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Sunday, July 19, 2009

AOL Chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong Talks: The 100-Day Check-In!

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After his 100-day VisionQuest to figure out what to do at AOL, Tim Armstrong is in a chattier mood.

So, BoomTown did not waste a New York minute in getting on the horn with him to finally hear his take.

There’s not a lot of new stuff to reveal, of course, beyond what Armstrong has already said about AOL’s new direction.

That would be a spinoff in November, a focus on advertising, content, local, communications and starting a venture unit. But there is also the question of AOL’s ad deal with Google and more.

Here is the interview.

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