10 posts and columns on Quigo

Meet Hashable, Which Wants to Make Money By Introducing You

in Media on November 22, 2010 at 10:10 am PT

LinkedIn + Twitter + a dash of Foursquare gets you another social network with big investor expectations. CEO Michael Yavonditte explains what he’s up to, and why the startup he launched a year ago doesn’t seem as appealing anymore.

AOL’s “Forget the Last Few Years Campaign” Continues With Buy.at Sale

in Media on March 1, 2010 at 9:17 am PT

Another marker in Tim Armstrong’s campaign to undo just about every part the old regime at AOL: The company has sold Buy.at, an affiliate marketing company it bought two years ago. Meanwhile, we’re still waiting to hear what happens to ICQ, among other assets.

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.

Can Yahoo Stop AOL's Talent Pool From Leaking So Much?

in News on April 10, 2008 at 2:09 am PT

Gone, Tim Tuttle of Truveo. Gone, the Birches of Bebo. Gone, Dave Morgan of Tacoda. Gone, many Quigos. One of the more interesting little problems that AOL has had over the last few years, in regards to its acquisition of hot Internet companies, has been that it is situated deep in the bowels of the [...]

AOL+Bebo=More Rich Web Entrepreneurs!

in News on March 14, 2008 at 3:01 am PT

After its AOL division paid out an insane $850 million for social networking site Bebo yesterday, one had to wonder if the true digital legacy of Time Warner will be as the perpetual gravy train for legions of Web players. It certainly seems that way from the original AOL execs who “merged” their company with Time Warner in 2000 and cashed out at the peak right after the deal to the series of ad networking startup entrepreneurs who got acquired, took their payouts and skidaddled right on through to the two founders of Bebo–Michael and Xochi Birch–who didn’t even stay long enough for a latte after grabbing their chunk of the payday Time Warner was handing out in crisp bank notes for the social networking site they founded.

AOL: Yadda, Yadda, Yedda?

in News on November 12, 2007 at 12:04 am PT

In an interesting move, AOL made its second acquisition in a week by buying Yedda, an Israeli question-and-answer service with social elements. The price for the start-up, founded in 2006, was not disclosed, although it recently raised $2.5 million. Last week, AOL confirmed it has bought the Quigo ad network at a price tag of [...]

Bewkes Job No. 1: No More Stumble-Bumbling With AOL

in News on November 8, 2007 at 12:05 am PT

As expected, from a story we broke in BoomTown more than a week ago, AOL confirmed it has bought the Israeli content-targeting ad network Quigo. The sale price, said sources, was a lofty $300 million, around what Yahoo paid for data analytics ad network BlueLithium in September. Well, it’s probably a good thing for AOL [...]

More Web 2.0 Acquisition Deals to Come? Plaxo, Digg on the Block?

in News on November 8, 2007 at 12:03 am PT

It’s obvious at this point that acquisition deals are to Web 2.0 start-ups as IPOs were to Web 1.0 ones. As far as bubbles go, I suppose that’s fine, since average investors are safe from the machinations of investment bankers and venture capitalists this time and the only ones at risk are the big companies [...]

Rumors, Rumors Everywhere, but Not a Lot to Think (Except AOL-Quigo?)

in News on October 31, 2007 at 3:54 am PT

So there is a lot of swirl out there about a spate of companies and their supposed plans. In the interest of time-saving, we will group them all here in one easy list that you can clip and save. DEALS AFOOT?: Yes, there is always a lot of sniffing around out there, especially given that [...]