Tag archive: Randy Falco

AOL is looking to make itself relevant in the age of social networking, announcing today it will be acquiring social networking site Bebo for somme $850 million in cash. Although Bebo doesn't have as large a presence in the U.S. as MySpace or Facebook, London-based Bebo boasts more than 40 million users worldwide and is the leading social networking site in the UK, Ireland, and New Zealand. A major push into the social networking… Read More

It's been many years since America Online represented perhaps the world's largest online service and gateway to the Internet, but the folks currently running AOL don't want you to count them out just yet. Today, AOL made a series of significant strategic announcements that have the company bundling toolbar and portal software with Hewlett-Packard PCs, launching a mammoth new Internet advertising business under the monicker… Read More

AOL, Inc. famously still a unit of Time Warner, announced today it has made a $900 million cash bid to acquire TradeDoubler. If the deal goes through, the move would help make AOL a major force in the European online advertising market. TradeDoubler had sales of €115 million in 2005, and employes over 300 people in operations spanning 18 European countries. "This investment provides a unique opportunity for both TradeDoubler and… Read More