AOL To Shutter a Slew of Products (at Seeking Alpha)

by: Michael Arrington posted on: July 25, 2008 | about stocks: TWX story this afternoon we stumbled on a much bigger story unfolding at AOL. The company is planning to shut down a number of non-performing products, say people with knowledge of the situation. The products, which include Xdrive, AOL Pictures, Bluestring and MyMobile, all fall under EVP Products and Marketing Kevin Conroy. In an email to his staff on July 14, Conroy talked about the upcoming product reorganization. Some products will be shut down. Others will simply be ignored for the most part and fade into obscurity over time. The future of another slow-growing product under Conroy, MyAOL, is also in question. Conroy, who joined AOL in 2001, reports to President and COO , EVP and President of Platform A. Calrizio runs the advertising arm of AOL. Conroy has... [read full story]