New President Named for AOL Media and Studios

NEW YORK: David Eun is joining AOL as the president of AOL Media and Studios, effective March 1.

Eun, as AOL’s chief content executive, will be responsible for the company’s more than 80 content sites, its new SEED.com publishing platform, as well as the newly acquired StudioNow video platform and AOL’s New York and Los Angeles studios. Eun will report to AOL’s chairman and CEO, Tim Armstrong, and will be based in New York. He succeeds Bill Wilson, the president of AOL Media, who will transition out of the role after nine years with the company. Eun worked at AOL until 2006 as VP of operations for the media and communications group at Time Warner. He returns to AOL from a stint at Google, where as VP of strategic partnerships, he was responsible for managing global content partnerships with Google and YouTube.

Armstrong said of Eun’s appointment: “David brings an impressive breadth of media experience to AOL at an exciting juncture for the company as we focus on scaling our content platforms, production and partnerships to offer quality, original content that will engage consumers and bring them—and their friends—back to our properties time and again. I’m delighted to welcome him back to AOL as we continue to pursue our strategy and mission in digital content and journalism.”

“Bill Wilson has been a driving force for content at AOL and under his leadership the quantity and quality of our premium branded and niche offerings have expanded significantly. On behalf of AOL, I want to thank Bill for the energy and dedication he has brought to the role. Bill has been an outstanding leader at AOL,” Armstrong added.

Eun commented: “AOL has a unique opportunity to bring together its core strengths in the key areas of content and journalism, distribution, and advertising to engage its users, partners and advertisers in a way very few companies can. These three elements will be fundamental to success as the media and technology industries evolve and converge. And after nearly 15 years of seeing this convergence approach, I couldn’t be more excited to be returning to AOL to help Tim and his team capture that great promise.”