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Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 10 Jul 2007 09:17 PM PST
Revision3: PC Magazine’s Jim Louderback is jumping ship and sides, moving to Revision3 as CEO, according to NewTeeVee. Louderback was editor in chief for PC mag and editorial director for…
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 16 May 2007 06:23 AM PST
AOL has bought a controlling interest in Adtech AG, an international online ad-serving company based in Frankfurt, Germany. Financial terms were not disclosed, and Adtech will operate as an independent…
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 23 Mar 2007 03:17 AM PST
AOL and UKTV have struck a syndication contract to carry clips form the lifestyle TV network on the web portal in Britain. UKTV operates 10 niche channels on topics including…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 14 Mar 2007 05:00 PM PST
After tons of trouble from TradeDoubler shareholders, AOL has withdrawn its $900 million bid for the European provider of online marketing and sales solutions. This came after AOL failed to…
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 26 Feb 2007 05:20 AM PST
AOL is holding firm on its $900 million cash offer for Swedish online marketing company TradeDoubler, though the Time Warner company said it is extending the bid’s deadline by several…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 16 Feb 2007 02:51 PM PST
Couple of senior AOL departures: -- first, AOL CFO Steve Swad is leaving (first reported by Valleywag) will join a private-equity firm...CEO Randy Falco said Swad will stay with the…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 22 Jan 2007 06:59 AM PST
AOL’s new leadership of Randy Falco and Ron Grant has a new top international team. Maneesh Dhir, most recently SVP and country manager-India, is EVP-international, a new position reporting directly…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 16 Jan 2007 12:20 PM PST
AOL is not budging from the $900 million bid it made for TraderDouble, the European online marketing and ad firm...it made a bid yesterday, but now has opposition on the…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 15 Jan 2007 04:01 PM PST
Despite commitments from shareholders representing about 20 percent of TradeDoubler’s voting power, AOL is facing opposition to its planned acquisition of the Swedish online marketer. AOL’s offer of about $900…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 15 Jan 2007 12:07 AM PST
AOL is making a huge bet on the European online marketing potential and is offering to buy TradeDoubler, a Sweden-based European provider of online marketing and sales solutions, for a…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 15 Dec 2006 08:07 AM PST
Warner Bros Entertainment has bought a 10.3 percent stake in SCi Entertainment, the British computer games company behind Lara Croft - Tomb Raider, for about $87.5 million. Sci had also…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 14 Dec 2006 11:00 AM PST
After AOL decided to focus on its online portals in Europe as well, it has been a bumpy ride there as well: AOL Europe president, Carlo d’Asaro Biondo, is leaving…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 08 Dec 2006 08:18 AM PST
The Carphone Warehouse Group has EU approval to acquire AOL UK, according to AFP. The commission decided the $726 million (370 million pounds) deal would impede effective European competition. The…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 23 Oct 2006 12:28 AM PST
AOL’s sale of its ISPs in Germany, France and the UK will bring in nearly $2 billion—and will cost the company considerably as it switches to ad-based revenues. One example:…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 11 Oct 2006 01:12 AM PST
The agony of AOL UK’s access business is over: it has been sold: Carphone Warehouse, Europe’s largest mobile retailer, for 370 million pounds ($687 million). This would give it a…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 21 Sep 2006 07:11 AM PST
After exclusive talks, Neuf Cegetel has agreed to buy AOL France for $365 million in cash; the ISP business includes 500,000 broadband customers. As part of the deal, AOL will…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 20 Sep 2006 08:11 PM PST
Some update on AOL UK’s bidding: France Telecom’s Orange unit has pulled out of the bidding for the UK arm, reports Times Online, though Murdoch-controlled BSkyB and Carhpone Warehouse are…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 17 Sep 2006 03:11 PM PST
So finally, a sale for AOL’s European subsidiaries, after months of bidding: AOL Germany has been sold for a has been sold to Telecom Italia 675 million euros (about $852.7…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 05 Sep 2006 05:11 PM PST
Since Turner’s VeryFunnyAds.com opened for business Aug. 23, the video site has delivered more than 7 million streams of, well, funny ads to more than 900,000 unique visitors. These aren’t…
Posted By Jemima Kiss - Sun 03 Sep 2006 05:11 PM PST
-- Alex Balfour, formerly the founder of CricInfo and founding team member of Guardian Unlimited, has been appointed head of new media for the London 2012 Olympic Organizing Committee. He…
Posted By Jemima Kiss - Wed 30 Aug 2006 12:09 PM PST
-- ESPN, Big East Sign 6-Year Deal: As of 2007-08 season, ESPN will have the rights to broadcast Big East basketball, football and some other sports on various ESPN networks;…
Posted By Jemima Kiss - Wed 30 Aug 2006 06:09 AM PST
A lot happening on the digital music scene ... -- Oceanic Time Warner launched OCTunes, a specialist online music store this week offering more than 3,000 songs from Pacific Islands…
Posted By Jemima Kiss - Tue 29 Aug 2006 12:10 PM PST
AOL has received bids of more than $766 million for its German division, a source close the negotiations has told Reuters —far higher than the $513-$577 million reported by German…
Posted By Jemima Kiss - Wed 23 Aug 2006 10:10 AM PST
So this complicates things for AOL’s plans of selling off its German unit: European telco player Tiscali is considering selling off its German division to fund its UK digital media…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 02 Aug 2006 10:10 AM PST
Besides the new plans for AOL in U.S., some details on the future of AOL in Europe, especially in UK, France and Germany, also came out during the announcements today.…
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