Yahoo Board Rejects $44.6 Billion Microsoft Offer

Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008

The Yahoo board has decided to reject Microsoft’s unsolicited $44.6 billion cash-and-stock buyout bid, a source close to the discussions said, setting the stage for what could be a prolonged takeover battle between the two tech companies. Read story »

New Time Warner Chief Focuses on Consolidation

Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008

In the first five minutes of his first address as head of the world’s largest media company yesterday, Time Warner chief executive Jeffrey L. Bewkes said: The company is looking to fold its New Line Cinema movie studio into the larger Warner Bros.; AOL’s declining Internet-access business will be split from its growing advertising business; and Time Warner is working on an ownership change at Time Warner Cable, possibly completing the spinoff of the cable unit. Then, Bewkes got on to the more prosaic news of discussing Time Warner’s fourth-quarter and full-year 2007 earnings, released yesterday. And then he took a breath. Read story »

Possible Yahoo Sale Puts Focus On AOL

Possible Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Robs AOL of Likely Suitors

Monday, Feb. 4, 2008

Microsoft’s $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo on Friday revived debate about AOL’s plan to remake itself as an online advertising company and whether it might too become a target for acquisition. Read story »

As It Shifts Strategy, AOL Cuts Some Charitable Ties

Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007

AOL is scaling back its philanthropic contributions in Washington region as it reinvents itself as a global Internet advertising firm. Read story »

AOL Pulls Out of Summer Music Fest

Friday, Dec. 7, 2007

The Loudoun Summer Music Fest announced Friday that AOL will no longer be sponsoring the annual charity event. Read story »

New AOL Sites Grab for an Ad Audience

Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007

AOL has begun flooding the Web with dozens of new and updated products, many of which do not even bear its famous name, in an attempt to expand its network and reach people wherever they may be. Read story »

Change Is Tough, but Necessary, AOL Chief Says

Monday, Oct. 22, 2007

When AOL chief executive Randy Falco was the No. 2 at NBC for all those years, he liked to call himself “the conductor”: He made the trains run on time. Read story »

AOL to Cut 20 Percent of Workforce, 750 People Locally

Monday, Oct. 15, 2007

AOL will begin handing out pink slips Tuesday to 20 percent of its global workforce as executives intensify their effort to transform the company from a subscription Internet provider to an online advertising powerhouse that can compete with Google and Yahoo. Read story »

County Still Counting on Presence of AOL

Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007

Loudoun officials said this week that although they regret AOL’s decision to move its corporate headquarters from Dulles to New York, they remain optimistic the company will maintain a strong presence in the county. Read story »

AOL Plays Catch-Up on Ads

Move to New York, Acquisitions Show Firm’s New Vision

Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007

AOL’s move to New York City is based largely on the hope that by getting closer to advertisers, it will secure a bigger share of an online advertising market that’s dominated by its rivals. Read story »

AOL Jobs Remain, But Area Could Feel Major Loss

Insiders Debate Effect of AOL Headquarters Move

Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007

AOL chief executive Randy Falco e-mailed employees yesterday to tell them the company would be moving its headquarters to New York. "I know this change raises questions for many of you, not all of which I can answer here," he wrote. "Suffice it to say that for most of you, this won’t affect your jobs at all." Read story »

AOL Moving Executives, Headquarters to New York

Monday, Sept. 17, 2007

AOL, the Dulles-based Internet pioneer, yesterday said it was moving its headquarters to New York, transferring the leadership of a company that fueled the growth of the Washington area’s technology industry over the past decade. Read story and 4 comments »

AOL, All Grown Up

On-Site Child Care Illustrates Change in Workforce Demographic

Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007

Ping! An instant message alerts AOL employee Steve Rice that his daughter's newest potty training feat was a success. Read story »

AOL's News Sites Adopt Look of Blogs

Thursday, June 28, 2007

AOL is blurring the lines of news with a makeover that gives its traditional news sites the look and feel of blogs, a shift that is part of its efforts to change from a subscription-based service to a free, advertising-based Web business. Read story »