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  • AOL announces 2500 job cuts

    AOL announces 2500 job cuts

    Cost-reductions ahead of Time Warner spin-off 20 November 2009 9:48 GMT

    In the States, AOL has announced it will be cutting its workforce by around a third after it gets spun off from Time Warner next month.

    The job cuts - nicely timed for the "holidays" - will see both involuntary and voluntary redundancies for around 2500 members...

  • AOL splits from Time Warner parents

    AOL splits from Time Warner parents

    "Complete legal and structural separation" planned 28 May 2009 16:11 GMT

    Time Warner has announced that its board has authorized a complete separation of itself and AOL. Following the split, AOL will become an independent, publicly traded company once again.

    The two companies announced plans to merge in January 2000, and they were...

  • AOL offers new homepage

    AOL offers new homepage

    With email and social networking built in 12 May 2009 11:38 GMT

    AOL UK has announced the beta launch of its new homepage that, similar to its recent AOL Mail revamp, will let users access multiple email accounts and social networking services from a single online destination.

    Open to third-party services and content, the...

  • Yahoo admits Microsoft deal may be

    Yahoo admits Microsoft deal may be "best option"

    Here we go again 6 November 2008 15:17 GMT

    Both Microsoft big wig, Steve Ballmer, and rebel Yahoo shareholder Carl Icahn said last month that they believed a takeover by Microsoft of Yahoo would be a huge benefit to both companies.

    Said Icahn: "I will say and I continue to say that sooner or later there’s...

  • Yahoo and AOL do due diligence on deal. Biz, Yahoo, AOL, Google, Microsoft, Time Warner 0

    Yahoo and AOL do due diligence on deal

    Merger may finally be on the way 30 October 2008 11:03 GMT

    They're not promising anything but Yahoo and AOL may be one step closer to a merger.

    The two companies have announced that they have started to do due diligence on a possible deal - to figure out what a merger could mean in terms of both money making and money...

  • Yahoo board okays AOL acquisition talks. Biz, Yahoo, AOL, Time Warner 0

    Yahoo board okays AOL acquisition talks

    But keeping very quiet on developments 24 September 2008 10:45 GMT

    The first mutterings this year that Yahoo might be interested in buying, or merging with, AOL appeared on the web way back in February.

    Just after Yahoo rejected the first of Microsoft's attempts to buy it came rumours that buying AOL could be a way of Yahoo...

  • AOL hit by slowdown. Biz, AOL, Google, Time Warner, Rumours, ISPs 0

    AOL hit by slowdown

    Ad revenue only up by 2% on last year 11 August 2008 9:41 GMT

    It seems AOL is having a hard time of it at the moment.

    Google is rueing its investment in the company, whilst rumours are circling that parent company, Time Warner, is splitting AOL in two in order to sell it.

    Now the company has admitted it, like...

  • Time Warner splitting AOL. Biz, Time Warner, AOL, Websites 0

    Time Warner splitting AOL

    But does this mean a sale is imminent? 6 August 2008 16:50 GMT

    There have been rumours for a while now, but Time Warner has finally taken a step that pundits say could signal that it is going to sell AOL.

    The company has announced that it is going to split AOL into two divisions by early next year.

    These are...

  • Rumours that Time Warner is to sell AOL. Biz, Time Warner, AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft 0

    Rumours that Time Warner is to sell AOL

    Yahoo and Microsoft could be in the running 17 July 2008 11:11 GMT

    It may be getting nowhere with Yahoo, but is Microsoft currently making a deal to buy AOL off Time Warner?

    Rumours are flying around the web that Time Warner is looking to sell off its internet unit, AOL.

    Shares in Time Warner shot up 4.7% on the...

  • AOL teams up with Last.fm in Europe. Audio, AOL, Last.fm, Radios, Time Warner, Internet radios 0

    AOL teams up with Last.fm in Europe

    Targets 21 million global visitors 7 May 2008 17:24 GMT

    AOL Radio is now going to be available in Europe through Last.fm, the free global music site.

    Following on from a recent deal between AOL and CBS Radio in the US, the company has now opted to target Last.fm's 21 million global visitors.

    The service...

  • Time Warner to spin off cable TV biz. Home Cinema, Biz, Time Warner, AOL, Comcast 0

    Time Warner to spin off cable TV biz

    Bows to shareholder pressure 30 April 2008 16:40 GMT

    Time Warner has announced that it is to spin off its cable TV business.

    The announcement was made as the company published its quarterly results and admitted that its net profit has fallen 36% to $771m (£390m).

    This indicates a continuing slide...

  • Today's Megawhat TV NEWS. Biz, Televisions, Pioneer, Apple, Beatles, iTunes, Online, Audio, Bebo, AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft, Time Warner, Home Cinema, DreamWorks 0

    Today's Megawhat TV NEWS

    Catch up with the tech news web tv show 14 March 2008 19:20 GMT

    Switch on Megawhat TV now for our roundup of the biggest stories of the week from the world of gadgets and technology ... and what we think about them.

    In the headlines this week - Katzenburg says Dreamworks' future is 3D; Bebo's buyout - what other implications...

  • Today's big stories on Megawhat TV NEWS. Biz, Websites, Online, Bebo, AOL, Time Warner, GTA, Guitar 0

    Today's big stories on Megawhat TV NEWS

    Catch up with the tech news web tv show 13 March 2008 19:20 GMT

    Switch on Megawhat TV now for the biggest stories of the day from the world of gadgets and technology.

    In the headlines today - Bebo is bought by AOL; EA Games is on the hunt; the Guitar Hero team faces a lawsuit as does Apple; and Canon launches a trio of compacts....

  • AOL buys Bebo for $850 million. Biz, AOL, Time Warner, Bebo, Acquisitions, Online, Websites, Software 0

    AOL buys Bebo for $850 million

    Social networking firm snapped up 13 March 2008 12:49 GMT

    It looks as if the rumours were true, although not quite on the money, so to speak, with Bebo's rumoured billion-dollar-buy-out just announced - but for a mere $850 million.

    Time Warner's AOL has announced it will buy the social network for $850 million in...

  • Google to sell ads for web videos. Software, Online, Google, Biz, Time Warner, YouTube 0

    Google to sell ads for web videos

    Twenty clients signed up already 22 February 2008 10:24 GMT

    At the World Economic Forum in January, Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt spoke of the company's intention to become one of the main players in the location-based mobile advertising market.

    Now Google has opened a new revenue stream by selling ads to appear in web...

  • Time Warner looking to buy more internet advertising companies. Biz, Mergers, Time Warner, Advertising, MySpace, Yahoo 0

    Time Warner looking to buy more internet advertising companies

    Also looking to put kiosks for digital movie downloads in Wal-Mart stores 6 December 2006 10:55 GMT

    Time Warner's Chief Executive Richard Parsons sounded off on a number of topics in recent interviews, and has made it clear that the company is looking to acquire more internet-based businesses.

    AOL switched earlier this year to an advertising-supported service...

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