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See It To Believe It: AOL Is Launching AOL On, A Video Network To Drive Video Ad Sales

AOL has had a few knocks from shareholders over whether it's on the right track with its content strategy -- a mix of high-volume, ad-based websites that cover lifestyle, tech, travel, news and more -- but CEO Tim Armstrong has stayed the course, and today the company is launching a video portal that it hopes will prove that the value of those holdings extends beyond even what you see on the sites themselves.AOL On, as the new site is called, is a premium content portal that will work across desktop, mobile and tablet optimized sites and apps, as well as connected TV devices. And the guy running it, Ran Harnevo, SVP of AOL On, makes clear that it is nothing like a YouTube wannabe: "No dogs on skateboards, and no upload button," he says. read more..

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Facebook's IPO guarantees a peek at its privacy

While you probably won't receive so much as a virtual sack of FarmVille pumpkin seeds from Facebook's long-awaited IPO — set to grant Facebook's shareholders millions and billions — there is one thing you'll get out of the deal: a chance to ogle the social network's private business, sort of like it's been doing to you for years. read more..

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Facebook ads are going mobile

Yesterday Facebook began the IPO process and made some of its very private financial details very public. The S-1 form is a pundit’s dream: it lays out a company’s every penny spent and earned as well as the pitfalls it believes it’s subject to. Facebook is no exception, and the company laid it all on the table for us yesterday. read more..

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