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AOL finalized its divorce from Time Warner on Wednesday, ending one of the most disastrous marriages in corporate history and leaving the Internet pioneer facing an uncertain future.
Like a college-bound teenager on the eve of graduation, AOL is ready to do a keg stand as it spins off from helicopter parent Time Warner tonight at midnight. To celebrate the return of its very own ticker symbol there will be an event at the New York Stock Exchange. But before the clinking of glasses, there's still a little matter of what exactly AOL is going to become at 12:01am. CEO Tim ...
Before it was AOL, it was America Online, and before it was America Online it was Quantum Computer Services, and before that it was Control Video Corp., selling online services for the Atari. Remember the Atari? Pac-Man? In Internet time, that was basically 10,000 years ago.
BoomTown is winging across the country right now to New York City to attend, among other things, the analog version of the AOL spin off from Time Warner . Videos to come, of course!
AOL chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong touted his company's consumer brand and content strength once again on Wednesday.
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- AOL Inc. Chief Executive Tim Armstrong on Wednesday disputed the widespread perception that audience traffic on the company's sites comes largely from its dial-up access business.
After a decade under the Time-Warner umbrella, AOL Inc. will once again stand on its own when the company spins out from its big media parent this week.
Time Warner Inc. still faces challenges as it frees itself of its AOL business.
AOL search users are more likely to click on ads than any other major search engine. According to research released earlier this week by Chitika, a search-based online ad network, search engines with the top click-through rates were AOL (2.50 percent), Ask (1.76 percent) and Bing (1.74 percent). Yahoo (1.37 percent) and Google (0.98 percent) trailed the top five list.
AOL chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong touted his company's consumer brand and content strength one more time here Wednesday ahead of AOL's spinoff from Time Warner.
AOL has struggled to shift away from relying on dial-up business AOL Inc. is shaking loose from Time Warner Inc. and heading into the next decade the way it began this one, as an independent company.
