More turmoil seems to be engulfing AOL.
The latest is that AOL editor in chief Cyndi Stivers is said to be exiting. She only joined in May.
One source said it is a “slow fire” which suggests it won’t go public until next year.
At the time of her hiring, Chris Grosso, the AOL senior vice president and general manager of AOL homepages said, “As we evolve AOL.com as a content destination, we will look to Cyndi to ensure the site showcases the most compelling stories relevant to our viewers and drive a distinctive editorial voice.”
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong was forced to make massive cuts to his pride and joy, Patch.com, the hyper local news site he founded in 2007 when he was at Google and then sold to AOL when he was tapped as its CEO.
The 900 sites were drastically cut back to only 14 fully staffed sites this fall in the face of continuing losses and poor ad support.
Regarding the latest rumbling—nobody from AOL returned our calls. Stivers, also could not be reached by phone, email or Facebook.