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AOL CEO Talks Up Patent Portfolio – Peter Kafka – Media – AllThingsD

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Perhaps AOL patented its suicidal-strategy model

But Yahoo isn’t the only aging Web giant with a big basket of patents it thinks it can turn into money. AOL also has a portfolio of 700 to 800 “really important” patents, CEO Tim Armstrong told Wall Street this morning.

“You should assume we understand that portfolio, and assume we have a strategy on it,” he told the audience at a Barclays investor conference.

AOL CEO Talks Up Patent Portfolio – Peter Kafka – Media – AllThingsD

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March 14th, 2012 | Category: AOL, Intellectual property | Leave a comment

Can AOL and Yahoo Come Back to Life? – BusinessWeek

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Short version of the article: not likely…

Can AOL and Yahoo Come Back to Life? – BusinessWeek

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September 16th, 2011 | Category: AOL, Yahoo | Leave a comment

Arrington out at AOL (for real this time) – The Term Sheet: Fortune’s deals blog Term Sheet

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Somehow I doubt he will stay out of the spotlight for long

Arrington mostly stayed out of the public fray until yesterday when he demanded that TechCrunch either be given full editorial independence or sold back to Arrington and other legacy shareholders (AOL had purchased the site last year).

But AOL is not giving TechCrunch its editorial independence. And it is not selling it back to Arrington.

Instead, Fortune has learned that AOL executives have decided to terminate Arrington. It is unclear how this will officially occur. Maybe a pink slip. Maybe Arrington submits a (public?) letter of resignation. Maybe Tim Armstrong simply gives Arrington a phone call, and… Continue reading: Arrington out at AOL (for real this time) – The Term Sheet: Fortune’s deals blog Term Sheet

September 8th, 2011 | Category: AOL, Journalism 2.0, Self-destructive behaviors | Leave a comment

Michael Arrington Trying to Buy Back TechCrunch From AOL – Kara Swisher – Media – AllThingsD

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See this Arrington post for context-setting

Arrington used an image of the Spartans from, I think, the movie “300,” on the post. Memo to Mike: All the Spartans died in the end, however valiant. It goes without saying — this situation is not valiant and you are definitely not King Leonidas.

“It is at a stalemate, so this is the result,” said one person with knowledge of the pugnacious effort by Arrington to take back his baby.

Which, of course, he sold in the first place.

Michael Arrington Trying to Buy Back TechCrunch From AOL – Kara Swisher – Media – AllThingsD

Michael Arrington Trying to Buy Back TechCrunch From AOL – Kara Swisher – Media – AllThingsD

September 7th, 2011 | Category: AOL, Journalism 2.0, Self-destructive behaviors | Leave a comment

Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: Great concept for a new reality TV series

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Hah – hadn’t seen this before my earlier post

Put Mike Arrington, Tim Armstrong, and Arianna Huffington in a beach house together for six months and film the proceedings. The hijinks would be primo. And if the action ever flagged, you could always helicopter Paul Carr in for a sleepover.

Can I patent this idea?

Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: Great concept for a new reality TV series

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September 6th, 2011 | Category: AOL, Journalism 2.0 | Leave a comment
 
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