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Amazon Kills Zombies, Keeps John Goodman as It Plans First Season of Web Series

Peter Kafka in Media on May 17 at 1:41 pm PT

Amazon starts ordering its first set of TV series. It says you helped them decide.

NowThisNews Raises a New Round to Help Bring Pregnant Panda Videos to Your Phone

Peter Kafka in Media on May 8 at 7:39 am PT

Somebody’s got to do it!

Go Far West, Young Startup: SoftBank Capital and Yahoo Japan in $20M Fund to Bring U.S. Entrepreneurs There

Kara Swisher in News on April 24 at 12:00 pm PT

Breaking into the Asian market is not easy.

HuffPost Live Thrives on Tape

Peter Kafka in Media on March 29 at 6:28 am PT

Seven months after launch, the streaming video channel has found its footing as a clip generator. HuffPost Live boss Roy Sekoff explains.

Hey, AOL Content Makers! Meet Your New Boss, Susan Lyne — And Start Thinking About Video, Right Now.

Peter Kafka in Media on March 4 at 5:05 am PT

And if you’re wondering what “brand” means at AOL, the company’s new Brand Group CEO is happy to explain.

We Are All Huffington Post Now

Peter Kafka in Media on February 24 at 10:18 am PT

Hey, what time do the Oscars start, anyway?

Out-Trending the Trendmakers: NewsWhip Says It Defeats Twitter and Facebook’s Filter Bubbles

Eric Johnson in Social on January 25 at 7:00 am PT

Friends? Who needs friends when you can just fall back on everybody to keep you informed?

Two Years After Dramatic HuffPost Buy, AOL’s Armstrong and Arianna Talk About the Sometimes Rocky Road (Video)

Kara Swisher in Media on January 17 at 1:41 pm PT

All’s well that ends well — even if it started not so well?

“Sponsor Content” Doesn’t Fool Anyone Except Advertisers

Peter Kafka in Media on January 15 at 3:58 pm PT

One big difference between the Atlantic’s Scientology ad and every other advertorial — we actually paid attention to it.

News Byte

Maymann Named Huffington Post CEO

John Murrell in Media on December 6, 2012 at 9:34 am PT

Jimmy Maymann, who had been serving as AOL’s head of international operations, has been named CEO of the Huffington Post Media Group. He will report to Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief, and now also chair of the Huffington Post Media Group. Maymann was the co-founder of Goviral, a content distribution network acquired by AOL in 2011.