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-America Online, Dulles, Va., reorganized to integrate the operations of newly acquired Netscape Communications, Mountain View, Calif. Jim Barksdale, former Netscape president and CEO, joins AOL’s board of directors, while co-founder Marc Andreessen was named AOL’s CTO. Four divisions were created: Interactive Services will handle the company’s interactive products, led by president Barry Schuler; Ted Leonsis will serve as president of Interactive Properties, overseeing ICQ, Digital City, MovieFone and all direct marketing services; Barry Ariko and Steve Savignano were appointed senior vps of Netscape Enterprise, which will focus on AOL’s strategic e-commerce alliance with Sun Microsystems; and AOL International, the unit that manages AOL and CompuServe overseas, will have Jack Davies serving as president.

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