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AOL Announces Winners of Ninth Annual City's Best Program

NEW YORK – July 22, 2008 – AOL announced the City's Best 2008 winners among more than 8,000 nominees across the country. More than 2.67 million votes were cast by local consumers who picked winners in 40 markets nationwide. A complete list of winners is available at http://www.aol.com/citysbest.  The annual City's Best campaign is produced by AOL CityGuide, a leading online local entertainment guide.

Each year, the City’s Best program recognizes the best restaurants, bars and venues across more than 30 categories such as Best Burgers, Best Cheap Eats, Best Romantic Restaurants, Best Sports Bars and much more. City’s Best also highlights local dining and nightlife with a wide-array of market-specific categories including Best Fish Tacos in San Diego, Best Chowder in Boston, and Best Country Bar in Nashville.

AOL Health Announces New Content Partnerships

AOL Health is partnering with Caring.com, Health.com and HealthCare.com to serve as a comprehensive health site for the entire family. Caring.com will provide content focusing on care for elderly parents, Health.com will share health-related articles, quizzes, galleries and videos, and HealthCare.com will provide access to its Care Provider Search, which includes more than 1.3 million medical and dental professional listings.

AOL Health Forms Content Partnerships with Caring.com, Health.com and Healthcare.com

New York, NY – July 21, 2008 – AOL Health, http://www.aolhealth.com, announced content partnerships with Caring.com, Health.com and HealthCare.com that will position AOL Health as a resource for comprehensive health information for the entire family. AOL Health is supported by AOL’s digital advertising business, Platform-A, http://www.platform-a.com, which will continue to offer relevant advertising opportunities in both display advertising as well as content-targeted links on the Web site. AOL Health is part of AOL Living, one of the top-two women’s sites with more than 16 million unique visitors, according to the June 2008 comScore Media Metrix.

AOL Launches Photo Gallery Site PIXCETERA

New York, NY - July 15, 2008 – AOL announced the launch of PIXCETERA, http://www.pixcetera.com, a new site focused exclusively on top-quality photography. The site features thousands of professional images and galleries from across the AOL Network for users to browse, rate and review. In addition, AOL’s photo editors blog on trends in photography, as well as ways that readers can take better pictures.

“We saw an opportunity for a site focused on the premier image — the type of photo that stops you in your tracks,” says Peter Rivera, AOL Senior Vice President of Experience Design. “At AOL we publish thousands of images across various sites, and we’re excited to offer access to these free galleries in one, easy-to-navigate experience. We can also provide advertisers a chance to integrate their brands alongside the Web’s most compelling and powerful images.”  

AOL Launches New Photography Site Pixcetera

AOL launched Pixcetera, a site featuring top-quality professional photography from across the AOL network that users can browse, rate and review. In addition, AOL's photo editors blog on trends in photography, as well as ways that readers can take better pictures. SVP Peter Rivera said the site is meant to highlight the premier image - "the type of photo that stops you in your tracks."