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AOL tries to recapture that startup feeling

(AP) -- It might seem an odd move for a company that relies on money from advertising. Yet AOL is reducing the number of ads it shows on its home page and some other Web sites it runs.

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created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

AOL buys two Web startups

Internet pioneer AOL, which Time Warner plans to spin off into an independent company later this year, announced on Thursday that it had bought two small Web startups focused on local content.

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Time Warner to spin off AOL, ending ill-fated deal

(AP) -- Time Warner Inc. is dumping AOL after spending nearly a decade trying to build a new-age media empire only to wind up in a weaker position than when the marriage began.

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MySpace's new CEO promises innovation

(AP) -- The new leaders of News Corp.'s MySpace said Wednesday they need to innovate to rejuvenate the social networking site, which has suffered from stalled user growth.

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With ex-Google exec, AOL seeks another fresh start

(AP) -- Shortly before taking over as head of AOL in April, Tim Armstrong ripped out some office doors.

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created May 23, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

AOL names yet another head of online ad business

(AP) -- AOL, the struggling Internet unit that Time Warner Inc. is likely to spin off, said Thursday that it will put a new executive in charge of its online advertising business - making him the fourth person to hold that ...

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Time Warner profit down, expects to spin off AOL

US media and entertainment giant Time Warner Inc. reported a 14-percent drop in quarterly net profit on Wednesday and said it expects to spin off troubled Internet unit AOL.

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Former AOL head to run News Corp. digital

Jonathan Miller, a former head of Time Warner online unit AOL, was named by News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday to oversee MySpace and other digital businesses at the media giant.

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AOL names former Google executive as CEO

(AP) -- An executive from Google Inc. is becoming the latest CEO of AOL, raising hopes that he will be able to turn around Time Warner Inc.'s struggling Internet unit.

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