The agreement with Microsoft represents the culmination of a robust auction process for our patent portfolio,” said Tim Armstrong, AOL’s Chairman and CEO. AOL is selling more than 800 patents to Microsoft for $1.056 billion in cash.
The Street notes a merger between AOL and Yahoo is also being discussed, with AOL CEO Tim Armstrong touted as the overall CEO (AOL-Yahoo merger speculation is hardly new, and Yahoo quickly debunked this rumor last month).
But given the "content farm" changes both engines are supposed to be implementing, having a major agreement with AOL search and a potentially massive use of this Microsoft platform, maybe AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is smartly taking steps to keep his...
TechCrunch posted an internal memo from AOL CEO Tim Armstrong detailing the acquisition to employees. Guess Tim does not see Arianna as a political journalist and commentator. AOL bought the Huffington Post over the weekend for $315 million dollars...
CEO Tim Armstrong announced that AOL's profits for 2010 were up, despite an overall drop in revenue. Profits Up, Revenue Down At AOL by Frank Watson LEAKED: AOL's Master Plan - Silicon Alley Insider Covario Actionable Insights
CEO Tim Armstrong announced that AOL's profits for 2010 were up, despite an overall drop in revenue, MarketWatch reported. I am very proud of what we accomplished in 2010 as we began the year with a significant restructuring of AOL and ended the...
As Tim Armstrong, AOL's CEO, said last year. Demand Media, AOL's recent moves, eHow, Yahoo Answers, Quora and so on have shown this is a profitable way to game the system. Okay when Matt Cutts speaks the search industry listens.
Chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong remained confident and said during the earnings' call that "It's about taking a company that was very sick and making it healthy. One search engine that could really do with higher revenues is AOL.
CEO Tim Armstrong said advertising would be AOL's primary source of revenues in his turnaround plan for the company. When AOL is in the news, it means business. As such, AOL already demonstrated its willingness to leave non-viable operations behind...
Speaking at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong said there were more than two contenders in the race for its search deal. It's going to go very fast, notably because Armstrong said that advertising would be AOL's...
We have made significant progress in support of the long-term vision we see in the future of AOL, but today's results continue to reflect the need for our focus and execution on the work required in the turnaround of the Company," said Tim...
The AOL/Google search partnership agreement is ending this year and according to AOL CEO Tim Armstrong the company will be looking for the best possible deal, though Google will get "firsts dibs", according to the Wall Street Journal.
Tim Armstrong and AOL employees rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange this morning, to signal the beginning of trading - including AOL stock as an independent company. We have a clear strategy, a focused mission and a firm commitment to...
The announcement was made shortly after hiring Tim Armstrong away from Google as President. Last spring, Time Warner announced that it would spin off AOL as an independent company. Now, we know that AOL's independence day is December 9, 2009.
AOL is on a mission to help create the future of media and content and the AOL Board will play a central part in helping us focus the strategy and also operate the company with the highest ethical standards," said AOL CEO Tim Armstrong.
Earlier this year, Tim Armstrong left Google to head up the struggling internet company. AOL has tapped Shashi Seth as Senior Vice President of Global Advertising Products. Shashi is unmatched in the industry as an innovator with an outstanding...
Tim Armstrong left Google to run AOL earlier this year. Now, he's been tapped to run Internet and mobile communications at AOL. Garlinghouse isn't the only big name to join AOL. In 2006, Brad Garlinghouse made waves at Yahoo!
Though, with former Google exec Tim Armstrong now running things at AOL, I'd prefer to see AOL go for broke and develop their own search engine. When the Time Warner board voted in late May to spin off AOL, buying back Google's 5% stake in the...
The mission was carried out by the Apollo 11 crew which carried Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin. Armstrong and Aldrin actually walked on the moon, while Collins orbited. Confessions of an SEO Copywriter (You don't need a lot of...
The combination of search, local and mapping could be the perfect storm for AOL, if new CEO Tim Armstrong has his way. Local remains one of the most disaggregated experiences on the Web today -- there's a lot of information out there but simply no...
