AOL EVP of Comm. Earned $400,000+ in 2008

Silicon Alley Insider’s Nicholas Carlson browsed through AOL’s SEC filing and found the following: “In 2008, AOL EVP and communications boss Tricia Primrose earned a $428,333 salary to go with stock awards totaling $182,466.”

In related news today, AOL parent company Time Warner (TWX), which is currently going through the process of spinning off AOL a stand alone company, bought back a 5% stake that Google owned in AOL for $283 million. The buyback values AOL at about $5.7 billion.

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