Whither MapQuest?
Peter Kafka liveblogged AOL CEO Tim Armstrong’s final pitch on spinning out AOL from Time Warner (now complete) to the crowd at the annual UBS (UBS AG) Media and Communications Conference in New York. This is from his article, but he notes it’s paraphrased.
Q: Whither MapQuest?
A: MapQuest is still Top 20 search term. It has a large market share. The technology has not been focused on in a number of years. We’re changing that. Partners are inquiring about MapQuest, and I think what we’ll do is an operational partnership with them. We feel like its a “very, very valuable property.”
