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CEO of AOL wants to fix 'technologically challenged' journalism

CEO of AOL wants to fix 'technologically challenged' journalism

The CEO of AOL recently said he hopes his company will be the "world's largest producer of high quality content," reports Business Insider. Tim Armstrong announced during an Internet Week panel that he hopes for AOL to hire hundreds more journalists in his pursuit to adapt journalists to changing technologies. He said he wants to fix the "technologically challenged" aspect of journalism where journalists are not included in the latest technological updates.

In particular, Armstrong hopes to target content systems in the same way that ads have been targeted. As moderator John Battelle said: "AOL is reengineering journalism using tech, regional community and interest."

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Author

Leah McBride Mensching

Date

2010-06-10 21:33

Shaping the Future of the Newspaper


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