Yes, Tim Armstrong does have a secret plan to save AOL, and it involves cartoons starring Warren Buffett and Martha Stewart. At an employee meeting today to rally the troops with his new strategy, Warren Buffett and Martha Stewart were on hand to talk about their new Web cartoons. AOL founder Steve Case is also there Tweeting about it (he took this picture of Buffett and Stewart on stage).
Buffett’s cartoon will be called “The Secret Millionaire’s Club” and it will be geared towards teaching kids about business (fun!). “Martha Stewart KIds” will feature a 10-year-old Martha Stewart. Both will be produced by A Squared Entertainment, along with cartoons starring supermodel Giselle Bundchen (”Gigi & The Green Team”) and the late astronomer Carl Sagan (”Kosmos”). Each show will have 26 episodes, which will run three to five minutes each.
Does this mean AOL is going to start producing more of its own Web video content? That would fall into its new mission: “To inform, entertain, and connect the world.” I hear that there are some ex-Yahoo employees in LA who have some ideas on how to create Web video.
Here in Arlington Virginia it different than my home town in India because it… uh, nevermind.
Genius!
Maybe they should create “I used to work at a massive media conglmeration, but it was so bloated that they cut my job now I have no f’ing clue what I am going to do”.
Or maybe that is too harsh and only appeals to a tiny demographic.
Maybe not though
WHO CARES? This kind of ‘news’ is symptomatic of the idolatry & distraction that keeps Americans from getting their priorities right and dealing with real problems.
Martha Stewart? why? is she going to teach kids about lying and how to do illegal insiders trading?
Unnessary unwarranted Martha paid her dues.
She was not convited of insider trading .
AOL, when it failed to get anywhere with an internet service I thought that it would crumble. I know that business has been getting slower for AOL so I would love to see some new products from them.
There might be hope yet.
I wanna see the content before I judge, but I’d love for it to be great. Right now I spend NO time on AOL, but this could reel me in just to show my kids the short cartoons–if they have something else to tease me into staying, good for them.
For my kids, this would be like iTunes on a different web site.
I think their challenge is that the Warren Buffet and Martha Stewart brands mean nothing to kids right now.
“I think their challenge is that the Warren Buffet and Martha Stewart brands mean nothing to kids right now.”
You’re absolutely right about that one.
I think they used Buffett and Stewart because they’d be popular among the parents. Once parents are sold to the idea then it’s up to the parents to entice their kids to watch the show and introduce those two figures to their children
Martha Stewart and Warren Buffet as role models for children?
This is why AOL has been dying… for a long time. “New” management would not change this situation, IMO, joining AOL now is a sure way to end a career…
Steve Case’s endorsement would not be of *any* help – just remember his recent “Revolution Health” monumental failure.
OMFG… thats retarded. They tried this kind of BS back in the early 90’s with “All Stars” and “Hammerman” Why cant people learn…??? sigh….
Bring Back ALF and Family ties Now!!! lol
martha stewart cartoon? holy boring
Bring on “Honest Answer Timmy….”
Tim’s answer, according to a tweet from the event: “Let me be totally straightforward and honest and transparent: I’ll tell you over the next 60 days.”
The HONEST, TRANSPARENT, and STRAIGHTFORWARD answer is: “Yes there will be approximately 1300-2000+ layoffs beginning within several weeks.” NOT, “I’ll tell you over the next 60 days.”
:Rondy Gralco” lives…….AOL is doomed……
May it RIP……..
@karnpatel, you are a moron. AOL did not fail at its internet service, it was the largest conglomerate in the world at one time. In the last 10 years their core focus has not been internet service provider (in case you have not noticed).
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