Kevin Conroyの辞職を受けて、AOLのプロダクトグループの再編が行われた。グループのトップにはTed Cahallが就くことになった。CahallはMail、Truveo、Mobile、Toolbar、Safety & Security、Parental Control、AOL Client、Search、MapQuest、Global Publishing Technology、およびRelegenceといった製品について責任を担うことになる。Cahall本人にとっても大抜擢で、これまではPlatformおよびRelegence部門のEVPだった（他部門製品の検索およびエンジニアリング面のサポートをしていた）。これまでの職責に加え、プロダクトグループ全体の管理を担うこととなった。

併せて各種の異動がある。AOL Video、AOL Radio、Winampその他は、Bill Wilsonの率いるプログラミンググループの配下に入る。UserplaneはJoanna ShieldのPeople Networkユニット（Bebo）配下となる。今回の組織改編には非常に時間がかかった。

以下にAOL CEOのRandy Falcoが従業員に宛てたメモを掲載しておく（英文）。

From: Randy Falco
To: Intl Employees; US Employees
Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2009 11:18:13 AM
Subject: Organizational Announcement

Dear AOL colleague,

I’m pleased to announce that Ted Cahall has agreed to take on an expanded role as President of Products & Technologies, assuming responsibilities for several key AOL products. Ted will also serve in a new leadership role on the Dulles campus as General Manager of AOL Dulles.

As head of Products & Technologies, Ted will oversee Mail, Truveo, Mobile, Toolbar, Safety & Security and Parental Controls as well as the AOL Client. He will continue to manage the Technologies division as well as Search, MapQuest, Global Publishing Technology and Relegence. Ted has proven to be an astute business executive, a talented leader and an outstanding technologist (he’s the inventor of DynaPub, which revolutionized how we publish to the Web), and I’m confident he’ll continue to drive innovation and growth for these important AOL products.

As GM of AOL Dulles, Ted will serve as the on-site executive leader of the campus, a role top executives play at our other major hub locations. This is both a reflection of Ted’s leadership skills and his strong presence in Dulles, as well as the vital role Dulles continues to play in the success of AOL.

At the same time, we’re taking the opportunity to more closely align other aspects of our business with our Web strategy. AOL Video, AOL Radio, Winamp, SHOUTcast, Marketing, Registration, Affinity and Widgets will move under Bill Wilson in the Programming group, as will AOL’s commerce and marketplace channels, which had been part of Ted’s organization. Ted did an outstanding job of rebuilding our commerce and marketplace channels, making them more useful, more engaging, more profitable and driving up their comScore rankings. By integrating them into Programming, we have the opportunity to build on this success.

In addition, Userplane applications will move into the People Networks business unit under Joanna Shields, adding to its suite of communications tools. We’re continuing to work through any remaining details and will communicate directly with those teams involved in the weeks ahead.

With these changes, I’m confident we’ll continue to drive innovation and growth around all our products.

In the meantime, please join me in congratulating Ted on his expanded role.

Randy

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（翻訳：Maeda, H）