AOL

America OnLine (commonly abbreviated as AOL) is one of the oldest of the major internet companies.

Time-Warner Acquisition

AOL acquired Time-Warner in 2000 on stock value leverage, after much scrutiny and federal investigation into the merger. However, over time, Time-Warner once again became a more valuable company than AOL and the two began to slowly drift apart.

Verizon Acquisition

Verizon acquired AOL in 2015.

Services

• AOL Directory: http://daol.aol.com/ (all services)
• AOL portal
• AOL search (web search)
• AOL images (image search)
• AOL voice
• AOL Mobile platform
• Shoutcast (online radio directory)
• Truveo (video search)
• AIM (chat client; closed Dec. 2017 after 20yr history 1997-2017)
• America Online (original CD product to help users get online via telephone modems/broadband)
• AOL Shopping
• Netscape Navigator web browser (phased out)
• Netscape ISP portal
• Bebo (sold)
• ICQ chat client (sold)

External Links

• wikipedia: AOL
• wikipedia: AOL Instant Messenger
• wikipedia: List of acquisitions by AOL
• wikipedia: Netscape
• wikipedia: Netscape Navigator 9
• America Online: http://www.aol.com
• AOL Veers Into eBay's Turf With Online Shopping Service: http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~hal/Courses/StratTech07/Lectures/Networks/Articles/aol-marketplace.html
• Internet leader and Entertainment firm to join forces; new company worth $350B: http://money.cnn.com/2000/01/10/deals/aol_warner/
• EU widens AOL-TWX probe: http://money.cnn.com/2000/06/19/worldbiz/aol_eu/
• AOL buys Netscape for $4.2 billion (1998): http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-218360.html
• Why AOL bought Netscape?: http://www-cdr.stanford.edu/~petrie/ms-aol.html
• AOL acquires ICQ (1998): http://www.aolwatch.org/icq.htm
• Exclusive -- AOL Hires Bankers to Sell Off ICQ, as Internet Service Starts to Shed Non-Core Assets: http://allthingsd.com/20091118/aol-hires-bankers-to-sell-off-icq-as-internet-service-starts-to-shed-non-core-assets/
• AOL buys Spinner radio, Nullsoft (makers of Winamp/Shoutcast) for $400 million (1999): http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-226540.html
• AOL to acquire MapQuest (1999): http://money.cnn.com/1999/12/22/deals/aol/
• AOL snaps up interactive-ad firm for $435m (2004): http://news.cnet.com/AOL-snaps-up-interactive-ad-firm/2100-1024_3-5246361.html?tag=mncol;txt
• AOL acquires video search engine Truveo (2006): http://news.cnet.com/AOL-acquires-video-search-engine-Truveo/2100-1030_3-6025142.html
• AOL Buys Bebo For $850m (2008): http://techcrunch.com/2008/03/13/aol-buys-bebo-for-750-million/
• AOL sells off Bebo at last: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20008000-93.html
• AOL acquires TechCrunch and Mike Arrington (2009): http://paidcontent.org/article/419-its-official-aol-acquires-techcrunch-and-mike-arrington-for-now/
• AOL buys Huffington Post for $315m timeline (2011): http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/07/aol-buys-huffington-post-timeline
• What Do We Want? Our Data. When Do We Want It? Now!: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/02/what-do-we-want-our-data-when-do-we-want-it-now/
• I need an AOL CD for a client - where do I get one?: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070723043540AAIJ1Xn
• AOL Launches Open AIM 2.0 – The Most Important Social Platform Yet?: http://mashable.com/2008/03/05/open-aim/
• AIM "open platform" not too open at all...: http://geekswithblogs.net/lance/archive/2006/07/03/83977.aspx
• Verizon's $4.4 billion AOL bet - Five reasons the deal makes sense: http://www.zdnet.com/article/verizons-4-4-billion-aol-bet-five-reasons-the-deal-makes-sense/
• AOL gets personal with $90M Gravity acquisition: http://www.zdnet.com/aol-gets-personal-with-90m-gravity-acquisition-7000025509/

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