7 posts and columns on Dulles

Think You Can Help AOL Keep Hackers at Bay? Here's the Job for You.

in Enterprise on March 3, 2011 at 3:00 pm PT

AOL is searching for a new head of IT security. Think you’re up for it? We have the job description.

Happy 25th Birthday AOL–Love, Snarky BoomTown

in News on May 25, 2010 at 9:15 am PT

Here’s a video BoomTown did in honor of the 25th anniversary of the founding of AOL. I had to miss the party back East yesterday, as I am prepping for the eighth D: All Things Digital conference–where, in fact, both AOL’s first CEO, Steve Case, and its current one, Tim Armstrong, will be appearing onstage. Instead, I did this video, which is inspired from an email Case sent to me recently calling me “Miss Snarky.”

Tim Armstrong's 100-Day Vision Quest Nearing End: Party in Dulles! (And Then What?)

in News on July 1, 2009 at 6:28 am PT

Back in April, Tim Armstrong sent a memo to the long-battered troops of AOL about a 100-day vision quest the new CEO and chairman was going on to find out “how to bring back the magic of AOL.” It is now Day 86, and Armstrong is closing in on the end of a Where’s-Waldo commitment that he made then to visit all of the far-flung offices of the Time Warner online unit globally to find out what’s what and what he should do to turn AOL around. BoomTown is eager to see what Armstrong has found out on his trip and what path it will ultimately put AOL on.
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Tim Armstrong Starts at AOL–His Entire 100-Day-Countdown-To-Magic Memo!

in News on April 7, 2009 at 2:02 pm PT

Former Google exec Tim Armstrong officially started his job as new AOL chairman and CEO today and sent out a hello-there memo to the troops. According to Armstrong, he is poised to “bring back the magic of AOL.” BoomTown loves magic tricks! Armstrong is also promising to look closely at AOL over the next 100 days, which “will end in Dulles with an All-Hands meeting in mid-July.”
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He's Baaaaaack: Steve Case Reemerges at AOL

in News on March 17, 2009 at 9:10 am PT

As BoomTown reported earlier today, AOL was abuzz with the rumors that former execs from the online service’s glory days, including still controversial former CEO Steve Case, might make an appearance at a huge staff pep rally called by its new CEO Tim Armstrong. And so Case did show up in front of a cheering crowd this morning, along with former AOL vice chairman Ted Leonsis. Considering that many at Time Warner, which owns AOL, still harbor resentment towards Case about the disastrous merger between it and AOL a half-decade ago, the move is groundbreaking for the troubled online service and perhaps a sign that it is finally time to move forward.
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AOL CEO Randy Falco's Entire Memo to the Troops on Layoffs

in News on January 28, 2009 at 10:37 am PT

Here is the letter AOL CEO Randy Falco has penned to the entire staff about its layoffs of 10 percent of its workforce–or 700 people–and other cost cuts, which the online service is announcing today. “We’re at a pivotal point in AOL’s transformation, and need to be even more strategically focused and operationally efficient as we weather the economic storm,” wrote Falco, in part, about the move.

Exclusive: AOL to Lay Off 10 Percent of Staff, Cutting 700, Due to Ad Meltdown and a Refocusing on New Structure

in News on January 28, 2009 at 10:18 am PT

Time Warner online unit AOL is cutting 700 employees due to the weak economy and the ensuing falloff in advertising revenue, but also because of recent structural changes made to refocus the once-mighty service. AOL CEO Randy Falco sent a memo this afternoon to AOL staff about the layoffs and other cost cuts being made, confirming the moves. Other changes: Goodbye to raises and a hello to a consolidation of AOL’s facilities.