| AOL Layoff Package: You Stay, You Pay 3 days ago by Kara Swisher BoomTown has learned that AOL is offering those who “volunteer” to leave the company now a departure package that ranges from three to nine months of pay, compared to one to four months for employees laid off in the first quarter of next year. It’s a depressing rock-and-a-hard-place choice. An AOL s ... BoomTown - kara.allthingsd.com · Rank: 719 · 3397 references | | MSN Head Greg Nelson Moves to MicroHoo Integration Role (Yahoo Picks Morrissey) 3 days ago by Kara Swisher Greg Nelson (pictured here), who has had the thankless job of running MSN for Microsoft, has left that job and been given the even more thankless task of running the integration of the complex search and online advertising partnership struck by the software giant and Yahoo. Microsoft (MSFT) sent out ... BoomTown - kara.allthingsd.com · Rank: 719 · 3397 references | | AOL Also Likely to Eye Sale of MapQuest–Is Microsoft a Possible Buyer? 3 days ago by Kara Swisher Yesterday, BoomTown wrote about AOL’s efforts–including hiring investment bankers–to sell its ICQ instant-messaging unit. But that’s probably not going to be the end of the shedding of assets at the online site. In fact, according to sources inside and outside AOL, one of the next candidates for sal ... BoomTown - kara.allthingsd.com · Rank: 719 · 3397 references | | AOL Also Likely to Eye Sale of MapQuest–Is Microsoft a Possible Buyer? 3 days ago by Kara Swisher Yesterday, BoomTown wrote about AOL’s efforts–including hiring investment bankers–to sell its ICQ instant-messaging unit. But that’s probably not going to be the end of the shedding of assets at the online site. In fact, according to sources inside and outside AOL, one of the next candidates for sal ... BoomTown - kara.allthingsd.com · Rank: 719 · 3397 references | | Yahoo Hires Amber Allman as New D.C. Director of Public Affairs 3 days ago by Kara Swisher Earlier today, BoomTown reported that Yahoo (YHOO) was poised to name a few new top execs at its Silicon Valley HQ. But, the company has also hired a new director of public affairs in the nation’s capital. After I queried the company, Yahoo confirmed that it has tapped Amber Allman, a vice president ... BoomTown - kara.allthingsd.com · Rank: 719 · 3397 references | |