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Kara Swisher in News on December 12, 2011 at 6:17 pm PT
After the departure of AOL exec Brad Garlinghouse, it’s probably no surprise that his longtime public relations exec Kiersten Hollars would be next to go. And she is indeed leaving to take a job as a PR partner at Silicon Valley venture firm Andreessen Horowitz. She’ll be reporting to marketing partner Margit Wennmachers there.
Kara Swisher in News on November 11, 2011 at 2:53 pm PT
Former employees are good for something, apparently!
Ina Fried in News on July 1, 2011 at 7:48 am PT
Current and former Research In Motion employees are offering their two cents after an anonymous worker’s manifesto of all that ails the company was posted on Thursday to Boy Genius Report.
RIM publicly brushed off the first letter, but will any of the comments be taken to heart?
Ina Fried in Mobile on June 30, 2011 at 8:45 am PT
Back in 2006, then-Yahoo executive Brad Garlinghouse wrote the now infamous Peanut Butter Manifesto detailing the internal issues that ailed the company. Now, Research In Motion is having its Skippy moment.
Kara Swisher in News on April 27, 2011 at 7:08 am PT
Earlier this week, BoomTown took the
All Things Digital minivan for a spin down to see the new Silicon Valley digs of AOL.
The Palo Alto, Calif., office is helmed by former Yahoo exec Brad “Peanut Butter Manifesto” Garlinghouse, who also turned out to be a very entertaining tour guide.
Liz Gannes in Social on December 16, 2010 at 11:58 am PT
At an all-hands meeting for the Yahoo product team following a round of layoffs yesterday that significantly impacted that group, Chief Product Officer Blake Irving announced plans to “sunset” eight products.
Kara Swisher in News on August 26, 2010 at 12:04 pm PT
With a flick of the switch today at 5 pm PT, a critical chapter in Silicon Valley will finally go dark.
That’s when AOL officially moves out of the legendary HQ buildings of Netscape Communications in Mountain View, Calif.–along Ellis Street and East Middlefield Road–to new, snappier digs it is subleasing from Google in Palo Alto on Page Mill Road.
Sigh–BoomTown hates change.
Kara Swisher in News on July 19, 2010 at 9:56 pm PT
Oh, the game of musical chairs in the digital sector never seems to stop.
In today’s Silicon Valley roundelay, Google’s head of traditional media and publisher partnerships, Rob Macdonald, heads to online publishing start-up Scribd, while AOL nabs Apple marketing exec Alan Eyzaguirre and Google grabs former Yahoo tech exec Venkat Panchapakesan.
Kara Swisher in News on June 16, 2010 at 4:57 pm PT
From the horse trail of our Western
All Things Digital HQ, BoomTown could not resist posting this internal email from AOL exec Brad Garlinghouse, which was sent out to employees this afternoon.
Apparently, the striving Internet company is changing its email address to reflect its morale goals.
Presto, it’s the peppy @teamaol.com and no longer the duller @corp.aol.com.
