956 posts and columns on AOL

Twilio’s Danielle Morrill Leaves to Found Affiliate Start-Up Referly

in News on May 14 at 9:06 am PT

Danielle Morrill, director of marketing at developer-focused cloud communication start-up Twilio and its first employee, has left to found her own company: Referly.
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Ross Levinsohn’s Yahoo Plan: Back to the Future

in Media on May 13 at 4:08 pm PT

Want to figure out what Yahoo’s new boss wants to do with the company? Look back at what he did last year.
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Google’s Web Search Market Share Rises in April

in News on May 11 at 3:47 pm PT

Google Inc. slightly increased its leading market share among U.S. Internet-search engines last month, while Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine also gained market share, according to market researcher comScore Inc.

AOL Offers Up an Earnings Beat, But a Disappointing Ad Number

in News on May 9 at 5:50 am PT

Domestic display ads, which seemed to have finally turned around, slipped 1 percent. What happened?
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Another Big Newspaper Says Digital Ads Shrank Last Quarter

in Media on May 4 at 9:16 am PT

Last month the New York Times said its digital sales shrank. Today: a 7 percent drop for the Washington Post.
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Huffington’s Role Shrinks at AOL

in News on May 4 at 5:00 am PT

Arianna Huffington acknowledged Thursday that her portfolio at AOL Inc. is being scaled back to include only the Huffington Post, undoing a structure put in place when her Web site was acquired by AOL last year.

Simulmedia Raises $6 Million More for Web-Like TV Ads

in Media on April 30 at 9:26 am PT

After raising $27 million, Web ad pioneer Dave Morgan says his take on targeted TV ads is “very close” to profitable.
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Exclusive: The Billion-Dollar Inside Story of How Demand Media Almost Went Private Last Week (And Then Didn’t)

in News on April 28 at 11:02 am PT

According to sources close to the situation, Demand Media was deep into discussions with a private equity firm to complete a deal that would have taken the online content company private for double its current value.
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AOL Investor Open to Compromise

in News on April 27 at 2:22 pm PT

Activist investor Starboard Value LP is looking for a compromise end to its AOL Inc. proxy fight.

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As Software Industry Patent Wars Rage, the Consumer Is Not Without an Advocate

in Voices on April 26 at 1:05 pm PT

As leverage to avoid antitrust lawsuits, the Department of Justice has emphasized a little-known tool to regulate the cost of patent licenses.

Social Travel Network CouchSurfing Appoints New Chief

Bebo Founders and Shareholders Sue New Owner

Microsoft’s Top Lawyer: We Never Wanted All of AOL’s Patents

in News, April 23, 2012 at 10:01 am PT

Facebook Paying Microsoft $550 Million to Get Its Hands on Hundreds of Former AOL Patents

in Mobile, April 23, 2012 at 8:59 am PT

eBay’s CEO Says It’s “Shifting From Defense to Offense”

in Commerce, April 19, 2012 at 9:30 am PT

Patent Trolls vs. Progress

in News, April 13, 2012 at 3:30 am PT

QOTD: A Little Spite Music

Attention Marc Andreessen: Microsoft Just Bought (Part of) Netscape

in News, April 9, 2012 at 6:54 am PT

No Balance

JOBS Act Got Boost From AOL Co-Founder

in News, April 5, 2012 at 2:04 pm PT

Two Years and $33 Million Later, Start-Up Investor Lerer Ventures Starts Building Its Own Companies

in Media, April 5, 2012 at 7:02 am PT

Tablet Reading Apps Zite, Pulse Strike Publisher Deals

Unpaid Huffington Post Bloggers Remain Unpaid

in Media, March 30, 2012 at 1:43 pm PT

Retrosift Scans Your Emails for Every (Cringeworthy) Photo You’ve Ever Sent

in Product News, March 30, 2012 at 8:29 am PT

Inside AOL’s $1 Billion Patent Portfolio

in Media, March 28, 2012 at 10:44 am PT