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Websiteaol.com
Blogportalblog.aol.com
CategoryWeb
Phone+1-703-265-1000
Employees8,000

Offices

[map] Dulles, USA
22000 AOL Way
Dulles, VA, 20166
USA

People

SVP
CTO of Yedda
President & Chief Operating Officer
CEO & Chairman
Vice President & CFO
Vice President of Business Development
Executive Vice President, AOL, and President, Platform-A
Executive Vice President of International
Executive Vice President, Products and Marketing
Executive Vice President of Platforms and Technologies
Executive Vice President of Customer Management and Paid Services
Executive Vice President of Programming
Principal, AOL Video
Editor, Engadget
General Manager, Propeller
Executive Vice President, AOL, and President, People Networks
VP, Community and Communications Products

Acquisitions

Total€1.83B
Socialthing!, 8/08
Fleaflicker, 4/08
Sphere, 4/08 $25M
Bebo, 3/08 $850M
Goowy, 2/08
buy.at, 2/08
Yedda, 11/07
Quigo, 11/07 $363M
Tacoda, 7/07
ADTECH, 5/07
Third Screen Media, 5/07
Lightningcast, 5/06
Truveo, 12/05
Weblogs, 10/05
Xdrive, 2005 $30M
Advertising.com, 8/04 $435M
Userplane, 8/00 €123M

Investments

Brightcove 1/07
Brightcove 11/05
Kayak 12/04
Mozilla 7/03
Ancestry.com 9/99
The Knot 1996
Kayak

Competitors

Tags

american-on-line, america-online

AOL

“AOL is a leading global advertising-supported Web company, with the most comprehensive display advertising network in the U.S., a substantial worldwide audience, and a suite of popular Web brands and products.

The company’s strategy focuses on increasing the scale and sophistication of its advertising platform and growing the size and engagement of its global online audience through leading products and programming.”

On March 13, 2008, AOL Internet division announced their plans to buy social network Bebo for $850 million in cash. Bebo has a global membership of about 40 million users and is one of the top social networks in the United Kingdom. It is No. 3 in the United States behind News Corp’s MySpace and Facebook. (Source: AOL)

Videos

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Products

AIM iphone App
AOL Radio iphone App
Propeller
Xdrive

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