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AOL stories: 49 news summaries

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Ad Networks Gain in Race for Clicks Online

Better targeting, rates draw advertisers away from portals like AOL

Apr 21, 08 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once, advertisers bought web ads the way they bought TV spots: by buying space on popular sites to increase brand visibility. Now the mentality has changed, the New York Times reports: Buyers want targeted buys that produce lots of clicks for their buck. Increasingly, that means they’re turning away... More »

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Yahoo • AOL • advertising • online advertising • ad clicks

Yahoo, Google Close in
on Search Ad Deal

A successful system test puts Yahoo in the catbird seat with Microsoft

Apr 17, 08 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A deal that would have Google operate Yahoo’s core search ad business may be closer now that the two have successfully tested the system, reports the Wall Street Journal. An agreement would increase Yahoo’s cash flow by as much as $1 billion annually, and give it additional... More »

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Yahoo • Google • AOL • Microsoft • Internet advertising • takeover bid

Google Taps Quattrone for Yahoo Advice

It's his first high-profile post since legal troubles last year

Apr 11, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google has hired controversial former dot-com banker Frank Quattrone to advise the company on its increasingly complicated role in Yahoo’s takeover drama, the New York Times reports. It’s Quattrone’s first high-visibility gig since his obstruction-of-justice conviction was overturned last year. Google CEO Eric Schmidt is a longtime... More »

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Yahoo • Google • AOL • Microsoft • Eric Schmidt • tech bubble • Frank Quattrone

Yahoo Board Meets as Buyout Options Grow

Microsoft likeliest buyer but battle heats up

Apr 11, 08 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo's board meets today to examine the options for avoiding a hostile takeover by Microsoft, the Wall Street Journal reports. Experts think a Microsoft grab is still the most likely scenario, but the situation has grown increasingly complicated in the midst of discussions of an AOL-Yahoo merger, Yahoo's proposed trial... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Time Warner • AOL • Microsoft • online advertising • hostile takeover • mergers and acquisitions • News Corp • takeover bid

Internet Bigwigs Fight NY
Law on Tracking Web Users

Companies say they have a right to collect information for advertisers

Apr 10, 08 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google, Yahoo and a bevy of Internet biggies have joined to fight a proposed New York state law that would limit their ability to collect information about people's web habits for advertisers, reports the Wall Street Journal. The coalition says the law would endanger the future of online advertising and... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Time Warner • Comcast • AOL • eBay • Internet advertising

 Yahoo, AOL May Merge; 
 Murdoch-Microsoft In Talks 

Two Internet-shaking deals stem from Microsoft-Yahoo talks

Apr 9, 08 10:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two groundbreaking Internet deals are in the works, both related to Microsoft's desire to take over Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports. In one, Yahoo is considering combining its online operations with Time Warner's AOL. In the other, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is in talks to join Microsoft in its... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Time Warner • AOL • Microsoft • Rupert Murdoch • hostile takeover • merger • Jerry Yang • AdSense • Steve Ballmer • proxy battle • takeover bid • Legg Mason

Yahoo, Microsoft Execs
Meet to Discuss Buyout

Gates' team explains its vision; no negotiations take place

Mar 14, 08 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - For the first time since Microsoft made an unsolicited—and unwelcome—$44.6 billion bid to take over Yahoo Jan. 31, executives for the two companies sat down this week to discuss what a post-merger company might look like, reports the Wall Street Journal. No negotiations took place, the... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Time Warner • AOL • Microsoft • mergers and acquisitions • Jerry Yang • Steve Ballmer • News Corp

 AOL Goes Social, Buys Bebo 

$850M acquisition for a company struggling to change roles

Mar 13, 08 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - AOL will buy Bebo.com for $850 million in an attempt to enter the social networking market, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bebo has 22 million unique visitors a month, well behind MySpace's 109 million, but the site’s strong European presence will give AOL access to key youth demographics... More »

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social networking • Time Warner • AOL • online advertising • Bebo • Internet service providers • Internet advertising

Late Adopters Send Message to Tech Industry

Using their Netscape browser over a dial-up AOL connection

Mar 12, 08 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Netscape Navigator is still the browser of choice for 0.14% of Internet users, which doesn’t sound like a lot, until you realize that’s over a million people. They, and other late adopters like them, are becoming a rare breed in today’s world of automatic updates, but... More »

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technology • AOL • innovation • Netscape • dial-up Internet • upgrades

As AOL Looks for Answers, Time Warner Hopes for Deal

The parent of the struggling Internet giant says AOL needs a partner

Mar 12, 08 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - AOL’s efforts at launching an Internet ad-sales business—dubbed Platform A—continue to stumble, the New York Times reports. Parent Time Warner Monday fired another exec and yesterday said it’s willing to combine AOL with another company to jump-start the moribund division it’s already spent $1 billion... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Internet • Time Warner • AOL • Microsoft • Jeffrey Bewkes • advertising sales • Platform A • dial-up Internet • spinoff

The Internet Is Watching You

Biggest companies gather data on the average user hundreds of times a month

Mar 10, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Long gone are the days of Internet anonymity. Big Web companies know all about you, says a study commissioned by the New York Times. The Internet giants track users’ behavior across sites, gathering details on a typical person several hundred times a month. That information lets them target content... More »

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Yahoo • Internet • AOL • MySpace • online media • New York Times • online privacy • consumer protection • targeted advertising • Internet advertising

Yahoo Buys Time to Delay Proxy Battle

May postpone meeting to pursue talks with Microsoft,  AOL

Mar 5, 08 9:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Yahoo may postpone its annual meeting to delay a proxy battle with Microsoft, reports the New York Times. The move would temporarily fend off a hostile takeover bid by the computer giant, and buy Yahoo some time to weigh its options, including a negotiated deal with Microsoft and a merger... More »

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Yahoo • Google • AOL • Microsoft • hostile takeover • mergers and acquisitions • Jerry Yang • News Corp • proxy battle • annual meeting • takeover bid

You've Got No Mail: DC Techies Ponder Life After AOL

Relocation is struggling sector's latest setback

Feb 18, 08 10:12 AM CST
(Newser) - AOL is moving its HQ to New York, cutting nearly half of its 5,700 DC-area jobs, and leaving serious questions about the Washington, DC area’s tech industry in its wake. AOL’s declining fortunes have already hurt the sector, but local techies and VCs have fought back with... More »

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Google • AOL • New York City • Washington DC • Facebook • startup • Dulles • venture capitalists • tech sector • Revolution • tech industry

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Time Warner Plans AOL Spin-Off

New CEO also
considers selling
Time Warner Cable

Feb 6, 08 11:44 AM CST
(Newser) - In an effort to revive the company's slumping stock, Time Warner's new CEO plans to break up AOL, keeping its growing online ad properties, but unloading its increasingly obsolete dial-up Internet service provider. Operating income at AOL fell 70% in the fourth quarter, as the company continued to lose Internet-access... More »

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Wall Street • Time Warner • AOL • Jeffrey Bewkes • cable industry • Time Warner Cable

AOL Pulls Plug on Netscape Browser

Service provider throwing weight behind Mozilla, Firefox

Dec 28, 07 7:14 PM CST
(Newser) - AOL today announced that it will discontinue support and development of its Netscape Navigator browser, a program that first introduced many to the Internet when it launched 13 years ago. But, CNET's Stephen Shankland writes, Microsoft's Internet Explorer ate into market share for Netscape, which was bought by AOL—which... More »

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Internet • AOL • web browser • Firefox • Netscape • World Wide Web

Time Warner Focus Turns
to Possible Breakup

Investors want stripped-down, agile company

Dec 28, 07 10:19 AM CST
(Newser) - What do you do when you take over the world’s biggest media company? If you’re new Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes, you probably sharpen some knives. Bewkes may soon spin off AOL as well as the conglomerate’s cable and magazine divisions, Bloomberg reports. “There’s nothing... More »

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Time Warner • AOL • mergers and acquisitions • Jeffrey Bewkes • media conglomerates • movies

Google Keeps Growing, Stock Keeps Rising

Predictions of $900 stock price as engine's market share grows

Nov 22, 07 1:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Google is already the US most popular search engine, but new data indicate it enjoyed a substantial jump in traffic this past month. Reuters reports that the search giant accounted for 58.5% of the American market. Google is trailed by Yahoo, Microsoft, IAC (the owners of Ask.com), and... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Time Warner • AOL • Microsoft • search engine • Ask.com

AOL to Buy
Online Ad
Outfit Quigo

It's the last big
acquisition in new restructuring plan

Nov 7, 07 4:15 PM CST
(Newser) - AOL will purchase online advertiser Quigo, its final acquisition on a major restructuring agenda. The Time Warner unit has had poor ad growth recently—13% this past quarter, down from 40% percent levels—and is seen as trying to stay competitive with Google and Yahoo. The purchase, reportedly valued at... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Time Warner • AOL • Microsoft • online advertising • aQuantive • Quigo • Jeffrey Bewkes • Randy Falco

AOL Drags Time Warner Income Down 53%

Merger continues to be cautionary tale

Nov 7, 07 11:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Time Warner’s net income tumbled to $1.09 billion this quarter, compared to $2.32 billion a year earlier, thanks to a deeply underperforming AOL division, the Wall Street Journal reports. AOL last year dropped Internet-access fees, and with them 38% of its revenue, to focus on advertising. But... More »

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Time Warner • AOL • Richard Parsons • Jeff Bewkes • Internet advertising

NJ Spammer Draws 2 Years in Slammer

His email scam targeted 1.2M AOL subscribers

Nov 3, 07 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Todd Moeller, the 28-year-old New Jersey man who sent spam e-mails to 1.27 million America Online accounts, was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 27 months in prison. Moeller and a friend were nabbed after making a deal with a government informant to send the emails in August 2005;... More »

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AOL • email • New Jersey • New York • spam • scam • Todd Moeller • Adam Vitale

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