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Time Warner to Spin Off Struggling AOL

upi.com — U.S. telecommunications giant Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) said it would spin off "one or more parts" of its struggling AOL division.

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  • sockpuppets, on 04/30/2009, -0/+36You've Got Fail!
  • quadrant6, on 04/29/2009, -1/+35Wait, why is AOL still alive? And how??
  • papashawn, on 04/29/2009, -2/+28AOL survives today as a conglomerate of sites that do their best to hide the fact that they're owned by AOL.
  • HeDiggMe, on 04/30/2009, -0/+18Impossible. AOL customer service will keep trying to talk them out of it.
  • loudhowie, on 04/30/2009, -0/+8Perhaps I could help out by sending them back their AOL floppies, I'm sure they are worth something.
  • SlipStream89, on 05/01/2009, -0/+7*cough* Engadget....
  • codpiece23, on 04/30/2009, -0/+6Can't wait to see time warner dismantled. AOL is just the first brick to crumble.
  • phrozted, on 04/30/2009, -1/+6It's free now, and has been for years. Your remark doesn't make any sense, although I agree that AOL sucks.
  • RealmDown, on 04/30/2009, -1/+6AOL = Training wheels for the internet
  • inactive, on 05/01/2009, -0/+5That was one of the worst deals ever. I'm surprised they didn't ditch AOL years ago.
  • 8FoldPath, on 04/29/2009, -1/+5No kidding. I'm pretty sure AOL has been struggling for years. Broadband probably delayed their downfall a bit.

    Oh, the shenanigans we used to pull in those warez rooms...I'm waxing all nostalgic.
  • inactive, on 05/01/2009, -0/+4Kill it, kill it with fire!!
  • inactive, on 04/30/2009, -0/+4Remember when AOL bought time warner with stock shares? LOL!
  • inactive, on 04/30/2009, -0/+3I cant imagine anyone rushing to buy AOL. The only people who pay for it are the one's who don't know its free or dialup users.
  • mnpilot, on 05/01/2009, -0/+2AOL was fun for about two years in 1995 - 1996.
  • Arsenard, on 04/29/2009, -0/+2Again? How many times have I heard this? Time will ride it 9into the ground! The only apparent certainty!
  • ScrewedThePooch, on 04/30/2009, -0/+2or the people that they keep charging after they try to cancel their accounts...
  • orthodoxDrew, on 04/30/2009, -0/+2hopefully one of the parts is the 'sending cds in the mail' dept
  • s0nicfreak, on 05/01/2009, -0/+2Well aren't you special.
  • Elranzer, on 05/01/2009, -0/+2Time Warner had the Road Runner internet service before the AOL merger. Perhaps its the AOL execs that are making Road Runner so crappy lately? It used to be one of the best ISP's around. Now it's just the only monopolistic option for cable broadband in most areas.
  • alpharaptor, on 05/01/2009, -0/+2What's an AOL?
  • mendeznoel20, on 05/01/2009, -0/+2AOL? are you serious? who still uses AOL?
  • thorndike, on 05/01/2009, -0/+2AOL only costs if f you have to dial in...that part of the infrastructure costs a lot to maintain.
  • demizer, on 05/01/2009, -0/+2I remember those days as well. Took all night to download bryce 3d, a 100 mb setup.
  • demizer, on 05/01/2009, -0/+1Aaahhh how I miss hitting the "Chat Now" button and instantly being inundated with spam messages. Those were the good ol' days!
  • Dragular, on 04/30/2009, -0/+1And we all remember RhyDin.

    ... right... we all do?
  • fury420, on 04/29/2009, -2/+3AOL was only ever decent when you could get it for free, I'm in awe it's still around 15 yrs later
  • Andrwmorph, on 05/01/2009, -1/+2I installed a keylogger on my Mom's computer when I was like 13 to get her AOL password because she had parental controls on my account and I wanted to play EverQuest for more than 2 hours a day.
  • inactive, on 05/01/2009, -0/+1Great. Hopefully, we'll start getting those CDs again.
  • Altanar, on 04/30/2009, -0/+1What are you talking about? Spinning off AOL has nothing to do with the health of Time Warner. AOL's been ***** for years.
  • TheLeffer, on 09/29/2009, -0/+0Wow, go AOL lol! http://www.cheaplinksys.com
  • jackson32, on 05/01/2009, -0/+0I assumed AOL was already dead.
  • Altanar, on 04/30/2009, -4/+4AOL internet service still costs $25/month. It's far from free.
  • eloestea, on 05/01/2009, -3/+2AoHell, Magenta, coldice.

    I had a TON of fun with the early days of AOL.
    hell, I was around when that mess was 5.99 an hour!! I mean who doesnt remember having to use windows 3.1 on that 386 33 megahertz beast of a PC that they had back then. when sharing files was just trading fake celebrity nude pics, when another member would email you the 99 different parts it took to get Sim City back then.

    but seriously, ***** A/S/L....I mean AOL. that crap stopped being cool back in 1996.




















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