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AOL Ad Growth Seen Rising, As Twitter, Facebook Slip

AOL’s (AOL) display ad revenue growth is expected to accelerate in 2014, while growth slows at Twitter (TWTR), Facebook (FB) and other rivals. AOL’s display ad sales are expected to climb 15.5% in 2014, up from 9.5% in 2013 and 6.5% in 2012, according to data reported Tuesday by research firm eMarketer. AOL still is growing slower than display ad rivals such as Twitter, Facebook, Amazon.com (AMZN), Google (GOOG) and LinkedIn (LNKD). But display ad

Twitter basks in Oscar glow, sidelines Samsung

Samsung spent big bucks to advertise during the 86th annual Academy Awards and to get host Ellen DeGeneres to take some high-profile selfies with a Samsung smartphone during the Oscars broadcast. But it was social media company Twitter (TWTR) that stole the show on Sunday. In one stunt, DeGeneres took a self portrait with a pack of A-list stars including Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Brad Pitt, Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. Her stated goal was to produce the most retweeted photo ever on Twitter. It worked. As of noon Eastern time Monday, the snapshot had been retweeted more than 2.7 million times. That beat the previous record set by President Barack Obama after his re-election in November 2012. That photo of Obama hugging wife Michelle was retweeted a mere 781,000-plus times. The Oscars photo showed “the power of Twitter as the perfect companion to TV,” Twitter said in a blog…

Twitter Testing Redesigned User Pages; Stock Climbs

Microblogging network Twitter (TWTR) is testing new designs for displaying content as the network looks to break away from chronological timelines and attract new users. Screenshots of Twitter users’ test profile pages with new layouts — including this one at The Verge — have been popping up on the Web. Most pundits have noted that the redesigned pages look very similar to profile pages on rival social network Faceboook (FB). Twitter stock was up