AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Speaks (Though He’s a Cagey One)!
by Kara Swisher
Posted on September 23, 2009 at 8:38 PM PT
Here is a video interview I did today with AOL CEO Tim Armstrong in Germany–really!–where we both were appearing at a digital marketing conference.
In it, the former Google (GOOG) exec talked about a range of things, including the possibility of charging for content, innovating in the graphical advertising market, competition with Yahoo (YHOO) and the upcoming spinoff of the Time Warner (TWX) unit.
But Armstrong did not talk about merging or other big search deals with other companies–including Microsoft (MSFT), which I wrote about here, along with AOL’s search for directors.
In the interview, I also insulted the famous AOL yellow running man, even though the mascot icon apparently just won “a vote to be inducted into the Advertising Walk of Fame, beating out 25 rivals, including Ronald McDonald and the Vlasic Stork,” according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
There must be hope yet for AOL if it bested a pickle-loving bird and a freaky clown.
Here’s the interview:
