Jonathan Miller (chairman)

Jonathan F. Miller
Born	1957 (age 60–61)
Occupation	Media executive
Spouse(s)	Myriam Barenbaum
Parent(s)	Jean Baker Miller S. M. Miller
Family	Edward D. Miller (brother)

Jonathan F. Miller (born 1957) was CEO of Digital Media at News Corp until 2012 and was the chairman and CEO of America Online from 2002 to 2006.

Miller is the son of Jean Baker Miller and S. M. Miller. His father was an emeritus professor of sociology at Boston University; his mother was a psychiatrist and author. He has one brother, Dr. Edward D. Miller.

From 1987 to 1993, Miller was vice president of programming and NBA Entertainment for the National Basketball Association. From 1993 to 1997, he was Managing Director of Nickelodeon International, (a unit of Viacom’s MTV Networks). In 1997 he joined USA Networks as manager of its local television stations. From 2000 to 2002, Miller ran the Internet operations of Barry Diller's USA Networks, (now IACI and Expedia).

In August 2002, when he was brought into AOL by Richard D. Parsons, he was relatively unknown. Miller pursued a strategy of cutting costs and focusing on improving ad revenues over AOL's then-dominant subscription business. In 2004, Miller oversaw the $435 million acquisition of Advertising.com In 2006, he presided over layoffs of 5,000 people at AOL. He bought Weblogs, Inc., and brought Jason Calacanis to AOL, and later invested in Mahalo.com. In November 2006, he was replaced by Randy Falco. Miller led the company's change from a subscription-based model to an advertising-supported model.

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