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03 Feb 2010 10:31

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Biz: AOL’s first post-Time Warner quarter shows a (tiny) profit

  • $1.4
    million     the amount AOL made in profits this quarter, their first since being spun out of Time Warner’s lair
  • $1.96
    billion     the amount AOL lost in the same quarter a year ago; their subscriber rates are still dropping source
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28 May 2009 10:15

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Biz, Tech: Time Warner’s ready to drop AOL like a bad habit

  • one AOL was a haven for newbies that was fairly popular, distributed too many free CDs and ran Netscape into the ground.
  • two AOL was big enough in 2000 to buy out Time Warner for $106 billion. Then Time Warner became bigger than AOL again.
  • three A decade later, AOL has completely lost relevance and Time Warner’s planning to spin them back off. Good riddance. source
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