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AOL Announces Marketplace by AdTech

AOL Announces Marketplace by AdTech

By Chris Crum April 9, 2013

AOL announced the launch of a new sell-side platform called Marketplace by AdTech today. With the offering, premium publishers can leverage AdTech’s technology and AOL Networks’ cross-platform ad serving platform, mange blocks and transparency settings at an inventory level, and …

Major Media Outlets Targeted In Patent Suits Major Media Outlets Targeted In Patent Suits
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Major media outlets have been named in a series of patent infringement suits related to mobile phone apps and websites. Clouding IP is claiming such media giants as CNN, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Fox News, Time, and …

AOL Co-founder Steve Case: Watch These Ten TED Talks AOL Co-founder Steve Case: Watch These Ten TED Talks
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AOL co-founder Steve Case has curated a list of ten TED Talks. He says, “It has been amazing to watch TED’s transition from party to platform, and from a small gathering for the benefit of a few to a massive …

AOL Posts Best Revenue Growth In Seven Years (YoY) AOL Posts Best Revenue Growth In Seven Years (YoY)

AOL released its Q3 earnings report this morning. The company reported 7% global advertising revenue growth, its best year-over-year revenue performance in over seven years. Furthermore, the company reported 8% search and contextual revenue growth, representing the first growth quarter …

AOL Launches Alto, Its New Take On Web-Based Email AOL Launches Alto, Its New Take On Web-Based Email
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AOL has released a new email product built to work with Gmail, Yahoo, .Mac and AOL Mail accounts. It’s called Alto. “It’s inspired by postal mail, where you sort your mail into stacks (bills, letters, junk mail, etc.); this does …

comScore Releases Latest Search Market Report comScore Releases Latest Search Market Report

comScore has released its latest numbers for the U.S. search market. They show Google sites up 0.3% in September at 66.7%, followed by Microsoft sites at 15.9% and Yahoo sites at 12.2%. Ask came in at 3.5%, and AOL came …

AOL Gets Into The YouTube Game, Launches 22 Channels AOL Gets Into The YouTube Game, Launches 22 Channels
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AOL announced today that it will be offering its entire original video content library on YouTube, where it will be distributed, as well as monetized. The company says this includes nearly 20,000 videos from brands like The Huffington Post, TechCrunch …

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AOL Debuts Impressive New AR App AOL Debuts Impressive New AR App
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Microsoft and Nokia are holding a big event today to show off the future of the Windows Phone platform. We’re expecting to see some new hardware from Nokia’s impressive Lumia line. The mobile device manufacturer has also been busy on …

How AOL Intends To Return $1.1b To Shareholders How AOL Intends To Return $1.1b To Shareholders

AOL announced its final steps in returning $1.1 billion to shareholders, entering into a $600 million fixed-dollar collared Accelerated Stock Repurchase Agreement with Barclays, and announcing its authorization of a $5.15 per share special cash dividend. The company will repurchase …

AOL Announces Dutch Auction Offer Expiration AOL Announces Dutch Auction Offer Expiration

AOL announced on Friday, the expiration of its modified “Dutch Auction” tender offer for the repurchase of up to $400 million in common stock. It expired on 5:00 P.M. (Eastern) on Thursday evening. Additionally, the company’s Board approved a $550 …

AOL Redesigns Mail, Expands Namespace AOL Redesigns Mail, Expands Namespace
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AOL, the company who made the phrase “You’ve got mail” iconic, has released a huge redesign to its AOL Mail experience. This is the first major redesign to the product in about five years. Do you use AOL Mail? What …

AOL Sees Lowest Revenue Decline In 7 Years AOL Sees Lowest Revenue Decline In 7 Years

AOL released its quarterly earnings report this morning for Q2. The company’s revenue declined by 2%, which AOL points out is the lowest rate of decline in 7 years. The company managed to beat Wall Street expectations. Ad revenue grew …

AOL Reorganizes Operations Into Three Units AOL Reorganizes Operations Into Three Units

Yesterday, AOL began buying back shares of common stock, spending up to $400 million in a dutch auction style sale. Stockholders stand to receive, or have received, as much as $30 per share. Today, AOL is introducing some more changes. …

AOL Celebrates Winamp's 15th Anniversary AOL Celebrates Winamp's 15th Anniversary

AOL is celebrating Winamp’s 15th anniversary with an upgrade to their Winamp for Android called Album Washer. The upgrade, available for $0.99, helps users clean-up and organize their existing media libraries. Available at the new in-app store, Album Wash polishes …

AOL, Microsoft, & Facebook Close Billion-Dollar Deal AOL, Microsoft, & Facebook Close Billion-Dollar Deal

AOL has just closed on a deal with Microsoft that will garner over a billion dollars for a large chunk of their patent portfolio. The news comes at a time when AOL is desperately trying to make the most of …

AOL Completes $1B Patent Sell-Off to Microsoft AOL Completes $1B Patent Sell-Off to Microsoft

Now that AOL can put the whole Starboard ordeal in the past, one of the bigger business transactions that was caught in the executive crossfire has inally reached its conclusion: the company announced today that it completed its sale of …

AOL CEO Armstrong Moving Full Steam Ahead with Patch AOL CEO Armstrong Moving Full Steam Ahead with Patch

On the heels of winning a proxy showdown against a gang of grumbling shareholders yesterday, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is punctuating his victory over that cabal of activist investors known as Starboard by pushing the very product they insisted was …