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AOL ad revenues climb 10% but profits plunge

Sarah Shearman — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:10:00 GMT

AOL has notched up a 10% year-on-year rise in ad revenues for the fourth quarter of 2011 to $363.8m (£229.5m), although net income dropped dramatically.

Think BR: Sports advertising - you can't just play at it

Matt Morley-Brown — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:30:00 GMT

Is it possible to create authentic sports advertising without ever playing the game, asks Matt Morley-Brown, creative director, Archibald Ingall Stretton.

Trading places: this week's people moves

Sara Kimberley — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:14:00 GMT

OMD UK poaches Dan Clays as MD, while long-standing Honda marketer Ian Armstrong joins Jaguar, all in BR's round-up of this week's people moves in advertising, marketing and media.

James Murdoch was sent email about extent of hacking in 2008

Maisie McCabe — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:18:00 GMT

James Murdoch, News Corporation's international chief executive, responded to, but did not fully read an email that suggested phone hacking went beyond a royal reporter in 2008, according to evidence published yesterday (13 December) by a parliamentary committee.

My Media Week: Matt James

Hayley Pinkerfield — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:13:00 GMT

This week Matt James, managing director of Starcom, travels in from Bath, attends the Media Week Awards and gets back in time to see his son compete at cross country.

The 'new Facebook': what does it mean for brands?

Sarah Shearman — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:10:00 GMT

As the major overhaul of Facebook filters out to users, we look into the evolution of the social network and how brands could change their game accordingly, with viewpoints from three agency experts.

AOL reports first ad revenue growth since 2008

Maisie McCabe — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:05:00 GMT

Global advertising revenues at AOL grew for the first time since 2008 in the second quarter of 2011, while the net loss at the troubled internet company fell by 99% to $11.8m (£7.2m).

AOL closes music and sports sites

Sarah Shearman — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:25:00 GMT

AOL is closing its music and sports sites in the UK to focus on Huffington Post and its other bigger brands, which are core to its content-led strategy.

'Huffington Post has no competitor in UK,' says AOL's Kate Burns

Arif Durrani — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:30:00 GMT

As AOL launches its first overseas edition of The Huffington Post in the UK, Media Week talks to an upbeat Kate Burns, head of AOL Europe, about the company's new-found ambition.

AOL profits slide due to HuffPo acquisition

Sarah Shearman — Wed, 04 May 2011 13:43:00 GMT

AOL's net income plummeted 86% to $4.7m (£2.8m) from $34.7m for the three months to 31 March, with profits down from $78m to $11.2m, following the acquisitions of the Huffington Post and GoViral earlier this year.