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Former ABCNews.com VP Jonathan Dube Joins Aol

Former ABCNews.com vice president Jonathan Dube joined Aol as senior VP and general manager of Aol News & Information, where he will oversee the Internet giant’s Aol News, Aol Tech, Aol Finance, and Aol Sports groups.

Dube accepted a buyout when ABC News implemented a reorganization in June. Prior to ABCNews.com, he served as senior digital media executive for Canadian Broadcasting Corp.’s news division and managing producer at msnbc.com.

Dube told paidContent he chose Aol because CEO Tim Armstrong‘s vision “is right in line with my personal passions” of transforming media through technology, adding, “I’ve been incredibly impressed by Tim’s vision for Aol and by his and (Aol Media & Studios president) David Eun‘s commitment to building the media network of the future. I’ve also met with a lot of people at Aol — executives and journalists — and been blown away with the quality of people they have been hiring. I can honestly say in my career I’ve never encountered an organization with such an amazing combination of both digital talent and journalism talent.”

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ABCNews.com Refresh: More Video, Easier Nav

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ABCNews.com has ditched the black, and gone with a white background as part of a refresh. Among some of the other improvements, easier navigation, including a iTunes-esque “Now Playing” series of ABC videos.

Video is more prominent overall and the center well of news headlines is paired with the ABC News blogs. And, of course, there’s the requisite celebrity picture/story: today, it’s Britney Spears‘ buying habits.

“We’re thrilled to provide our readers with some great improvements to ABCNEWS.com,” ABC News Digital SVP Paul Slavin tells WebNewser. “In this phase of our upgrades, we’ve simplified our navigation, made video front and center, improved our site search tool and created what we think is a more readable, user-friendly design. We’ll continue to make tweaks as we go along and look to our users to give us feedback on what they find valuable.”