AOL Says It Can Literally Read Your Mind When You Watch Its Ads

It’s a brave new marketing world.
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Criteo’s Coleman Joins Opera Software Board

Opera Software has named Criteo president Greg Coleman to its board of directors. The maker of browser software for computers, tablets and phones is based in Norway. Coleman has previously worked at AOL, the Huffington Post and Yahoo and is also an adjunct professor of digital marketing at New York University’s Stern Business School. In a statement, Coleman said he would help the company with its mobile advertising business, among other things.

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Facebook to Move Into New Frank Gehry-Designed New York City Digs

Facebook is upgrading its New York City office space, signing a 10-year lease to relocate from its current 55,000-square-foot home to two floors of space at 770 Broadway totaling just under 100,000 square feet of real estate, the company announced Monday night. Famed architect Frank Gehry, who is already working on the company’s Menlo Park expansion, will oversee the design of Facebook’s new Manhattan digs. Among Facebook’s soon-to-be new neighbors will be AOL, whose NYC operations are also headquartered at 770 Broadway. Crain’s New York Business first reported Facebook’s interest in the new office space two weeks ago.

AOL’s Orphaned Music Sites Find a Home at Townsquare Media

Former AOL executive Bill Wilson reunites with his old sites.
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Jawbone Hires Microsoft’s Mindy Mount as President to Turbocharge Ops

A new leader for the high-profile gadget maker.
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“Hands-Off”: The Impossible Promise

Inside Yahoo, Tumblr will be caught in the tectonic grinding of conflicting interests.
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Former Yahoo Shashi Seth to Join Tribune as President of New Digital Ventures Unit

A new investment arm of the media giant gets a new exec to find new ideas.
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AOL Has Mulled Launching “Bling Thing,” a New Subscription Commerce Business

Does the world really need another subscription commerce business? AOL is weighing that very question.
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AOL’s Patch Gets New CEO, as Just Under Three Percent of Staff Is Laid Off in Consolidation (Memo)

The hyperlocal content efforts gets trimmed in profit push and a new leader too.
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AOL Hires New Comms Head From Pepsi

HuffPost Live Thrives on Tape