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MMAFighting survives massive AOL brand consolidation

AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is about to consolidate 53 different content brands into 20 power brands.. More and more stuff…

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Chris Palmquist
June 28, 2011 · 1 min read

AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is about to consolidate 53 different content brands into 20 power brands..

More and more stuff is moving towards well-known brands, says Armstrong. Unless human nature is going to totally change, the Internet is going to end up in a branded environment.

Armstrong believes that simplifying AOL’s content portfolio will make it easier to sell ads and attract readers. Instead of 300 different things that sales people could sell, now they can focus their sales efforts against key categories.

Outside of the Huffington Post, the power brands that will remain are:

AOL.com

Autoblog

Engadget

Joystiq

Mapquest

MMA Fighting

Moviefone

Patch

Stylelist

TechCrunch

TUAW

AOL Autos

AOL Healthy Living

AOL Industry

AOL Money & Finance,

AOL Music

AOL Search

AOL Travel

AOL Video

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