AOL Names Former Google Exec as CEO

By the Associated Press

Posted Mar 12, 2009 6:27 PM CDT

(AP) – AOL is getting a new CEO. Tim Armstrong, a senior vice president at Google, will replace Randy Falco, who took the job in late 2006. Falco is leaving along with president and COO Ron Grant. The shakeup could mean that a Time Warner spin-off of... Read full story »

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