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Verizon’s Go90 may be broken up, Oath CEO Tim Armstrong says

Tim Armstrong, the CEO of Verizon’s digital-media unit Oath, suggested that Go90, Verizon’s free mobile video app, may be dismantled.  The shows and programs in Go90 will be redistributed inside Oath’s different distribution outlets, like HuffPost and Yahoo Finance, Armstrong said, adding that Go90’s identity is morphing into that of a content engine and library …

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AOL gets set to lay off 500 employees

AOL is expected to announce Thursday that it will lay off 500 people, or 5 percent of its staff, as it shifts focus. “The layoffs are related to a 2017 strategy where we will add to our business,” AOL CEO Tim Armstrong said in an interview with Recode. “These are super targeted by area and we will be re-growing especially …

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