Corner Office: Steve Case on Risk-Taking, or Lack Thereof, in Business
Steve Case, co-founder of America Online and now chief executive of the investment firm Revolution, talks about risk-taking — or lack thereof — in the business world.
AOL Profit Rises on Strong Ad Sales
AOL reported its best quarterly revenue growth in eight years because of strong search and advertising sales.
Bits Blog: About.me Buys Itself Back From AOL
About.me’s co-founders purchased their company back from AOL, which originally acquired the company two years ago for tens of millions of dollars.
Common Sense: H.P.’s Autonomy Blunder Might Be One for the Record Books
It seemed likely that a deal like AOL’s acquisition of Time Warner would never be repeated, rivaled or surpassed, but the deal for Autonomy may qualify.
Media Decoder Blog: AOL Reports Stronger Ad Sales
AOL reported a strong third quarter on Tuesday, helped in large part by improved ad sales.
Bits Blog: As Apple’s Maps Stumbles, AOL’s MapQuest Flourishes
Apple’s map application debacle has been a boon for MapQuest, which had been eclipsed in the era of in-car GPS and smartphones.
AOL Declares Special Dividend
The Internet company also said it would buy back about $600 million in its common stock, part of a plan to return $1.1 billion to the company’s shareholders.
Media Decoder Blog: AOL’s Ad Revenue Up; Armstrong Bullish on Video
In its second-quarter financial report, AOL reported a 2 percent decline in revenue, the smallest fall in seven years.
Bits Blog: Yahoo Breach Extends Beyond Yahoo to Gmail, Hotmail, AOL Users
Yahoo confirmed on Thursday that hackers had breached its systems and posted online a file of 400,000 usernames and passwords.
The Media Equation: Digital’s Ever-Swifter Incursion
In just one week, developments solidified the future of a new kind of media, with The Huffington Post and Time Inc. both announcing new tablet offerings.
DealBook: I.S.S. Backs Two Starboard Nominees for AOL Board
Institutional Shareholder Services is recommending that AOL investors vote for two of three board candidates named by Starboard Value, an activist hedge fund seeking to overhaul the Web company’s strategy.
Bits: Facebook Arms for Patent Fight With $550 Million Deal
Less than two weeks after Microsoft paid AOL more than $1 billion for a trove of its patents, Microsoft is selling or licensing those same patents to its online ally, Facebook, for $550 million.
