• paidContent, Tuesday, November 16, 2010 1:58 PM

Julian Downing is out as the director of the AOL Media division in Europe, paidContent is reporting. "It's thought Downing's role was made redundant, though AOL would not confirm," it writes. AOL had reportedly been bolstering the division since CEO Tim Armstrong and AOL Europe director Kate Burns refocused the former "Mediaglow" unit as "AOL Media."

Along the way, David Shing became head of media and marketing, and later hired Downing. Previously, Downing spent four years at Hearst Digital, the female-focused digital arm of the National Magazines Company. According to paidContent, "Much of AOL Media's European work has been localising [sic] content sites launched across the pond." AOL is telling paidContent that there are no other changes to the Media team in the works. "We are a dynamic business and change as we need to and will continue to make strategic hires when and where they help us execute against our core strategy," AOL said.

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