Email This Post May 23, 2012 – 5:17 pm TweetDespite AOL's efforts to build up its owned & operated sites, including the Huffington Post Media Group its local content offering Patch, the portal’s real growth has always come from its Advertising.com ad network. So it wasn’t too much of a surprise when AOL announced a few executive shifts that are designed to highlight the importance of that business. First, Ned Brody, who was given oversight over all advertising as chief revenue officer in December, will now concentrate strictly on Advertising.com as CEO of that group. In addition, AOL’s SVP and head of ad sales, Jim Norton will remain in that role, however, instead of reporting to Brody, he will report directly to AOL CEO Tim ... Continue reading →
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William Alatriste Christine C. Quinn, right, the speaker of the New York City Council, married her longtime partner, Kim M. Catullo. William Alatriste Ms. Quinn and her father, Lawrence, right, with Ms. Catullo and her father, Anthony. William Alatriste Ms. Quinn walking down the aisle with her father, Lawrence, as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo looks on. Michael Appleton for The New York Times Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and his girlfriend, Diana L. Taylor, arrived for the ceremony. Michael Appleton for The New York Times The Highline Stages on West 15th Street, where Ms. Quinn and Ms. Catullo held their wedding. In a room bedecked with wildflowers, and sprinkled with a who’s who of New York elected officials, Christine C. Quinn, the speaker of the New ... Continue reading →
A few weeks ago it looked as though AOL was winning its proxy fight whereas Yahoo’s efforts were floundering. While Yahoo seems to have lost its battle with activist investor Third Point with the departure of Scott Thompson and the appointment of Third Point’s Daniel Loeb and two other nominees to Yahoo’s board, AOL’s is only just heating up. Late Wednesday the company’s chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong took the gloves off in responding to Starboard. “We do not believe [Starboard Value CEO and chief investment officer] Jeffrey Smith and his Starboard nominees have demonstrated an understanding of AOL’s basic business model,” he wrote in a letter to shareholders that was filed with the SEC. “They have put forth a series of what we believe ... Continue reading →
Email This Post May 14, 2012 – 8:31 pm TweetThe $270 million purchase of data management platform interclick last November was considered one of Yahoo’s sharpest moves during period between the ouster of Carol Bartz as CEO and the replacement with Scott Thompson, whose reign was ended after less than six months this weekend. Given the turmoil that has surrounded Yahoo’s executive ranks the last few years, it was no surprise that the when members of the advertising team opened Internet Week New York with a collective “business as usual” mien to herald the completion of the integration of Yahoo’s data stack into the interclick system, which collects data from third party sites, into a tool called Genome. Aside from the CEO debacles, the introduction ... Continue reading →
Email This Post May 14, 2012 – 8:31 pm TweetThe $270 million purchase of data management platform interclick last November was considered one of Yahoo’s sharpest moves during period between the ouster of Carol Bartz as CEO and the replacement with Scott Thompson, whose reign was ended after less than six months this weekend. Given the turmoil that has surrounded Yahoo’s executive ranks the last few years, it was no surprise that the when members of the advertising team opened Internet Week New York with a collective “business as usual” mien to herald the completion of the integration of Yahoo’s data stack into the interclick system, which collects data from third party sites, into a tool called Genome. Aside from the CEO debacles, the introduction ... Continue reading →
