Today, BoomTown interviewed AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, along with NPR CEO Vivian Schiller, at the Online News Association Conference in Washington, D.C., about the future of journalism on the Web.

Afterward, I talked to him about the future of content on AOL, most particularly its new home page revamp that focuses intently on editorial "curation," rather than a more social direction being taken by rival Yahoo.

I also got a short demo of the new home page, which is rolling out right now, instead of Monday as has been reported.

The new version-with a clean and spare design and a rotating logo-prominently features local news, video and content from AOL's network of sites, such as Engadget.

It also launches three original video shows: A morning promotional feature called "You've Got"' a two-minute news program called "Daybreak," with former "Wallstrip" host Lindsay Campbell--yay!--and produced by Ben Silverman's Electus' and "The One," an expert/opinion segment, done by Next New Networks.

The redo is yet another splashy move by AOL and Armstrong to push the company into a new direction of growth as its core access business declines.

It's one wrapped almost completely around content, in hopes that creating premium branded content will attract lucrative advertising.

So far, not so good, as AOL's ad revenues continue to lag in the midst of a difficult turnaround effort.

Presumably, Armstrong hopes a new look will help goose results in a better direction.

Here is a screenshot of the page, which is now available to users:

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