8 posts and columns on Moviefone

At Tomorrow’s AOL Investor Day, Will “Execution” Focus Mean Cylinders Firing or Heads Rolling?

in Media on June 15, 2011 at 6:04 am PT

Talking to AOL CEO Tim Armstrong earlier this week about its investors day tomorrow, he used the word “execution” a lot. No, not the kind evoking a firing squad if he did not succeed at turning around the New York-based Internet giant soon as he has long promised. He means the good kind.
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Godspeed on That Investing Thing, Yertle–But I Still Have Some Questions for Your Boss, Arianna

in News on April 28, 2011 at 10:19 am PT

Would it surprise you to know that BoomTown doesn’t really care anymore if TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington sidelines as a blogger while he makes investments in tech companies his tech news site covers? Especially after reading his post yesterday that made a good argument about who he is and, frankly, who he has always been. But that does not mean his boss, AOL content head Arianna Huffington, doesn’t have some ‘splainin’ to do.

Exclusive: AOL Fires Moviefone Editor Who Offered Fired Freelancers the Chance to Work for, Um, Free

in News on April 6, 2011 at 1:28 pm PT

Yesterday, AOL’s Huffington Post Media Group got into hot water after the top editor at its Moviefone unit sent a memo to freelancers it was in the midst of firing, offering them an opportunity to “contribute as part of our non-paid blogger system.” Today, sources said that exec–Moviefone Editor-in-Chief Patricia Chui–was fired by the company, which is in the midst of drastically rejiggering its stable of writers.

You've Got Arianna: AOL Buys Huffington Post for $315 Million in Cash and Stock, Appoints Huffington Editor in Chief

in News on February 6, 2011 at 9:01 pm PT

In a bold and definitive move, AOL is paying $315 million, mostly in cash, to buy the Huffington Post, one of the Web’s most prominent news and opinion sites. As part of the deal, Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington–who was derided by some when she co-founded the left-leaning site in 2005 with investor and well-known communications exec Kenneth Lerer–will become editor in chief of a new unit that has purview over all of AOL content properties. The deal was signed just this afternoon.

Former AOL Media Boss Bill Wilson Rounds Up the Old Gang

in Media on December 13, 2010 at 4:55 am PT

Ten former AOLers get new gigs at a radio station chain and start to building. Up first: 30 new local sites plus Taste of Country, which is dedicated to…well, you can guess.

Let's Go to the Videotape: SB Nation's Jim Bankoff Speaks!

in News on May 4, 2010 at 8:30 am PT

While in Washington, D.C., recently, I paid a visit to Jim Bankoff, who is now helming a fascinating start-up called SB Nation, a fast-growing sports blog and news platform. With over 200 individual communities, it’s a mix of professional and user-generated content aimed at engaging passionate fans.
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Former AOLer Jim Bankoff Scores $7 Million for Sports News and Community Start-Up

in News on July 16, 2009 at 3:51 pm PT

Jim Bankoff–the well-regarded former AOL exec who runs an online sports news network called SB Nation–has nabbed $7 million in funding from investors, including Comcast Interactive Capital, said sources. People familiar with the situation said SB Nation’s post-investment valuation, after this second round, will be $30 million and also include previous investors, such as Accel Partners and Allen & Co.
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