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TechCrunch (Free subscription) | yesterday
While researching the AOL blogs budget cuts story this afternoon we stumbled on a much bigger story unfolding at AOL. The company is planning to shut down a number of non-performing products, say people with knowledge of the situation. The products, which include Xdrive, AOL Pictures, Bluestring and MyMobile, all fall under EVP Products and Marketing Kevin Conroy . In an email to his...
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Privacy (Free subscription) | yesterday
They call it "sunsetting." Like so many cases of incorporated doublespeak, the term is not quite so pleasant as it sounds. It means that a company is attempting to sell off, or correct close some of its less successful properties. AOL executive vice president Kevin Conroy issued a memo last week, stating that the company would be shedding a number of business units, including Bluestring,...
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BetaNews (Free subscription) | yesterday
A July 14 email from AOL EVP Kevin Conroy was uncovered this week detailing the eventual termination of AOL Pictures, Xdrive, Bluestring, and MyMobile. Many in AOL's Blog network also report being put on hiatus as a result of budget overages.
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Appscout.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
AOL's EVP, Kevin Conroy issued a memo last week, stating that the company would be shedding a number of business units, including Bluestring, Xdrive, AOL Pictures, and MyMobile.
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Today @ PC World (Free subscription) | yesterday
The sky today is looking dark for a number of AOL Web services and Web sites. According to an internal memo acquired by TechCruch AOL Vice-President, Kevin Conroy, says three properties Bluestring, Xdrive and AOL Pictures will "sunset."...
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Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | yesterday
AOL is "sunsetting" (i.e. killing or trying to sell) some of its underperforming units, including Bluestring, Xdrive, AOL Pictures and MyMobile. TechCrunch has the memo , issued last week, by EVP Kevin Conroy, who oversees the company's product group. Conroy's unit will now focus on projects like its Truveo video search, though PaidContent notes that Tim Tuttle, who ran Truveo...
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Webware.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
AOL is scrapping some online destinations but will push others harder in an attempt to improve its finances, according to media reports. Kevin Conroy (Credit: AOL) Among those to be shuttered are Bluestring , a site to share videos, music, and photos; Xdrive , a general-purpose online storage service; and AOL Pictures , where users could store and share photos, according to a July 14...
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Between the Lines (Free subscription) | yesterday
AOL is shutting down XDrive, AOL Pictures and other properties in a belt tightening move that may indicate the company is setting itself up to be sold. The larger question: Who will buy AOL from Time Warner? According to a memo posted by TechCrunch, AOL executive vice president Kevin Conroy outlined a reorg that sunsetted some [...]
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TechCrunch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Below is the full text of the email AOL EVP Kevin Conroy sent out to staff on July 14, outlining the reorganization of his product groups and announcing the “sunsetting” of XDrive, AOL Pictures, MyMobile and Bluestring. At the start of this year I committed to providing frequent updates on the state of our business and [...]
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Valleywag (Free subscription) | yesterday
Perhaps readying itself for a sale to Microsoft or Yahoo, Time Warner company AOL began cutting costs yesterday. One memo, from Kevin Conroy, AOL’s EVP of Products and Marketing, told employees AOL... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Paidcontent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Some belt tightening has started at AOL ( NYSE: TWX ), as it prepares and dresses itself up for a sale: It is discontinuing some of its tech projects, and also trimming some of its content blogs under the Weblogs Inc network. According to an internal memo sent by Kevin Conroy, AOL's EVP of Products and Marketing, its products Bluestring, Xdrive and AOL Pictures "will be sunset", meaning...
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Money Out Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
AOL LLC is undergoing a host of cost-cutting moves that could improve its bottom line, but could also suggest the struggling Internet company is prepping for a long-rumored sale. According to an internal memo from AOL executive vice president Kevin Conroy obtained by technology blog site TechCrunch, the Time Warner Inc. [ TWX ] unit will shutter three of its consumer storage products--photo,...
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Privacy (Free subscription) | yesterday
... memo obtained by technology news site TechCrunch. In the memo, AOL Executive Vice President Kevin Conroy said these and mobile services AIM World and MyMobile will be "sunset" as they haven't gained enough popularity. A source close to AOL said the leaked memo is legit and that it was intended solely for Conroy's team. AOL's popularity problem in the midst of end users and...
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TechCrunch (Free subscription) | yesterday
... there). In an e-mail to staff explaining why AOL is powering down Xdrive and other businesses, EVP Kevin Conroy explained (bold added for emphasis}: The changes described below are in no way a reflection of the hard work and creativity of the people who built and maintain them. - Personal Media: Bluestring, Xdrive and AOL Pictures will be sunset. These consumer storage products haven'??t...
