International

AOL today announces that Christian Peck has joined the company as Vice President of European Advertising Products and Operations, responsible for managing and scaling AOL’s advertising operations and developing industry-leading products. Peck will spearhead AOL’s product innovations across Europe including creative solutions, behavioural targeting, sponsored text listings and display advertising as well as leading the company’s product development.

London, October 26, 2009; AOL today announces that Christian Peck has joined the company as Vice President of European Advertising Products and Operations, responsible for managing and scaling AOL’s advertising operations and developing industry-leading products. Christian comes to AOL from Microsoft, where he served as Partner Solutions Director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to that he held roles at Atlas Advertising, most recently as Vice President and Managing Director of the company’s EMEA operations.  Peck has spent over a decade in media agencies, his last agency role was group board director at Zed media, part of Publicis Groupe.
 

AOL Music, the leading global music site, has today launched its flagship music site Spinner in the UK, creating an online destination for a new audience of fans. Packed with inside stories and scoops about today’s most relevant artists, upcoming releases, exclusive videos and performances, Spinner brings its unrivalled content for passionate music fans to a market where AOL Music is already the top-rated music entertainment site in the UK (comScore Media Metrix, May, 2009).

LONDON, Aug 4, 2009 – AOL Music, the leading global music site, has today launched its flagship music site Spinner in the UK at www.spinnermusic.co.uk, creating an online destination for a new audience of fans.
 
Packed with inside stories and scoops about today’s most relevant artists, upcoming releases, exclusive videos and performances, Spinner brings its unrivalled content for passionate music fans to a market where AOL Music is already the top-rated music entertainment site in the UK.*
 
AOL Music is also the number 1 online music destination across Europe and the world with 53 million and 122 million unique views respectively, according to the latest comScore Media Metrix report in May.

AOL UK today announced the launch of its new sports site, FanHouse UK, providing unique commentary and insight by established writers on the latest English Premier League action. These include writer and strategist Alastair Campbell - best known for his role as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s spokesman.

AOL Fantasy Football also kicks off today for the 09/10 Season.