Board Of Directors, Board Member, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-26

News to know: iPhone; Win 7 upgrade answers; Psystar; SOA; Google

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Finally, some answers to Windows 7 upgrade questions Dion Hinchcliffe: Are the iPhone and social networks making...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Photograph, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-26

AOL hires Garlinghouse at 'pivotal moment'

AOL has hired Brad Garlinghouse, the former Yahoo exec who penned the "Peanut Butter Manifesto," as president of its Internet and mobile communications. Garlinghouse will aim to expand AOL's e-mail and instant messaging services and bolster the company's Silicon Valley footprint. Garlinghouse had roughly the same gig...

Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., E-mail, Internet, Online Communications, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-08

Time Warner preps for AOL spin-off; Google's 5% stake worth $283 million

Time Warner on Monday said that it bought back Google's 5 percent stake in AOL for $283 million. The deal, disclosed in regulatory filings, was part of a series of disclosures to set in motion Time Warner's spin-off of AOL as an independent company. In 2005, Google...

Tags: Google Inc., Time Warner Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Advertisement, America Online Inc., Agreement, Master Plan, Search, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-27

AOL's Armstrong: Dial-up matters (a lot)

AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is doing his 100-day barnstorming tour and sitting down for interviews as the company prepares for life as an independent entity. Based on interviews with PaidContent, BoomTown and Silicon Alley Insider, Armstrong has a lot of work to do, believes in content (especially...

Tags: America Online Inc., Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-20

AOL sees future in local; announces two acquisitions

AOL said today that it will acquire two companies that focus on local: Patch Media Corp. and Going Inc. Patch is a news and information platform that's targets individual towns and communities. Going is also a platform that offers people a place to share and find new information about a...

Tags: Acquisition, America Online Inc., Going Inc., Borrell Associates, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-11

Time Warner sets AOL spin-off; Separation 'best outcome'; Worth $5 billion?

AOL will be an independent publicly traded company again as Time Warner solidified plans to spin off the ailing unit, which some analysts estimate to be worth about $5 billion. In a statement Thursday, Time Warner put more meat on its plans to spin off AOL. Executives...

Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Channel Management, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-28

Time Warner: AOL's revenue slide continues; We plan to buy Google's 5% AOL stake

Updated: Time Warner's first quarter was weighed down by its AOL unit, which saw revenue fall 23 percent. Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes reiterated that the company is looking for "the right ownership structure for AOL" and the company plans to buy back a 5 percent stake owned by Google. ...

Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Company, IPO, Investment, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-29

News to know: Salesforce.com; SXSW; Cisco; HP

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com: Pondering the next 10 years   Sam Diaz: SMBs to Salesforce: We want more SaaS ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Cisco Systems Inc., SXSW, Microsoft Windows, Sales Force Management, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-16

News to know: AOL's new CEO; Windows 7; Cloud computing

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Is Windows 7 reliable enough to release now? Brian Sommer: A U.S. Version of the Satyam Scandal? Washington D.C. IT Fraud? ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, America Online Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Operational Planning, Social Networking, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Business Operations, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet

Blog posts 2009-03-13

AOL names Google's Tim Armstrong CEO

Time Warner revamped AOL's management team Thursday naming Google senior vice president Tim Armstrong CEO of its struggling Internet unit. Time Warner said current AOL chief Randy Falco and operating chief Ron Grant will leave the company.  The writing on the wall: Time Warner is planning to...

Tags: Google Inc., Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Business Structures, Development Tools, Internet, Finance, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-12

Choosing Yahoo's next CEO

At a Churchill Club event, Wall Street Journal columnist Kara Swisher tells CNET News Editor in Chief Dan Farber whom she'd pick to succeed Jerry Yang as Yahoo's chief executive. The AllThingsD blogger believes that the No. 1 choice inside and outside of Yahoo is News Corp. Chief Operating Officer...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., AllThingsD Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Kara Swisher, Dan Farber, Yahoo, Peter Chernin

Videos 2008-11-19

From Peter Chernin to Mark Cuban: Picking Jerry Yang's Replacement

So, Peter Chernin's name keeps coming up as a potential replacement for Jerry Yang as CEO of Yahoo. Chernin's the always-cool president of News Corp. Under Rupert Murdoch and Chernin, the old-line publisher and broadcaster has shown serious savvy about new media. People...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Mark Cuban, Peter Chernin, Corporate Communications, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Marketing, Management, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Yahoo: Pondering Yang's replacement; The next move

Now that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is out, the handicapping begins. Who will be Yang's replacement and what will that choice reveal about Yahoo's future? The story line Techmeme revolving around Yang's departure is familiar. Yang took over the company at the second worst time in Yahoo's...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., CEO, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Internet, Strategy, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Google needs more transparency for antitrust battles

Is the Google-Yahoo deal a case of "meet the new boss, same as the old boss?" Is Google throwing its weight around, anointing companies that it blesses and crushing others? No, Fred Vogelstein writes in Wired, but it will need to show substantially more transparency in its...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Antitrust, Advertiser, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-22