Submitted by hemartin
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08:34 AIR (Adobe) is the Application Behind Conde Nast's Digital Magazine Initiative @foliomag bit.ly/76i8lL # 08:38 "The Chinese Social Media Landscape" chart bit.ly/4SNFya (via @sinotechian ) # 09:50 Digital Editions: Best (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
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Last week, it was reported that AOL - amid restructuring efforts in the lead-up to the imminent Time Warner. (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Last week, it was reported that AOL – amid restructuring efforts in the lead-up to the imminent Time Warner spin-off and IPO – was putting its instant messaging service unit ICQ on the block and had hired bankers Allen & Co. (Read More)
Submitted by logicalextremes
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When, in late September, rumors surfaced that Comcast was trying to buy NBC Universal from General Electric, Wall Street reacted with dismay. Grandiose attempts to combine media production and distribution — programming and p (Read More)
GigaOM:
The New York City Council is voting on a resolution this morning supporting the idea that Internet service providers cannot discriminate against web traffic on their networks. As gestures go, this resolution supporting net ne (Read More)
CanadaOne.org:
The Buzz On BusinessModesto BeeThe struggling Internet company AOL plans to shed up to 2500 jobs — more than a third of its work force — as it prepares to separate from Time Warner and ...and more ». (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
Even before Tim Armstrong joined Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) to take AOL independent, the company was mixing in new brands with the familiar acronym. He’s pushed that strategy even harder, to the point where the question is what (Read More)
paidContent.org:
Even before Tim Armstrong joined Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) to take AOL independent, the company was mixing in new brands with the familiar acronym. He’s pushed that strategy even (Read More)
eWeek - RSS Feeds:
In order to reduce its operating cost, AOL management is asking for so-called voluntary layoffs. Involuntary layoffs will follow if AOL does not hit its target of reducing its operating budget by $200 million in the first hal (Read More)
NEWS.com.au | Business | Business Breaking News:
FORMER internet star AOL said overnight it is to slash 2500 jobs, one-third of its workforce, as it prepares to break free from Time Warner after one of the most disastrous mergers in corporate history. (Read More)
Digital Media Wire - connecting people & knowledge:
New York- Needing to drastically trim costs as it prepares to separate from parentcompany Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), AOL said on Thursday that it plans to trim its workforceby about one-third -- approximately 2,300 workers -- t (Read More)
Advertising Age - MediaWorks:
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- AOL will cut 2,500 employees, or about a third of its work force, as it looks to slim down costs on the eve of its spinoff from Time Warner. Initially, the cuts won't be targeted and will come from vol (Read More)
Submitted by louisgray
from Google Reader:
AOL, which has already told investors it will spend up to $200 million firing a good chunk of its staff, has now told employees. The company is looking for “up to 2,500 volunteers,” CEO Tim Armstrong told his staff today. Tha (Read More)
Digital Trends:
AOL Inc., the once mighty Internet company, will cut about a third of its workforce, or 2,500 jobs, to cut costs as it prepares to be spun off from its parent company, Time Warner. (Read More)
Submitted by hemartin
from blog:
19:45 Blogpost: Mobile Social Networking as Growth Driver of Mobile Internet 2008 - 2014" ( bit.ly/3a43EC ) # 20:02 RT @themediaisdying @thefutureofnews BizWeek: 19% less reporters in '09. 11% more PR pros. 30% swing in rati (Read More)
paidContent:UK:
—Conde Nast: Wired publisher Jamie Jouning is taking the new role of publisher for Conde Nast Digital Britain, the UK counterpart to Conde Nast Digital. It’s a commercial role - Emanuela Pignataro remains in charge editoriall (Read More)
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Silicon Alley Insider:
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong makes a lot of money. He's also going to get a lot of stock in the new AOL.AOLers and Time Warner investors should be fine and happy with this, because why else would a top Google exec go to a company th (Read More)