Jeff Levick

AOL Names Jim Norton as New Head of Sales

Kara Swisher in Media on December 9, 2011 at 10:00 am PT

Hey kids, it’s a new ad honcho at AOL! Replacing that other guy, who replaced that other guy.

AOL’s Biz Dev SVP and Strategy Chief Heads to Spotify

Kara Swisher in News on October 27, 2011 at 12:19 am PT

Top AOL dude abandons ship to head to hot music start-up.

Spotify Lands a Biz Dev Guy: Clear Channel’s Gerrit Meier

Peter Kafka in Media on October 7, 2011 at 1:12 pm PT

The streaming music company has a U.S. deal and a fire hose of traffic from Facebook. Next up: More revenue.

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AOL’s Old Ad Boss Lands at Spotify

Peter Kafka in Media on September 15, 2011 at 2:50 pm PT

Spotify has a lot of new users. And now it has someone to help get ads in front of them: Jeff Levick, the former head of AOL sales, who was bumped out of his old job in July. Levick’s LinkedIn profile now lists him as the music service’s chief advertising officer; prior to AOL he had put in eight years at Google.

AOL Ad Chief Is “New Face”

Emily Steel, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on July 31, 2011 at 11:31 pm PT

Ad executives are puzzled by AOL Inc. Chief Executive Tim Armstrong’s new pick for ad chief, Ned Brody, and say the relatively unknown executive has his work cut out for him as he tries to drive sales and recharge AOL’s brand.

AOL Reorgs Again, Sales Boss Jeff Levick Out

Peter Kafka in News on July 25, 2011 at 8:23 am PT

Yet another management shuffle at AOL: Sales chief Jeff Levick, one of Armstrong’s key initial hires, is out, replaced by his former deputy Ned Brody.

Actually, AOL's Mark Ellis Is Headed to Yahoo

Kara Swisher in News on March 1, 2011 at 3:06 pm PT

As AOL CEO Tim Armstrong works to integrate his $315 million purchase of the Huffington Post into the Internet portal, one of its top advertising leaders is departing for a big job at Yahoo. Mark Ellis will become head of the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s North American field sales, after serving in a wide variety of jobs at AOL and being a key lieutenant to global ad sales head Jeff Levick.

Another AOL Shuffle, This Time in Ad Sales

Peter Kafka in Media on March 1, 2011 at 1:02 pm PT

Another org chart shuffle at AOL following its $315 million acquisition of the Huffington Post. This one is in sales, where North American ad chief Mark Ellis is out, and several of his deputies will be elevated.

BoomTown Will Have What Greg Coleman's Having: HuffPo Ad Sales Head Scores Big Bucks Twice From AOL's Armstrong

Kara Swisher in News on February 7, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is the gift that keeps on giving–at least to Greg Coleman. He’s the Chief Revenue Officer at the Huffington Post–for which the Internet giant just forked over $315 million to acquire–who will get a multimillion dollar payout from the deal. Except Coleman is the same guy whose three-year contract as AOL’s onetime sales head was paid out by Armstrong after he was replaced after only three months.

Yet Another Googler to AOL: Sales Exec John Burke

Peter Kafka in Media on February 4, 2011 at 10:44 am PT

You’d think that nearly two years after Tim Armstrong jumped from Google to AOL, he’d be done bringing former coworkers to his new gig. But you’d be wrong!