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Title: Will AOL’s Tim Armstrong Redefine Online Publishing?
Post by: sam on May 07, 2010, 05:44

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Why are you reading TechCrunch, or anything online, for that matter? We know it’s not because of flashing banner ads. And so do all the online publishers.  Now that online advertising has failed to print money the way people hoped it might a decade ago, large content owners such as AOL and Yahoo are focusing on how to make more of what people actually want to read. AOL, in particular, is reinventing itself under CEO Tim Armstrong as a Time Inc. for the 21st Century. AOL employs thousands of journalists and is hiring hundreds more to help expand its local content. So we’re thrilled to announce Armstrong will be speaking at Disrupt, our conference on media and technology taking place May 24-26 in New York City.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/06/disrupt-aol-armstrong/

Title: Re: Will AOL’s Tim Armstrong Redefine Online Publishing?
Post by: Clive on May 07, 2010, 12:08

In other news AOL still exists?   :o

Title: Re: Will AOL’s Tim Armstrong Redefine Online Publishing?
Post by: Rik on May 07, 2010, 12:09

I hated that setup, I much preferred Compuserve.

Title: Re: Will AOL’s Tim Armstrong Redefine Online Publishing?
Post by: Simon on May 07, 2010, 12:28

It wasn't known as AOHell for nothing.  ;D

Title: Re: Will AOL’s Tim Armstrong Redefine Online Publishing?
Post by: Rik on May 07, 2010, 12:29

We had another name for it.  :devil:

Title: Re: Will AOL’s Tim Armstrong Redefine Online Publishing?
Post by: Simon on May 07, 2010, 12:32

;D

Title: Re: Will AOL’s Tim Armstrong Redefine Online Publishing?
Post by: Rik on May 07, 2010, 12:34

I did support for Adobe on there as well as CI$. The 'audience' was very different, and we didn't like working AOL.

Title: Re: Will AOL’s Tim Armstrong Redefine Online Publishing?
Post by: Clive on May 07, 2010, 13:28

I used it as backup dial-up for a year or so because they charged a flat rate of 1p per minute at any time of the day.  At that time BTInternet charged local call rates during the week but was 'free' on weeekends. 

Title: Re: Will AOL’s Tim Armstrong Redefine Online Publishing?
Post by: sam on May 07, 2010, 13:50

dial up seems like a lifetime ago.

Title: Re: Will AOL’s Tim Armstrong Redefine Online Publishing?
Post by: Simon on May 07, 2010, 14:34

It does, Sam.  :(

Title: Re: Will AOL’s Tim Armstrong Redefine Online Publishing?
Post by: Rik on May 07, 2010, 16:25

For Sam, it was. ;D

Title: Re: Will AOL’s Tim Armstrong Redefine Online Publishing?
Post by: Simon on May 07, 2010, 16:27

 ;D

Title: Re: Will AOL’s Tim Armstrong Redefine Online Publishing?
Post by: sam on May 08, 2010, 05:36

Quote from: Rik on May 07, 2010, 16:25

For Sam, it was. ;D

Not really.