Martinez has just 16 friends on the Facebook profile page fingered by AOL News as his.
Facebook figures larger in the mix, driving anywhere from 1 percent (AOL News, MSNBC.com) to 7 or 8 percent (CNN, ABC News and, leading the pack, the Huffington Post).
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One copy editor on contract even went out of her way to point out that her duties were identical to those of an AOL News staffer who was recently laid off.
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In other AOL news, lawyers for Arianna Huffington and Ken Lerer filed their response Wednesday to a ruling issued last month that a lawsuit over the origins of the Huffington Post can proceed.
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"Every time there's more SEC news about AOL, the stock goes up, " says Colombia management portfolio manager Ajay Mehra, who has been accumulating AOL Time Warner (nyse: AOL - news - people ) shares recently.
All the Web media players, Google , AOL, News Corp. included, are racing to get big and offer advertisers the broadest reach of viewers.
Apple says the new software has 150 new features, among them an instant-messaging client called iChat that's compatible with America Online 's (nyse: AOL - news - people ) AOL Instant Messenger.
Some of the most interesting speculation has centered around iChat, Apple's instant-messaging client that lets users send messages using their buddy lists from AOL Time Warner 's (nyse: AOL - news - people ) AOL Instant Messenger.
Early on, Yahoo and AOL ruled as powerful news aggregators (believe this or not, AOL once convinced newspapers and magazines to pay for story placement on its dial-up service).
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One reason for the excitement: the expected initial public offering of Time Warner Cable from AOL Time Warner (nyse: AOL - news - people ).
Similar logic lay behind the announcement back in January of 2000 that America Online (nyse: AOL - news - people ) would purchase Time Warner .
By contrast, Joseph Ripp , vice chairman of the American Online unit of AOL Time Warner (nyse: AOL - news - people ), warned of dire consequences should the moratorium expire.
Companies such as AOL Time Warner 's (nyse: AOL - news - people ) America Online, Microsoft 's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) MSN Network and even Yahoo!
Separately, media reports say U.S. regulators are probing deeper into whether AOL Time Warner's (nyse: AOL - news - people ) America Online unit inflated as revenues by more than the company reported.
Moxi's lead investor is AOL (nyse: AOL - news - people ), whose fiercest competitor, Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ), continues to push Windows PCs for digital entertainment.
Its main rival, Netscape, went on to become a unit of AOL Time Warner (nyse: AOL - news - people ) and though still popular, is mostly consigned to second-place status among Web browsers.
Steve Case of AOL (nyse: AOL - news - people), a late arrival who managed to muscle his way in - proving once again that it never hurts to be a motorcade away from Capitol Hill.
Of the top five busiest directors, three are associated with companies now plagued by problems: AOL Time Warner (nyse: AOL - news - people ), Lucent and Xerox (nyse: XRX - news - people ).
If Yahoo can figure out how to translate eyeballs into paid subscribers as America Online (nyse: AOL - news - people ) has done , it could be one of a handful of Internet plays with a sound business model.
It concluded there were few barriers to entry to this market-- which was at one time dominated by Netscape, now owned by AOL Time Warner (nyse: AOL - news - people)--so that no one could be said to monopolize it.
Both companies may benefit from the myriad troubles at AOL Time Warner 's (nyse: AOL - news - people ) America Online division, which is struggling with executive changes, lack of a coherent growth strategy and questions about its accounting.
Unlike America Online (nyse: AOL - news - people), Kiggen doesn't expect the company to engage in a media match-up anytime soon, especially since it is scouting out a new leader, who will want to have a hand in implementing changes.
With a 13% gain since the start of the year (based on the Dec. 31 price of America Online stock), AOL Time Warner (nyse: AOL - news - people) is one of the dwindling number of stocks that are bucking the market's dramatic downturn.
Despite a management shakeup, a stagnant advertising market, an SEC investigation and a stock price down 60% this year, AOL Time Warner's (nyse: AOL - news - people ) profusion of intangible assets still makes it an attractive company, according to Low and Kalafut's research.
It's presumed that most EarthLink subscribers are looking for simpler and cheaper online access as alternatives to the in-your-face consumerism proffered to Microsoft's 8 million MSN subscribers and AOL Time Warner 's (nyse: AOL - news - people ) 33.2 million America Online and Roadrunner subscribers.
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