Activist hedge fund Starboard Value owns a little over 5% of AOL, and has been agitating since December for board changes and a refocused strategy. From a just-released 96-slide deck outlining its position, here’s Starboard’s problem with how AOL has handled The Huffington Post since acquiring it in February, 2011 for $315 million. Click to enlarge:
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Mick is the Head of Editorial for Covestor, a financial journalist and online content specialist. Prior to joining Covestor, Mick was for five years the Editor in Chief and VP Content at stock market analysis website Seeking Alpha, where he built the editorial function as the site attracted over 3.5 million unique monthly visitors and developed an innovative platform for intelligent stock market discussion. Mick is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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