The Armstrong Post

When Tim Armstrong arrived at AOL in March 2009, employees were ecstatic—so much so that some adorned the company’s walls with posters featuring Armstrong’s image above the word Hope, modeled after the famous campaign posters of a certain president.

Like President Obama, Armstrong’s arrival was followed by a celebrated first 100 days. The much-maligned company was ready for change it could believe in after the disastrous Randy Falco and Ron Grant era—AOL’s Bush and Cheney. “Ron and Randy were not well-liked guys,” said a former AOL staffer.

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