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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