The company will begin laying off 2,000 employees out of a global workforce of 10,000 on Tuesday, according to an internal company-wide e-mail obtained by former Merrill Lynch analyst Henry Blodget. An AOL representative confirmed the information. In the e-mail sent to U.S. employees on Monday, AOL Chief Executive Randy Falco says that the layoffs …
If popularity is a sign of who’ll win this week’s Super Bowl, the Steelers should have it in the bag, according to new search data from AOL Search. The predicted close match-up on the field between Pittsburgh and Seattle is much more lopsided online, with the Steelers receiving twice as many searches as the Seahawks. …
Reuters reports that Google will renew its partnership with AOL and that MSN is out. Time Warner Inc. is in exclusive talks with Web search leader Google Inc. about broadening a partnership with Time Warner’s AOL online unit, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Microsoft Corp., once considered the front-runner for a deal with …
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Report from CNNMoney.com that AOL and Microsoft are close to hammering out an online advertising alliance to challenge Google. MSN would replace Google’s search results on AOL. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that under the deal now being discussed, Time Warner’s America Online unit would switch to using Micosoft’s search engine, and the two …
Reuters article about the possibilty that Microsoft and AOL might team up. Though the article states the sale is at least two months from completion – and thus not a done deal – the potential of this merger could be a big play in the industry.
Story from Yahoo news about American Online rolling out a new advertising service that helps small businesses get their phone numbers in front of web searchers via a "Pay Per Call" service. Privately held Ingenio Inc. provides the technology and advertiser services for the new AOL ad program, called "pay per call." As with so-called …
