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13 March, 2009
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How Biden and Obama are
Nurian X40Kris e-dictionary is
figuring out how to make their
an OS away from a UMPC
MAR 13, 2009 05:22A.M. relationship work.
MAR 13, 2009 04:40A.M.
Joe Biden used to joke about whether the vice president was less
powerful than the chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee.
Biden is naturally self-deprecating, but the joke contained a germ of
truth: Biden had genuine ambivalence about what the job would be like.
When Obama picked Biden, he told him he would have a key role, but
the six-term senator wasn’t sure what that would mean in practice.
During the campaign, the two didn’t have much time to talk about it.
They were rarely together, campaigning in separate states most of the
time, and Biden was necessarily in the background. Strategy for the
campaign was handled by Obama and his long-serving team, and Biden
was often kept out of the limelight.
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On one hand, we’re pretty impressed that someone would actually bother
to produce an e-dictionary this fancy. On the other, we’re disheartened
that those very “someones” didn’t just throw a real-deal OS on here and
call it a UMPC. Hannuri Biz’s newest premium pocket dictionary goes by
Nurian X40Kris and features a 4.3-inch LCD, QWERTY keyboard, 4GB
of internal storage, 79 different dictionaries (saywha?) and support for
XviD, PDF, Flash, JPEG and MP3 files. We’re told that it’ll be offered up
in South Korea for 379,000 ($253), and we’re giving it around a
fortnight before someone shoves a TV tuner and their favorite flavor of
Linux on here and calls it a day.
[Via PMPToday]
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Kobe, Lakers clinch West’s first

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MAR 13, 2009 04:19A.M.
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New York Mets pitcher Johan

Santana makes spring debut
MAR 13, 2009 04:00A.M.
Johan Santana made his spring debut after pushing back his first start
because of elbow tightness.
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Does every culture use the

If your low-rate router fails on you, you might as well select a
replacement with more utility than the one you’re burying, right? Axel
suggestion of maternal incest as
sure thinks so: an insult?
MAR 13, 2009 03:47A.M.
“My bargain-basement CompUSA-branded wireless router is finally
starting to fail on me, prompting me to buy a new one. I want to get my
A mythical beast known as the “grass-mud horse” has become an
huge color laser printer (a Konica Magicolor 2400w) off my desk and
Internet phenomenon in China. The New York Times reported Thursday
tucked away next to the router, so I want it to have wireless USB print
that the alpacalike creature’s Mandarin name just happens to be a very,
hub functionality. Gigiabit Ethernet and Draft-N are also necessary here,
very dirty pun. Times style rules prevent the paper from clarifying the
as I am eventually going to be adding media clients around the house to
joke, but other, less-dignified outlets explain that the phrase Cao ni ma is
stream to every TV. Thanks a lot!”
a homonym for “fuck your mother” in Chinese. Is some variant of
motherfucker used all over the world?
So, there you have it — which wireless router will provide solid, relaiable
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MySpace’s Experimental New

‘Events’ Product Finally Taps
Into The Social Graph
MAR 13, 2009 03:18A.M.
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companies, people, and investors
MySpace’s Events page hasn’t really seen a major upgrade for years - the
site looks like it hasn’t been updated since 2005, and now lags behind
Evite and the current leader Facebook by a wide margin. Today, it looks ENGADGET
like that’s about to change. The site’s Events tab now redirects to a
MySpace application called Social Plan, which was apparently built by Google sets up Android support
Slingshot Labs, MySpace’s stealth incubator that was created last
January. As far as we can tell MySpace hasn’t made any announcements team in Taiwan
about the new feature, but it seems to be accessible to everyone. MAR 13, 2009 03:14A.M.
The new Events section is a major upgrade from the previous version,
both in appearance and functionality. The biggest addition to the new
application is the ability to get relevant event suggestions based on what
your friends are up to. While Facebook has been doing this for years,
MySpace has largely failed to tap into its greatest asset - its social graph.
Users can also scope out upcoming events in their region, and can make
‘Quick Events’, which take only a few seconds to put together. The
workflow of making a normal event is also much improved.
The new product from Slingshot is being billed as a standard application

built on MySpace’s app platform (it includes the typical “This app was
not developed by MySpace” message), and visitors can still access the
original Events page at events.MySpace.com. But users that click on
‘Events’ from MySpace’s navigation bar are brought to the application, so
it’s clear that this is part of the site’s core functionality (I suspect they’ll
get rid of the old version entirely once they’ve made sure the new one
doesn’t have any kinks).
All in all, it looks like Slingshot has come up with a winner, though it will
still have a tough time catching up with Evite and Facebook (MySpace
probably should have rolled out something like this a long time ago).
This isn’t the first time the experimental incubator paid off for MySpace:
Slingshot also created DailyFill, a gossip site that has shot off to 3.9
million uniques a month since its launch less than four months ago.
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SILICON ALLEY INSIDER
AOL Will Likely Be Spun Off As

Separate Company
MAR 13, 2009 03:11A.M.
Kara Swisher grabbed the man of the hour, Tim Armstrong, after Time
Warner announced that he would become AOL’s new CEO. Tim will
start his new job on April 7.
Tim made the obligatory noises about AOL still having lots of good assets
(it does). Then he handicapped its likely future:
AOL owner Time Warner (TWX) has given [Armstrong] a lot of options
for its future, from keeping it inside the larger media conglomerate
(unlikely) to partnering with another company (less unlikely) to spinning
it out (likely!).
“One of the things we discussed was making sure we were able to have
the best outcome for AOL,” said Armstrong. “That could take the form of
a lot of different paths.”
(Translation: As soon as the economy brightens, I am going to become a

public company CEO, just like my soon-to-be-ex-boss Eric Schmidt!)
Read the whole thing >

There’s not exactly a lot of details on this one just yet, but Google has
now confirmed that it’s establishing an Android team in Taiwan that will
Join the conversation about this story »
be charged with supporting various hardware makers developing
Android-based products. Somewhat interestingly, DigiTimes initially
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reported that the team would also be providing support for companies
making Android-based netbooks, but Google has since denied that
• “Rondy” Gets The Boot
report, saying instead that they would simply be supporting phones. Of
course, that doesn’t mean they won’t ever support Android-based
• Tim Armstrong Named AOL CEO (TWX)
netbooks but, for now at least, that’s the official line.
• War At AOL: Randy Falco Or Ron Grant (Or Both) May Go (TWX)
[Via CNET News]
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WVU punishes No. 2 Pitt in Big
East quarterfinals
MAR 13, 2009 02:58A.M.
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How Stephen Curry became a New AOL Chairman and

basketball folk hero. CEO–and About-To-Be-Ex-
MAR 13, 2009 02:55A.M.
Googler–Tim Armstrong
Barring a miracle, the annual Elks Lodge meeting known as Selection
Sunday will gavel to a close with Stephen Curry and little Davidson Speaks! [BoomTown]
College left out of the NCAA Tournament brackets. This is a pity, not just MAR 13, 2009 02:42A.M.
for Curry and Davidson but for those of us who prefer our basketball
blithe and unconstipated—which is to say, those of us who are not Billy
Packer. It also means that Curry, the NCAA’s leading scorer and the man
who turned last year’s tournament into his own personal Vegas act, will
likely close out his amateur career on college basketball’s undercard, the
NIT. He will get his 30 a game, book it, and could conceivably shoot an
otherwise hopeless Davidson bunch into the Madison Square Garden
portion of the proceedings—and it all will be about as sad as watching
Olivier do dinner theater.
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Why the GOP should shut up

about earmarks. For a very, very tall man, Tim Armstrong has been on an awful lot of
online companies’ short lists.
MAR 13, 2009 02:49A.M.
For a big Web exec job, that is. Indeed, whenever one opens up in the
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., wants you to know that Internet space, the Google ad sales exec always pops up on it as a
he voted against the $410 billion spending bill President Obama signed possible candidate to lead a variety of digital companies and start-ups.
into law on March 11. His fellow Republicans “tried to cut the bill’s cost.
Our ideas would have saved billions of taxpayer dollars. Unfortunately, Finally today–after longtime speculation that Armstrong had long
every one was turned aside.” Well, not every one. According to this wanted and would eventually leave his post at Google (GOOG), in order
spreadsheet prepared by Taxpayers for Common Sense, the spending bill to try his hand at being top dog–he took over as chairman and CEO of
incorporates 53 ideas put forth by McConnell himself in the form of the once-mighty, but now-not-so-much AOL.
legislative earmarks. Far from lowering the spending bill’s cost, they
increased it by $76 million. Armstrong will start at AOL on April 7.
[more ...] “For me, it is a great opportunity to go to what I consider a top-five

Internet brand,” said Armstrong, in an interview with BoomTown this
afternoon, with a whole lot of diplomacy and nice-guyness he is well
known for at Google and in the online advertising industry. “I am looking
forward to taking what I have learned at Google and seeing what I can
bring to really help AOL.”
Noting that for all its decline–pointed out by me–that AOL was still one
of the few “global Internet brands,” Armstrong said he thought there was
still a lot of juice in the consumer appeal of AOL.
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So much so, that he added that AOL owner Time Warner (TWX) has AOL’s employees and its products better, before making more concrete
given him a lot of options for its future, from keeping it inside the larger strategic decisions or changing any course setting of Falco’s.
media conglomerate (unlikely) to partnering with another company (less
unlikely) to spinning it out (likely!). Under his plan, AOL was focusing on a three-pronged strategy: social
networking and communications (People Networks), content
“One of the things we discussed was making sure we were able to have (MediaGlow) and advertising (Platform-A).
the best outcome for AOL,” said Armstrong. “That could take the form of “In general, I do want to spend time with the staff,” he said. “Some of the
a lot of different paths.” stuff I have seen so far has actually paid off…and a lot of the new
products show a lot of passion.”
(Translation: As soon as the economy brightens, I am going to become a
public company CEO, just like my soon-to-be-ex-boss Eric Schmidt!) Whether he can turn passion into blockbuster products is another story
and some are worried that Armstrong’s experience is too heavily
The move to put Armstrong in at AOL was sudden and swift, and also weighted in ad sales rather than in development of killer services that
more than a little cutthroat on the part of his new employer, which AOL might need to recover.
bounced current Chairman and CEO Randy Falco and President and
COO Ron Grant without a lot of warning to them or any top exec at AOL. But Armstrong said he had a lot of other operational duties at that search
giant, noting that “Google is a very complex business.”
While there has been much talk about when Time Warner would become
weary of the pair’s management of AOL–which has been rocky (most And both current and former AOLers hope his ad experience will allow
especially their overpaying for the Bebo social networking site that AOL to return to its strong premium advertising roots that were less
others at Time Warner never got over)–their defenestration and focused on of late. In fact, Falco recently hired former Yahoo (YHOO)
Armstrong’s installation happened rather quickly. sales head Greg Coleman to do just that.
And, indeed, Armstrong confirmed that the talks to take over at AOL had And Armstrong has a lot of support from unusual sectors too. Wrote
only started a few weeks ago, increasing in “intensity over the last week.” former AOL head Jon Miller, who was ironically forced out by Bewkes in
favor of Falco and Grant, to me in an unsolicited email: “Count me
So intense, for example, that Grant only found out he was being replaced amongst the Armstrong fan club.”
this afternoon after a personal visit from Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes,
who made a rare appearance at AOL’s downtown Manhattan HQ to And, many staff at AOL I spoke to today–whose morale has been
deliver the bad news. buffeted by layoffs and ongoing bad news–seem genuinely thrilled to
score such a prominent exec.
(One AOLer’s funny, but entirely imaginary vision: Bewkes signed up
Armstrong, whose Google office is right nearby AOL in New York, and “I am so thrilled. We couldn’t change the DNA with Rondy on top,” said
then hightailed it over to AOL to drop the hammer before the ink was dry one exec, referring to the derisive nickname that Falco and Grant had
on the contract.) within AOL, which combined their two first names. “I feel really
positive.”
Via a coup or not, nabbing Armstrong is indeed a coup–at least from a
shiny resume point of view–for Bewkes, who has been struggling with So does Armstrong. “I am really looking forward to running AOL,” he
what to do with AOL for a while. said.
While he often affably jokes about its many problems–from declining ad And personally, as a longtime and clearly obsessive watcher of AOL, I am
sales to management turmoil to, it must be said, increasing looking forward to seeing him try.
irrelevance–Bewkes has been trying to sell off AOL or turn the asset into
something more valuable for far too long.
Bewkes knows Armstrong well, as Google is a major partner of AOL in

search advertising and Google also owns 10 percent of AOL, in a deal in
which Armstrong was involved (and whose value the search giant
recently marked down).
Armstrong said he was also close to Time Warner General Counsel Paul
Cappuccio.
“It was a natural fit with AOL, since I know the company so well,”
Armstrong said, adding he would spend his first weeks getting to know
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Obama scores a 10 on the

Change-o-Meter.
MAR 13, 2009 02:23A.M.
Another would-be Geithner deputy withdraws, but the stock market

shows signs of life.
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My suspicion is that most of the new followers aren’t hard core

TechCrunch fanatics and wouldn’t be as valuable as the follower that we
“earned” prior to being added to the suggested list. So far the data is
TECHCRUNCH
confirming this.
The Amount And Value Of Traffic from Twitter spiked in January, before we were added to the list,
Twitter Traffic growing from 67,000 page views to 130,000 in that month. In February,
when follow number spiked upwards, traffic actually dipped to 111,000
MAR 13, 2009 02:20A.M.
page views. The first 11 days in March have brought in 53,000 page views
from Twitter, suggesting the month will end up around 150,000.
If the March data holds, that tells us that 65,573 hard core users brought
us 130,000 January page views. Nearly quadrupling that number of
followers will only bring in an extra 20,000 page views in March.
Much is being written today about the value of a large following on

We love these new users, but they aren’t nearly as valuable to us as the
Twitter. Jason Calacanis wants to pay $125,000 a year to have Twitter
ones that we fought for in the early days of Twitter. We’ll update this post
recommend him to other users, for example. He thinks that over time
later with more data as we collect it.
accounts with massive followings will somehow be able to pull in $1
million a year or more in incremental revenue, assuming they then have
Crunch Network: CrunchBase the free database of technology
millions of followers.
companies, people, and investors
We have unique data to share because our TechCrunch Twitter account

was made one of the suggested accounts on Twitter earlier this year. On
February 11 we had 65,573 hard earned followers. By March 1 that had
jumped to 158,708 followers. Today it stands at 217,187.
So in just over a month the number of Twitter followers to the

TechCrunch account has nearly quadrupled. What I want to know is SLATE MAGAZINE
what kind of traffic that’s sending to TechCrunch, and what value that
might have. Why is U2 endorsing the
Our recent referral traffic from Twitter is shown in the chart below. This BlackBerry?
only includes traffic from Twitter directly, it doesn’t include third party MAR 13, 2009 02:19A.M.
clients or Twitter Search.
A question inspired by this week’s news that Research in Motion, the
company that makes the BlackBerry, has become the chief sponsor for
U2’s next bombastic world tour: Who exactly is profiting from this deal?
U2, like most big rock acts, has never been shy about taking corporate
lucre, but it usually allies with companies that it claims share its change-
the-world vision—the prime example being RIM’s rival Apple. In 2004,
Steve Jobs dedicated the first special-edition iPod in U2’s honor; the 20
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GB black-and-red model sold for $349, and U2 agreed to make some of Sony’s CMT-LX30iR USB micro system loves on Apple devices originally
its music available exclusively on iTunes. In 2005, Bono defended the appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:18:00 EST. Please see
deal with Apple by saying that the company shared the band’s creative our terms for use of feeds.
spirit. “Selling out is doing something you don’t really want to do for
money. That’s what selling out is. We asked to be in the ad,” he told the Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Chicago Tribune. He added that Apple is “more creative than a lot of
people in rock bands. These men have helped design the most beautiful
object art in music culture since the electric guitar. That’s the iPod. The
job of art is to chase ugliness away.” GIGAOM
[more ...] Radio’s Right to Free Tunes Is

on the Rocks
MAR 13, 2009 02:00A.M.
There are hearings this week in Congress on whether non-satellite radio

ENGADGET stations should pay a performance royalty for the music they play. They
have not had to do so, unlike the radio industries in other parts of the
Sony’s CMT-LX30iR USB micro world, for historical reasons. The music industry has been lobbying to
right this decades-long wrong, and its arguments seem to have
system loves on Apple devices sympathetic ears in Congress — notwithstanding the political capital of
MAR 13, 2009 02:18A.M. the National Association of Broadcasters. I’m not always sympathetic to
the arguments of the labels, but in this case, I am.
Quite simply, I don’t think U.S. terrestrial radio has a leg to stand on.
They claim that they serve a promotional role for the music they play and
that they should therefore be exempt (while Internet and satellite radio
isn’t). As Billy Corgan testified, there is no doubt that radio is a heavy
promoter of music, but so what? Stations are still using a copyright, and
the owner of the copyright ought to get paid for it — especially if their IP
can be used without an individually negotiated license. The NAB’s
argument is absurd: Radio stations will pay Rush Limbaugh for his
content and go after people that try to re-broadcast it, but they won’t do
the same for the music they play?
It is time for this to be changed, and I hope it happens. It may well

hasten the departure of music from FM radio, but that would be a
market decision. In fact, some enterprising labels may calculate that they
do indeed derive a greater promotional benefit and offer to waive the
royalties for stations playing their repertoire. But that should be the
prerogative of the copyright holder.
Sony caved long ago and began producing sound systems for devices
Designed in California[TM], so it’s no real shock to see it delivering yet
another variant that handles iPods and iPhones. The CMT-LX30iR,
which has yet to be certified as real by Sony in North America, will
purportedly aim at lower-end consumers by giving ‘em just ten total
watts of oomph, a slot-loading CD player, FM / AM radio, line-in and a
headphone jack. There’s also a remarkably basic 1-line LCD and a few
equalizer presets, and the one-touch CD-to-USB Sync Recording is a fine
touch. The unit has surfaced over on Amazon’s German portal for €161
($202), though we’ve no idea how pricey it’ll be (or what it’ll be called,
for that matter) whenever Sony decides to take a hint and ship it
stateside.
Filed under: Home Entertainment
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GIGAOM
Radio’s Right to Free Tunes Is

on the Rocks
MAR 13, 2009 02:00A.M.
There are hearings this week in Congress on whether non-satellite radio

stations should pay a performance royalty for the music they play. They
have not had to do so, unlike the radio industries in other parts of the
world, for historical reasons. The music industry has been lobbying to
right this decades-long wrong, and its arguments seem to have
sympathetic ears in Congress — notwithstanding the political capital of
the National Association of Broadcasters. I’m not always sympathetic to
the arguments of the labels, but in this case, I am.
Quite simply, I don’t think U.S. terrestrial radio has a leg to stand on.
They claim that they serve a promotional role for the music they play and
that they should therefore be exempt (while Internet and satellite radio
isn’t). As Billy Corgan testified, there is no doubt that radio is a heavy
promoter of music, but so what? Stations are still using a copyright, and
the owner of the copyright ought to get paid for it — especially if their IP
can be used without an individually negotiated license. The NAB’s
argument is absurd: Radio stations will pay Rush Limbaugh for his
content and go after people that try to re-broadcast it, but they won’t do
the same for the music they play?
It is time for this to be changed, and I hope it happens. It may well

hasten the departure of music from FM radio, but that would be a
market decision. In fact, some enterprising labels may calculate that they
do indeed derive a greater promotional benefit and offer to waive the
Looking to add to your collection of video game ephemera you’ll never
royalties for stations playing their repertoire. But that should be the
actually use? Then you might want to get bidding on this PSP testing tool
prerogative of the copyright holder.
that’s just surfaced on eBay and, as of this writing, hasn’t yet met the
reserve price. In addition to the main desktop unit, you’ll also get a PSP
test unit (with one dead pixel) and, of course, all the necessary cables to
get things up and running — and, judging from the pics, it does appear to
run just fine. Not a whole lot of details beyond that, unfortunately, but
the unit (a DTP-H1500 A, specifically) does appear to at least play
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UMDs, and it even includes a wireless antenna on the rear. Hit up the
PSP testing tool surfaces on read link below to get your bid in.
eBay Filed under: Gaming
MAR 13, 2009 01:38A.M.

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Bill Moyers’ memory: why you

can’t trust it.
MAR 13, 2009 01:30A.M.
Last month in a letter to Slate, former Johnson administration official

Bill Moyers dismissed my recent column that criticized him for—among
other things—instructing the FBI to investigate Barry Goldwater’s staff.
The Goldwater stuff was “very old news,” he wrote, pointing to a
Newsweek column he wrote about it in 1975.
[more ...]
Not sure what exactly Doraemon is? Haven’t heard all the rage over it in
Japan? Fret not, as this here netbook is definitely none of your concern.
SLATE MAGAZINE If you just so happen to be in the opposite camp, you’ll certainly take
Obama chooses a drug czar who interest in knowing that this Doraemon-splashed rig has been spotted in
Taiwan, and so far as we can tell, it’s just a beautified version of the
recognizes the war on drugs Classmate PC. Regrettably, there’s no word on actual specifications, and
we’re hoping and praying the ¥48,000 ($497) price tag we’re seeing is a
hasn’t worked. horrific typographical error. Even if not, we’re still tempted — just don’t
tell anyone.
MAR 13, 2009 01:19A.M.
[Via PortableMonkey, thanks Peter]
Vice President Joe Biden sponsored the legislation that created the job
21 years ago, so it was fitting that on Wednesday he announced the Filed under: Laptops
Obama administration’s choice for drug czar: Seattle Police Chief Gil
Kerlikowske. The announcement thrilled neither progressive anti- Doraemon netbook has all the American kids perplexed originally
prohibition groups, which dislike the idea of a career cop in charge of appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:09:00 EST. Please see
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Kerlikowske’s record on enforcement.
[more ...]
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Broadband stimulus plan comes

ENGADGET to life, rural teens ‘psyched’
MAR 13, 2009 12:41A.M.
Doraemon netbook has all the
American kids perplexed
MAR 13, 2009 01:09A.M.
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The broadband stimulus project is moving forwards in the manner most

Prince William attends a reception of The Child Bereavement Charity
familiar to our federal bureaucracy: meetings. Lots and lots of meetings.
held at the Sladmore Contemporary Art Gallery on March 12, 2009 in
The inaugural soiree was recently held at the National
London, England. The Child Bereavement Charity is the UK’s leading
Telecommunications and Information Administration’s swank
charity that supports families and educates professionals both when a
Washington, D.C. headquarters, and included bon mots such as this one
child dies and when a child is bereaved. By David Bebber/WPA
by acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps: “Where’s the policy for
Pool/Getty Images.
broadband? Where’s the action? Where’s the beef?” Ouch. Among the
first items of business, the group must figure out exactly which
connectivity solution to back, with several companies weighing in —
most of ‘em (including Spaceway and Wild Blue) going the pure
broadband route, while an outfit called AlphaStar has a hybrid satellite /
terrestrial service (where the satellite backbone connects to homes over LIFEHACKER
terrestrial wireless systems). Also to be debated is the wisdom of
privately owned vs. municipally owned wireless broadband. Either way, Remains of the Day: The iPhone
we sure hope that our nation’s unwired get some help soon — why
should Boxxy have all the fun? vs. Kindle Edition [For What
Filed under: Networking It’s Worth]
MAR 13, 2009 12:30A.M.
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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments • iPhone vs. Kindle

• Slate’s Farhad Manjoo compares Kindle on the iPhone to Kindle
proper. [Slate]
THE DAILY DISH | BY ANDREW SULLIVAN • There’s a Hotmail down!

• Gmail’s not the only web-based email experiencing some
Face Of The Day downtime this month. [Obsessable]
MAR 13, 2009 12:32A.M.
• Coming Soon: Batteries that Recharge in Three Seconds
• Yes please! [PC World]
• Time Management in the Age of Social Media

• GTD guru David Allen weighs in on productivity with Facebook
and Twitter. [BusinessWeek via Bestivus]
• Google’s Free Phone Manager Could Threaten a Variety of Services

• Google Voice scares everyone from Skype to your phone
company.
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in the comments.
Panasonic’s ultra-thin 54Z1
plasma in the wild
MAR 13, 2009 12:12A.M.
ESPN.COM
Michael Phelps worried about

the pain he cause family
MAR 13, 2009 12:18A.M.
Michael Phelps says he’s more worried about the pain he caused family
and friends than losing money in endorsements after he was
photographed inhaling from a marijuana pipe. Now that it’s official and priced, Panasonic seems much happier to show
off its wireless HD-sporting, ultra-thin Z1 series, and it’s quite the sight
to behold. The 54Z1 we got to look at was very strikingly clad in brushed
metal gray — compared to the regular black of most of Panasonic’s TV
SLATE MAGAZINE lineup — and of course incredibly thin. The wireless HD receiver box was
Sunshine Cleaning reviewed. across the room and working flawlessly, and it was nice to see that the
included remote is an RF unit, capable of non-line-of-sight channel
MAR 13, 2009 12:16A.M. changing — it’s starting to feel like the 21st century around here! The
plasma picture was of course very good, and we’re really feeling those
Sunshine Cleaning (Overture Films) is a movie that the viewer is willing Viera Tools icons across the bottom. $6,000 though? That’s your call.
to forgive a lot for four very appealing reasons: Amy Adams’ perfectly
round, Delft-blue eyes and Emily Blunt’s almond-shaped ones, which Gallery: Panasonic’s ultra-thin 54Z1 plasma in the wild
seem to oscillate in color between aquamarine and teal. Though they
look nothing alike, Adams and Blunt are believable siblings. They share
an ability to make the audience want to pick them up and cuddle them
like plaintively mewing lost kittens. Hell, Sunshine Cleaning contains an
actual plaintively mewing lost kitten—rescued from a fire, no less, by
Blunt’s character—and you still find yourself cutting the movie a break.
Under the combined force of the lead actresses’ ocular weaponry, it’s
hard to remember that you’ve seen this movie before, in versions from
Little Miss Sunshine to The Daytrippers (or any love-me-love-my-
dysfunctional-family indie of the past 15 years).
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government has a hard time building itself,” O’Reilly said.
Of course, building such databases is a lot easier when you have a federal
administration that committed to publishing government data online. “It
is very clear that the Obama administration understands startup
culture,” O’Reilly says. However, there are still lots and lots of people
within and close to the government that view making data public with
suspicion. Said O’Reilly: “Many people in these organizations are
threatened by the idea that some young developer could say, ‘I can build
for $5,000 or in six weeks something that you are gonna say takes six
years and $50 million.’ “
So, how do you convince official agencies to trust that young developer,
and how do you get that developer to start toying with government data?
First of all, by getting them to talk. O’Reilly Media is holding a Gov 2.0
Summit this September in Washington with the goal to showcase
innovation inside and outside of the government. (Wired launched an
“Open Up Government Data” wiki earlier this week, as well.)
And then, there’s always money. The new administration loves

technology partly because it’s cheaper, O’Reilly speculated. “A lot of it is:
How do we get more bang for our buck?,” he said. However, it’s not just
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Wireless about spending less: “Reinventing our sources and distribution systems
for energy, reinventing our educational system, reinventing our
Panasonic’s ultra-thin 54Z1 plasma in the wild originally appeared on communications infrastructure are all very powerful stimuluses for new
Engadget on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for economic activity.”
use of feeds.
In other words: Supporting the new administration could turn out to be
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GIGAOM
O’Reilly: Why Tech Business

Should Support Obama
MAR 13, 2009 12:00A.M.
Tim O’Reilly had a simple message for the tech community earlier this GIGAOM
week at the Emerging Technology conference: Support Obama! Wait,
isn’t the campaign over? It may be, but the next presidential contest is O’Reilly: Why Tech Business
already around the corner, and O’Reilly believes that there’s only a short
window of opportunity to actually innovate in Washington. That’s why Should Support Obama
he wants to get tech folks involved now. I sat down with him yesterday to MAR 13, 2009 12:00A.M.
hear more about his plans to help the new administration.
Tim O’Reilly had a simple message for the tech community earlier this
“We have this wonderful opportunity with this new president who is week at the Emerging Technology conference: Support Obama! Wait,
saying he wants to make government more transparent, more isn’t the campaign over? It may be, but the next presidential contest is
collaborative, more responsive,”O’Reilly told me, adding: “We know how already around the corner, and O’Reilly believes that there’s only a short
to build systems like that.” One of his favored examples is Carl Malamud, window of opportunity to actually innovate in Washington. That’s why
who launched the first free and public EDGAR server for SEC filings he wants to get tech folks involved now. I sat down with him yesterday to
without any government help back in 1993, only to donate it to the SEC hear more about his plans to help the new administration.
shortly after. “This idea of public-private partnership is fairly central to
my thinking,”O’Reilly told me. “One of the opportunities for people on “We have this wonderful opportunity with this new president who is
the outside is to shoulder more of the burden and build services that saying he wants to make government more transparent, more
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collaborative, more responsive,”O’Reilly told me, adding: “We know how mad at him for trying to increase the size of the government;
to build systems like that.” One of his favored examples is Carl Malamud, that’s, after all, what he got elected promising to do. But he
who launched the first free and public EDGAR server for SEC filings also promised to be non-partisan and accountable, and the
without any government help back in 1993, only to donate it to the SEC size and composition stimulus package looks like just one
shortly after. “This idea of public-private partnership is fairly central to more attempt to ram through his ideological agenda without
my thinking,”O’Reilly told me. “One of the opportunities for people on much scrutiny, with the heaviest focus on programs that will
the outside is to shoulder more of the burden and build services that be especially hard to cut.
government has a hard time building itself,” O’Reilly said.
I have a strong feeling that if it was that easy to fix the banking system, it
Of course, building such databases is a lot easier when you have a federal would have been done already. I’m prepared to give them some time on
administration that committed to publishing government data online. “It this, Obama-shill that I am, and have come to see the cogency of some of
is very clear that the Obama administration understands startup the arguments against hasty and possibly foolish decisions. Bernanke is
culture,” O’Reilly says. However, there are still lots and lots of people persuasive on this.
within and close to the government that view making data public with
suspicion. Said O’Reilly: “Many people in these organizations are We had a crisis of similar proportions in a different area with a new
threatened by the idea that some young developer could say, ‘I can build president last time around. Looking back, do we really think Bush’s
for $5,000 or in six weeks something that you are gonna say takes six failures after 9/11 came from too much circumspection or pondering of
years and $50 million.’ “ the unintended consequences of radical, swift action? Give them time;
then give them hell if they deserve it.
So, how do you convince official agencies to trust that young developer,
and how do you get that developer to start toying with government data?
First of all, by getting them to talk. O’Reilly Media is holding a Gov 2.0
Summit this September in Washington with the goal to showcase
innovation inside and outside of the government. (Wired launched an
“Open Up Government Data” wiki earlier this week, as well.) NU.NL - ALGEMEEN
And then, there’s always money. The new administration loves Politici reageren voorzichtig op
technology partly because it’s cheaper, O’Reilly speculated. “A lot of it is:
How do we get more bang for our buck?,” he said. However, it’s not just dreiging Amsterdam
about spending less: “Reinventing our sources and distribution systems MAR 12, 2009 11:45P.M.
for energy, reinventing our educational system, reinventing our
communications infrastructure are all very powerful stimuluses for new AMSTERDAM - Volgens de VVD is het snelle en professionele optreden
economic activity.” van politie en justitie naar aanleiding van de bommelding in Amsterdam
een bewijs dat de nieuwe anti-terreurwetten nut hebben.
In other words: Supporting the new administration could turn out to be
the Valley’s very own stimulus plan.
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Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 Available for

THE DAILY DISH | BY ANDREW SULLIVAN Download [Beta Beat]
MAR 12, 2009 11:45P.M.
Fix The Damn Banks
MAR 12, 2009 11:55P.M.
Megan is having second thoughts about Obama:
Having defended Obama’s candidacy largely on his economic

team, I’m having serious buyer’s remorse. Geithner, who is
rapidly starting to look like the weakest link, is rattling
around by himself in Treasury. Meanwhile, the
administration is clearly prioritized a stimulus package that
If you’re eager to stay on the cutting edge of Firefox, head over to Mozilla
will not work without fixing the banks over, um, fixing the
to grab the newly released Firefox 3.1 Beta 3. As we mentioned last week,
banking system. Unlike most fiscal conservatives, I’m not
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the next beta will be upped to Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 to reflect the many ALL THINGS DIGITAL
changes between Firefox 3 and this next major release. In the meantime,
you can expect improved private browsing, JavaScript, and more with Time Warner’s Jeff Bewkes Lays
the latest release. (See the release notes for more details.) Been living the
3.1 beta life already? Share how it’s been working out for you in the off AOL CEO and President–in
comments. [Firefox 3.1 Beta 3]
a New York Minute
[BoomTown]
MAR 12, 2009 11:36P.M.
ESPN.COM
Arizona St. bounces Arizona

behind Harden’s 27
MAR 12, 2009 11:43P.M.
Let’s just say the firing of AOL CEO Randy Falco and President Ron
Grant was not exactly expected–even if everyone thought it should
THE DAILY DISH | BY ANDREW SULLIVAN happen–within the high ranks of the troubled online unit, until Time
Warner (TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes dropped the guillotine this afternoon in
Even At 29 Manhattan.
MAR 12, 2009 11:41P.M.
And drop it he did, quickly lopping off the pair of executives Bewkes had
Ross Douthat has a paper trail. Digging up college journalism seems a bit installed himself. He replaced them with Tim Armstrong, Google’s head
low to me, but, to be honest, if this is the worst they’ve got, Ross is fine. of advertising sales, a man with a much brighter resume, for what is
likely to be an attempt to spin out AOL, now that merger options are
moribund.
“It’s a shock to everyone how sudden it was,” said one exec. “Everyone
talked about when Bewkes was going to run out of patience with Randy
BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS - CNNMONEY.COM and Ron all the time, but no one knew it was coming now, since it had
taken so long.”
Ex Google executive named
Grant, for example, only found out about the situation when Bewkes told
CEO of AOL him in person earlier today at AOL’s offices in lower Manhattan, said
MAR 12, 2009 11:36P.M. several sources. Bewkes has hardly ever been there, who has a stunning
office at the Time Warner Center in midtown, although Armstrong’s
Tim Armstrong, a former Google executive, was named the new office at Google is nearby AOL.
chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AOL, according to a statement
released Thursday. Falco might have learned about the situation earlier, but several sources
said no other top exec at AOL did until about 30 minutes ago.
The whole coup came, said several sources, from corporate, which
swooped and made the moves swiftly, very quickly after signing the deal
with Armstrong.
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AOL PR did not seem to be aware of the move until this afternoon, and ALL THINGS DIGITAL
neither did its three top division heads: People Networks head Joanna
Shields, MediaGlow President Bill Wilson create or newly hired Murdoch Shuffles Desks on the
Platform-A ad leader Greg Coleman.
Fox Lot; Here’s the Full Memo
Yesterday, quite by coincidence, BoomTown wrote about the continued
turmoil within AOL and the unhappiness with Falco, which was long- and the Scorecard
running:
[MediaMemo]
“That’s caused a lot of people inside AOL and also a wider circle at Time MAR 12, 2009 11:35P.M.
Warner to increasingly point the finger of blame at AOL CEO Randy
Falco, wondering if and when he will suffer too.
‘Why Randy Falco gets to keep his job is a mystery to a lot of people,’ said
one top exec at another division.”
Well, it is a mystery no longer, apparently, with Bewkes putting the high-

profile Armstrong in place as AOL’s CEO and Chairman, although he has
been casting about for new leadership for a while, according to many
sources, such as former Yahoo COO Dan Rosensweig.
AOL is in the midst of laying off 10 percent of its staff of 7,000, although
many feel deeper cuts are needed, especially since Bewkes has been
unable to complete a deal to sell it after a lot of trying.
This one isn’t quite as momentous as the new blood–and

Interest by Yahoo (YHOO) in merging with AOL, for example, has cooled
bloodletting–over at Time Warner’s AOL (TWX), in part because it was
and there seem to be no true suitors on the horizon. A spin-off of the
more expected.
division seems to be the most likely option.
But, in the wake of News Corp. COO Peter Chernin’s departure, Rupert
Whether that includes a strategy reset for AOL or not is unclear.
Murdoch is reshuffling the top names at his Fox businesses, which
Chernin oversaw.
Under Falco and Grant–who were derisively given the nickname
Smithers and Burns from “The Simpsons” and also “Rondy” by some
Murdoch had hinted at this last month, when he told the troops that it
inside the division by some who did not like then–AOL paid $850
was “time to streamline” the News Corp. (NWS) operation.
million for the Bebo social networking site last year, an overpriced move
that has grated on many throughout Time Warner.
The full memo from Murdoch, explaining the moves, is at the end of this
post. But here’s the shorter version:
Under their plan, AOL was focusing on a three-pronged strategy: social
networking and communications (People Networks), content
UP: Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman, who formerly ran Murdoch’s
(MediaGlow) and advertising (Platform-A).
Fox movie studio, now oversee both movies and television production.
But new Platform-A head (and former Yahoo sales exec) Coleman, whose
Rothman, who ran the Fox cable operations, also gets to run Fox’s
business has to drive revenue growth–cannot perform miracles in such a
broadcast operation.
weak environment, no matter what cool new products and offerings
either People Networks head Shields or MediaGlow President Wilson
Peter Rice, who News Corp.’s faux-indie studio Fox Searchlight, moves
create.
into TV, and will report to Tony Vinciquerra, chairman and CEO of Fox
Networks Group.
Armstrong certainly knows sales, as head of sales efforts at Google
(GOOG), although he has never operated a multi-faceted business as
OUT: Fox broadcasting head Peter Liguori.
AOL, which–despite its troubles–remains huge.
STAYING PUT: Roger Ailes continues to run the very successful FOX
More to come soon…
News Channel, the still-embryonic Fox Business Network and the
struggling Fox TV stations group.
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Peter Levinsohn, remains the head of Fox Interactive Media, which for negotiating many of our landmark carriage and broadcast
means that MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe still reports to him, at least deals that have made us the leader in broadcast and cable
nominally. television. As part of this restructuring, Peter Liguori has
stepped down as chairman of entertainment, Fox
NOT MENTIONED: Murdoch’s son James Murdoch, who runs News Broadcasting. Under his leadership, FOX was the number
Corp.’s Europe assets and his currently the betting favorite to eventually one network four years in a row, and I am grateful for his
replace his father. many contributions.
Here’s the full memo: Peter Rice, president of Fox Searchlight, will exit his role at
the specialty label and will assume the role of chairman of
Dear Colleagues: entertainment, Fox Broadcasting. During his long and
successful tenure at Fox Searchlight, Peter has been the
Today I’m announcing a series of management changes to driving force behind the success of the specialty film genre,
our LA-based businesses to ensure we’re well positioned to shepherding to the screen some of the industry’s most
meet the challenges and opportunities we will face in the successful films, including Slumdog Millionaire, Little Miss
coming months. I have been deeply engaged with senior Sunshine, and Juno. Peter has the vision, creativity and
management to develop a renewed model on which to further determination to grow and remodel our television network,
grow and transform our business. Challenging economic and I’m delighted he has accepted this new challenge. In this
times can yield great advancements and ultimately unleash role, Peter will report directly to Tony Vinciquerra.
new, innovative thinking. Ours is a company that has always
thrived on change, so it’s with great enthusiasm that I share With Peter’s departure at Fox Searchlight, Nancy Utley and
with you our initial plans for moving forward. Steve Gilula will jointly run the business, reporting to Jim
and Tom. Nancy and Steve, COOs of Fox Searchlight, who
Creative Production have been Peter’s partners through all of the unit’s great
successes, will assume full authority for the business. Claudia
Effective immediately, all of our LA-based creative Lewis, president of production, remains in place.
production businesses will be reporting to Jim Gianopulos
and Tom Rothman, co-chairmen and CEOs of Fox Filmed Other
Entertainment. Tom and Jim have built one of the most
successful studios in the world, and I have full confidence in Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of FOX News Channel and
their ability to manage our film and television talent in Fox Business Network and chairman of the Fox Television
transformative ways. Under this new structure, Gary Stations and Twentieth Television, and Peter Levinsohn,
Newman and Dana Walden, co-chairmen of Twentieth president of Fox Interactive Media, will continue to report
Century Fox Television, will report to Tom and Jim. Emiliano directly to me.
Calemzuk, president, Fox Television Studios, will report to
Dana and Gary. Please join me in congratulating Jim, Tom, Tony and Peter in
their new roles.
This new creative structure will enable us immediately to
operate more efficiently. We will remove unnecessary
barriers that have existed between our businesses, thereby
better facilitating the sharing of ideas and resources. Not only ESPN.COM
will we benefit as a business from these changes, but perhaps
most importantly, I’m certain our end users–the millions of Buffalo Bills’ Terrell Owens to
people around the world who every day enjoy our creative
products – will see the benefits as well. wear No. 81
MAR 12, 2009 11:34P.M.
Networks Group
For Bills fans filling out their programs: Yes, folks, T.O. will be No. 81.
On the television network side of the business, Tony
Vinciquerra, chairman and CEO of Fox Networks Group, will
continue to head the cable networks, the business aspects of
FOX Broadcasting, Fox International Channels, and will gain
responsibility for FOX Broadcasting programming. Tony has
been instrumental in growing our cable businesses both
domestically and internationally, and has been responsible
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Musical bra is not as sexy as it Best Linux Distribution? [Hive

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MAR 12, 2009 11:33P.M. MAR 12, 2009 11:30P.M.
The fine folks over at Instructables have posted some wild mods in their
time, but the musical bra you see above inhabites its own realm in terms
of weirdness and lack of usefulness... unless you really want a bra that
makes music of course. The speaker is on the front, with a battery pack
between the shoulder blades at the back, and each cup is equipped with
eight different “sounds” culled from a small keyboard, which are
triggered by custom-made buttons sewn into the bra. Hit the read link Calling all open-source aficionados, it’s time to caste your vote for your
for the full rundown of how to make one of your very own, but fair favorite flavor of Linux—that titan of open-source and champion of free
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to get this project done, but the final result should be fairly priceless.
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noise? Exactly.
We want to hear which Linux distribution you love. Which distro puts a
[Via Music Radar] smile on your face and leaves extra money in your wallet? If you want to
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the urban Pakistani government regimenting those rural

clansmen makes no sense to me. Rugged areas where the
government is weak are obviously possible havens for
terrorists, but they also typically lack the infrastructure to
enable major operations to be conducted directly from such
territories. We’d be better off working with Pakistan to put in
NU.NL - ALGEMEEN better airport security and computer tracking of people flying
in and out. The Pakistani military has been fighting hard in
Ontruiming door brand Bajaur, one of the tribal agencies, against the Pakistani
Taliban since August. They have had some success, but
verzorgingshuis Delft displaced 300,000 Pashtuns from their homes. That is going
MAR 12, 2009 11:27P.M. to settle the Pashtuns down?
DELFT - Diverse verdiepingen van een verzorgingshuis in Delft zijn

donderdagavond ontruimd in verband met een brand. Dat heeft de
brandweer laten weten.
ENGADGET
NU.NL - ALGEMEEN Panasonic CES 2009 Blu-ray /

Ontruiming door brand HTIB lineup eyes-on
MAR 12, 2009 11:03P.M.
verzorgingshuis
MAR 12, 2009 11:16P.M.
DELFT - Diverse verdiepingen van een verzorgingshuis in Delft zijn

donderdagavond ontruimd in verband met een brand. Dat heeft de
brandweer laten weten.
ESPN.COM
Last-place Georgia Tech

overcomes Clemson
MAR 12, 2009 11:05P.M.

We were able to spot a few of Panasonic’s latest innovations in the home
theater space back at CES 2009, but we got a much more intimate look at
things during a recent New York showcase. The new Blu-ray decks look
THE DAILY DISH | BY ANDREW SULLIVAN
nice, if not a touch plain. Not that everyone wants an Alienware-esque
Obama And Pakistan BD deck or anything, but we digress. The Blu-ray HTIB systems were
particularly of interest, as these things are perfect for sneaking BD into
MAR 12, 2009 11:04P.M.
homes that are currently DVD-only, and while we longed for more
information on the portable DMP-B15, the on-hand reps didn’t seem too
Is he making the same mistakes as Bush? Juan Cole thinks so:
anxious to gush over technical specifications with us. Their loss, totally.
The demand that the government exert control over the

Gallery: Panasonic CES 2009 Blu-ray / HTIB lineup eyes-on
Federally Administered Tribal Areas is frankly daft. I’ve been
through that territory. You might as well demand that we
exert control over all the rattlesnakes in New Mexico. And the
conviction that the security of the U.S. mainland depends on
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TECHCRUNCH history of the Internet — helping to make Google the most popular
online search advertising platform in the world for direct and brand
Google Ad Chief Tim Armstrong marketers. He’s an advertising pioneer with a stellar reputation and
proven track record. We are privileged to have him preside over AOL as
Replaces Randy Falco As its audience and programming businesses continue to grow and its
advertising platform expands globally. He’ll also be helpful in helping
Chairman And CEO Of AOL Time Warner determine the optimal structure for AOL”
MAR 12, 2009 10:50P.M.
Tim Armstrong said: “I’m very excited about the opportunities presented
in leading AOL. AOL has a wide-ranging set of assets and audience. The
company is well positioned to enhance those assets into a larger share of
the Internet audience and advertiser communities. AOL and Google have
been partners for years and I look forward to collaborating with Jeff
Bewkes and his team as we explore the right structure and future for
AOL.”
Mr. Bewkes added: “Randy led AOL in its transition from a subscription
business to an audience business. Under Randy and Ron, AOL’s
programming sites exhibited year-over-year growth in unique visitors for
23 consecutive months with many of its sites now in the top five of their
categories., They also assembled Platform-A, the number one display ad
network in the U.S. with a reach of more than 90%. They also
aggressively cut costs as they restructured the Audience business portion
of the company into three distinct operating units: People Networks,
Breaking: AOL has named a new CEO and chairman. Tim Armstrong,
MediaGlow, and Platform-A. As Randy and Ron move on, they leave
who headed up ad sales in the Americas for Google, will replace Randy
AOL with our gratitude and appreciation for remaking the company and
Falco as chairman and CEO. AOL President and COO Ron Grant will also
bringing it to a new and promising level.”
be leaving the company. Armstrong’s name has been bandied about as a
potential CEO or top executive at several companies. He takes on a
Tim Armstrong was a member of Google’s Operating Committee and
challenging post at AOL, which does not have the strength of either
served as the president of the Americas Operations. Under the Americas
Google or even Yahoo in terms of advertising assets or traffic.
Operations, Armstrong’s team managed publishers and advertisers’
relationships and platforms with some of the world’s most widely
Falco came from NBC when his predecessor Jonathan Miller was kicked
recognized media and agency brands. Armstrong started at Google in the
out. Falco reorganized AOL, focusing on combining its portal (which still
year 2000 and opened the first office outside of the Mountain View, CA
generates a huge amount of traffic) with its advertising assets—now
headquarters.
bundled together under Platform-A. His strategy was to make AOL an ad
network, with AOL’s own properties serving as a foundation and source
Mr. Armstrong joined Google from Snowball.com, where he was vice
of guaranteed inventory.
president of sales and strategic partnerships. Prior to his role at
Snowball.com, he served as director of integrated sales & marketing at
Below is the press release:
Starwave’s and Disney’s ABC/ESPN Internet Ventures, working across
the companies’ Internet, TV, radio, and print properties. He started his
TIM ARMSTRONG NAMED CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF AOL
career by co-founding and running a newspaper based in Boston, MA,
before joining IDG to launch their first consumer Internet magazine, I-
Former Google Executive to Build AOL’s Future
Way.
and Help Determine Optimal Structure for AOL
Mr. Armstrong sits on the boards of the Interactive Advertising Bureau

NEW YORK, March 12, 2009 – Tim Armstrong, Google Senior Vice
(IAB), the Advertising Council, and the Advertising Research
President, has been named Chairman and CEO of AOL, LLC, Time
Foundation, and is a trustee at Connecticut College and Lawrence
Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) Chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes announced
Academy. He is a member of Mayor Bloomberg’s MediaNYC 2020
today. Current AOL Chairman and CEO Randy Falco and President and
committee. He is a graduate of Connecticut College, with a double major
COO Ron Grant plan to leave the company after a transition period.
in economics and sociology.
In making the announcement Mr. Bewkes said: “Tim is the right

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executive to move AOL into the next phase of its evolution. At Google,
hardware.
Armstrong helped build one of the most successful media teams in the
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