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Tim Armstrong’s Secret Project Is To Turn AOL Into A Low-Cost Content Machine
Tim Armstrong’s Secret Project Is To Turn AOL Into A Low-Cost Content Machine
A couple days ago at the Web 2.0 Summit, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong caused a little bit of a stir when he hinted that AOL is working on a “secret” technology project. When pressed for details on what exactly it is, he was vague. But after fishing around with our sources, we have a ...
AOL: We're working on something big and secret
AOL: We're working on something big and secret
news.cnet.com — SAN FRANCISCO--Tim Armstrong is such a tease. The AOL CEO , speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit... on Thursday, didn't have any high-profile announcements like many of the other speakers at the conference . But instead, he hinted that one might be on ... (more) AOL: We're working on something big and secret
AOL Loses Its Chief Lifestreamer, David Liu
AOL Loses Its Chief Lifestreamer, David Liu
techcrunch.com — AOL is losing another longtime executive, David Liu . He is the vice president in charge of... Global Messaging, which includes AIM, ICQ, and AOL’s more recent Lifestreaming products. Liu spearheaded the transformation of AIM into a ... (more) AOL Loses Its Chief Lifestreamer, David Liu
AOL Vice President Of Global Messaging Resigns, What Does This Mean For The Future Of AIM?
AOL Vice President Of Global Messaging Resigns, What Does This Mean For The Future Of AIM?
blog.ziggytek.com — AOL is soon going to be filled with newbies, now that their most experienced and oldest employees... are on the move to other companies. AOL is losing one of their most beloved employees, David Liu. David Liu is the VP of Global Messaging, including AIM, ICQ, and AOL’s Lifestreaming ... (more) AOL Vice President Of Global Messaging Resigns, What ...
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Tim Armstrong Reveal
Silicon Alley Insider — A couple days ago at the Web 2.0 Summit, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong caused a little bit of a stir when he hinted that AOL is working on a secret technology project. When pressed for details on what exactly it is, he was vague. But after fishing around with our sources, we have a pretty good idea. The secret project is a new content-management system (CMS) which will make it easier to produce and publish Web content across AOL s sites and perhaps beyond. It will also help AOL scale up the number of contributors who write articles and produce videos for its numerous media sites well beyond the thousands who are working for it today... Armstrong s maniacal focus right now is on increasing the amount of ...

AOL May be Building a Cheap Content Factory
ClickZ News Blog — ... This morning TechCrunch ran with the ball, reporting that the new project is a "content-management system (CMS) which will make it easier to produce and publish Web content across AOL's sites and perhaps beyond." Among other things, the new system would help AOL employ more contributors to write articles and videos on a range of topics. ...

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