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His Financial Goal: Get in Front of the High Cost of Higher Education

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By Jean Chatzky

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Everyone has things they want to improve about their financial lives, even those of us who are paid to write and think about money on a daily basis. To that end, the editors at DailyFinance and other AOL sites shared their 2013 goals with personal finance expert Jean Chatzky. Today she offers some tips to help DailyFinance deputy editor Mathew Schwartz set aside more of each paycheck for his daughters’ college education.

“We have two girls, 5-year-old, and an 18-month-old,” says Mathew. “On…

His Financial Goal: Get in Front of the High Cost of Higher Education originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2013-02-21T09:30:00Z.

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Styles & Fashion

Time Inc. Reportedly in Talks to Sell Magazine Business

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By Justin Fenner

Some of the most recognizable brands in the print business might soon have new owners if Time Warner moves ahead with discussions to sell off parts of its magazine company – the nation’s largest – Time Inc.

According to Fortune – which is itself a Time Inc. title – executives from the company on Wednesday discussed a potential deal with representatives of the Meredith Corporation, the Iowa publisher that owns Ladies’ Home Journal, Parents, and More, among other titles. While the talks are still in their infancy, a tentative sales plan would see Time Warner holding onto its three oldest titles (Time, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune), while letting go of InStyle, People, Real Simple, and the rest of its stable of glossies.

A spokesperson for Meredith told WWD, “It is our policy not to comment on marketplace rumors or speculation.” How much the transaction is worth and whether it will actually go through remain to be seen.

Rumors of Time Warner selling off some of its magazines have surfaced before, but these seem especially credible in light of Time Inc.’s recent performance. Last month, in response to a decline in sales, subscription revenue, and advertising revenue in 2012, Time Inc. announced that it had plans to lay off six percent of its work force both domestically and internationally. As Time Warner continues to get smaller – the company sold off both Time Warner Cable and AOL in 2009 – selling off underperforming units might be seen as an attempt to insulate itself from trouble in the print industry.

Photo courtesy of InStyle.

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News, Politics, Government

AOL Sees Big Money In Gadgets, Buys gdgt

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By TJ McCue, Contributor

Just when the tech community forgot AOL, you know, America Online, the internet provider who sent you compact discs every month, they acquired Engadget. The thing to remember, in case you forgot, is that AOL is a media company and the owner of The Huffington Post, TechCrunch, Parenting.com and a host of other brilliant content and advertising plays. …read more
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Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Tom Ward Of Sandridge Energy: Another CEO That's Got To Go

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By Richard Finger

Like another crosstown oil and gas exploration company based in Oklahoma City, Sandridge Energy (SD) is exhibiting the same shareholder inimical corporate governance practices. The good news is the abusive reign of Chesapeake Energy (CHK) king Aubrey McClendon last week came to an abrupt end. The bad news is that Sandridge founder and CEO Tom Ward (also a CHK co-founder) continues presiding unchecked as an autocrat. Like at CHK, Mr. Ward instituted his own analogue version of Aubrey?s Founders Well Participation Program (FWPP), the Sandridge Executive Well Participation Program (SEWPP). While Aubrey got to cherry pick and invest in a 2.5% interest in CHK wells, Mr. Ward felt even more generosity towards himself, upping his take to 3%. Like Aubrey in the past, Mr. Ward is obscenely overpaid. Mr. Ward presides over a sycophantic board that obsequiously bows to Caesars commands. Thanks in large part to the activism of Carl Icahn, Chesapeake, being free of Aubrey and most of his cabal of board members now has a chance to ?right the ship? and create value for shareholders. Now come along hedge fund TPG Axon and CEO Dinakar Singh. Mr. Singh?s hedge fund has acquired a 6.7% stake in the common shares of Sandridge and has undertaken a ?consent solicitation? to replace the entire Sandridge board and the subsequent ouster of Mr. Ward. Sandridge laughably claims the TPG Axon director slate lacks requisite energy experience. Each of the seven potential directors have held high positions at companies like BP, El Paso Eastern Pipeline, Oryx Energy or currently serve on boards of major NYSE companies such as Kraft Foods and AOL. The only commonality of current Sandridge board of directors is a blind obeisance to a CEO who compensates each one around $375,000 annually or for perspective, $80 to $90,000 more than is received by directors of integrated giant Exxon-Mobil, a company over 130 times its market capitalization. Put another way, in just a little more than every two days, Exxon takes in more in revenue than the entire market cap of Sandridge. …read more
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Bret Michaels Shares Personal Moment

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Bret Michaels and daughter

Bret Michaels Shares Personal Moment

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Bret and his daughter rocked out together at home hours before he’s set to take over AOL.com during the 55th Grammy Award Show.

Cute video clip you don’t want to miss

Countdown to the Grammy Awards
Singer Honored at Pre-Grammy Party
Stars Hang Out at Brunch Before Show
Iconic Singer Prepares for Performance

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News, Politics, Government

Maybe AOL Shouldn't Have Bothered Buying Huffington Post?

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By Tim Worstall, Contributor AOL has announced its results and one little thing to speculate on is that perhaps they shouldn’t have bothered to buy Huffington Post or any other of the media properties. Yes, it’s true, that AOL‘s “membership group” (the old dial up subscription customers) is a dying business. But it seems to be taking a long time dying and it’s tremendously profitable while it is. …read more
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AOL Earnings: Revenue Turns Positive, But Patch Disappoints. Bad Omen For Hyperlocal?

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By Jeff Bercovici, Forbes Staff

Here’s the good news: AOL managed to boost its total revenues on a year-over-year basis in the fourth quarter of 2012, the first time in eight years that’s happened. And it wasn’t a close-run thing, either. Revenues were up $25 million, to $599 million. …read more
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AOL's Advertising Growth Boosts Revenues, Earnings

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By 24/7 Wall St.

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When AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) released its earnings report this morning, the headline on the announcement boasted that for the first time in eight years the company posted yearly revenue growth. That is something to print T-shirts for?

For the fourth quarter, AOL reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.41 on revenues of $599.5 million. In the same period a year ago, the company reported EPS of $0.23 on revenues of $576.8 million. Fourth-quarter results compare to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimates for an EPS of $0.41 and $573.7 million in revenues.

For the full year, the Internet services company reported EPS of $11.21 on revenues of $2.19 billion, compared with a consensus call for EPS of $11.17 on revenues of $2.17 billion.

The company’s CEO said:

AOL has strong momentum entering 2013 and is positioned to continue on our growth path by executing our strategy to build the next generation media and technology company.

The company’s global advertising revenue grew by 13% in the fourth quarter and 8% year-over-year in 2012. The largest part of that came in third-party revenue, which grew by 31% in the quarter and 23% year-over-year. AOL‘s traffic acquisition costs (TAC) also rose, up 29% in the quarter, but the company noted that the “increase in revenues net of TAC was a significant driver in the improvement … versus the prior year period.” Now that AOL‘s ad revenues are delivering growth, it will be important to watch how the company’s TAC moves.

We’ll have to wait for the conference call for any guidance, but the consensus estimate for the current quarter calls for EPS of $0.37 on revenues of $531.83 million. For the full year, the estimate for EPS is $1.46 on revenues of $2.17 billion.

AOL‘s shares closed at $31.41 yesterday, then traded higher by nearly 2% after hours last night. Premarket trading has not begun yet this morning. The stock‘s 52-week range is $16.80 to $43.93. The consensus target price for the shares was around $39.30 before today’s report.

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Automobiles

<em>Autoblog's The List</em> premieres on <em>Speed</em> tonight!

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By John Neff

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As we announced last week, The List will be making its national television debut on Speed tonight at 10:30 PM EST/PST!

Make sure you’re in front of the flat screen or have your DVR set to record our little program’s big night. Jessi and Patrick are already working on new episodes for the second season, but we can’t wait to see their adventures from the first season reimagined for the small screen.

Don’t forget that our sister show, Translogic is also makings its premiere on Speed tonight at 10:00 PM EST/PST. The two shows will then appear on Speed with new episodes every Tuesday night at 10:00 and 10:30 PM EST/PST going forward.

Many thanks need to be shared with the people at AOL and Speed who helped make this partnership a reality, as well as with you, the readers of Autoblog who’ve become viewers of The List and Translogic this past year as we’ve worked to bring you the best original video series possible. Thanks again, and enjoy the show!

Autoblog’s The List premieres on Speed tonight! originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Official: Set Your DVRs! <i>Autoblog's The List</i> to be broadcast on <i>Speed</i>

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By John Neff

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We have some exciting news to share: Speed channel will begin airing Autoblog’s The List as its own half-hour television show, beginning February 5th at 10:30 PM EST and PST. The car-centric cable channel will also air half-hour episodes of our sister show, Translogic, at 10:00 PM EST and PST. Consider it the AOL Autos/Autoblog Power Hour on Speed.

We were very honored many months ago when Speed approached us about converting The List into a TV show, and couldn’t be happier that its premiere, along with that of Translogic, is less than a week away. After next week’s premiere, new episodes will air every Tuesday at the same time each week.

If you’ve been watching the show on Autoblog, these initial half-hour episodes of The List on Speed might be ones you’ve already seen, since the first season of the show as it appeared on the website has been deftly converted into episodes that will work on the small screen. Partnerships like this, however, as well as the show’s new sponsor, Allstate, have allowed us to start shooting new episodes for the second season, all of which will debut here on Autoblog first. In fact, Jessi and Patrick are in Alaska checking off a list item as we speak.

It’s great recognition for us and the show’s producers at AOL Studios that Speed saw something special in The List and Translogic (this is the first time ever that AOL‘s premium original video content will be televised), and we’re so excited to share this series that we had so much fun making with an entirely new audience. Be sure to check out the premiere this Tuesday, February 5 at 10:30 PM EST/PST!

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News, Politics, Government

How Our New App Links Many Worlds

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By Lewis DVorkin, Forbes Staff I often say the tools of digital publishing will set you free or imprison you. I learned that the hard way during my days at AOL. It could take us hours to program a digital screen. Over the past two years FORBES has built a set of tools that makes it incredibly simple for our editors and writers to publish text, photos, video and more. Now we’re using an elegant platform to publish an exciting new FORBES magazine iPad app that merges the power of print storytelling with social sharing and the Web.
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Interview: AOL's Joshua Ramirez On Alto Mail, 'Crap Stacks,' and Type B Personalities

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By Jason Evangelho, Contributor Email has become so ingrained in our daily routines that it now resembles a utility. It’s simply there, and we use it without pausing to consider how wildly different the experience could be. Send, receive, delete, reply, flag, forward. AOL (yep, that AOL!) has been working toward fundamentally changing how we perceive and interact with our email. The result is Alto, an email client (currently in beta) worth paying attention to.
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