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nytimes.com - 1/12/2009

Quietly, AOL Becomes an Overseer of Niche Sites

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Tens of millions of consumers visit some of AOL’s 70 specialty sites, some without even knowing it. >

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corp.aol.com - 1/12/2009

AOL Announces Expansion of Publishing Unit with the Creation of MediaGlow

— corp.aol.com — NEW YORK, NY, January 12, 2009 – After a year of strong growth for its programming efforts, AOL announced today a series of significant developments that will dramatically expand, reposition and monetize its digital publishing business in ... (more) AOL Announces Expansion of Publishing Unit with the ...

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sixapart.com - 1/15/2009

Blog - TypePad Connects to Google, AOL, Yahoo! and more

— sixapart.com — If you've already tried out our recently launched commenting service via TypePad Connect , you know that we built in very basic support for OpenID sign in from the start. We did this because we know that just as the future of traditional media wasn't ... (more) Blog - TypePad Connects to Google, AOL, Yahoo! and more

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alleyinsider.com - 1/6/2009

AOL Boss Kevin Conroy Bolts For Univision (TWX)

— alleyinsider.com — Here's CEO Randy Falco's memo. A big loss or don't-let-door-hit-you-in-ass? AOLers, please weigh in below. Dear AOL colleague, I'm writing to tell you that Kevin Conroy has accepted a position as President of Interactive Media at Univision. ... (more) AOL Boss Kevin Conroy Bolts For Univision (TWX)

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AOL's Web Strategy Refined Yet Again With MediaGlow
paidContent — ... ) is tweaking its website strategy yet again. As the company struggles with the slowdown in display ad activity, it is giving its web publishing unit a formal name, called MediaGlow. AOL's Bill Wilson will go from EVP of programming to president of the the new unit, which will oversee programming's 75 sites, NYT reports. AOL plans to create 30 more sites this year. The formation of MediaGlow is meant to move AOL away from being a portal, as opposed to a publisher with niche sites, like "edgy" younger men's site ...

AOL Becomes A Blog (TWX)
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AOL "MediaGlow" Sites Still Dependent On AOL.com Traffic (TWX)
Silicon Alley Insider — ... In a weekend New York Times article describing AOL's (TWX) latest reinvention -- a plan to rely less on AOL.com and more on 75 or so niche sites such as Engadget, TMZ and Spinner.com -- the president of the new media divison, Bill Wilson, said that while AOL.com still drives traffic to the niche sites, "we're not counting on that." ...

Roundup: Balderton’s new fund, Google’s “environmental impact” and more
VentureBeat — Here’s the latest action: Balderton Capital raises $430 million fund to take advantage of downturn — The London-based firm tells the Financial Times that “[p]art of the reason for raising this fund now is to take advantage of the opportunities that this stage of the cycle throws up.” Delicious creator Joshua Schachter joins Google — Yahoo bought his social bookmarking service, Delicious, in 2005 — but he left in June, citing issues getting anything done at the company. Now he’s at Google. Social gaming site Cafe.com ...