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“Richard Parsons, future New York City mayoral candidate”

According to Reuters, Richard Parsons, Time Warner's chairman, is planning to step down in 2009. via Observer.com - All Articles

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“The current problem with an awful lot of the mega sites is the fact that they aren't well targeted”

A company rooted in bringing the Internet to the masses, AOL is shifting its focus toward serving niche audiences with the launch of dozens of specialty Web sites. via Log Cabin Democrat

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“People just didn't connect this type of content with the AOL brand.”

Unless you're looking carefully, you'll likely miss the fact that the new Asylum Web site for young men is a creation of Time Warner Inc.'s AOL. via Log Cabin Democrat

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Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 16 May 2008 10:45 AM PST It looks like Jeff Bewkes will get to be chairman of Time Warner . via PaidContent.org

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“The easier response is to just vote against Yahoo.”

Disgruntled Yahoo investors have until Thursday to decide if they want to shake up the company's board of directors. via CNN Money

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“Once that is opened up, technically, there is no reason why somebody cannot create some other IM mashup or some other IM client that can be plugged in there”

AOL plans to launch later this year a program that will allow third-party developers to develop applications and content, including instant messaging and social networking, for its e-mail sites. via Infoworld

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“There's a lot of shareholder unhappiness right now, including ours. It's encouraging because there's the chance that they can be more successful in consummating a transaction with Microsoft.”

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is moving ahead with plans to run a dissident board slate at Yahoo Inc in a bid to force the Internet company to sell itself Microsoft Corp, sources familiar with the matter told ... via Earth Times

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“Anybody who's been thinking about engaging in spam are going to say, `Wow, I better not go there,'”

The popular online hangout MySpace has won a $230 million judgment over junk messages sent to its members in what is believed to be the largest anti-spam award ever. via The Jersey Journal

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“I don't think it's a shift in strategy - I view this as an extension of the strategy we've had”

Apple Inc. has scooped up Time Warner Inc. s HBO to feed television shows to its online iTunes store, reeling in one of the last holdouts among major channels and agreeing to a rare pricing concession to land ... via WJLA-TV Arlington

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By Kenneth Li

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc's HBO cable network is expected to start selling shows on Apple Inc's iTunes digital entertainment service, with flexible pricing, sources familiar with the discussions said on Monday.

Episodes of some HBO shows are likely to be sold at the standard price of $1.99 per episode or higher, these sources said, marking the first time Apple has agreed to selling television shows at different prices in the United States.

Although some global iTunes stores, including Japan, already sell songs at different prices, Apple has resisted offering music or television shows at different prices for the sake of simplicity for consumers. Read more

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