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I was surprised to learn at a conference in October that America Online still exists(!), and this (media) is the route that they took. Apparently they own the H
by sperglord 10y ago
I was surprised to learn at a conference in October that America Online still exists(!), and this (media) is the route that they took. Apparently they own the Huffington Post and Engadget now.
- dingo_bat 10y agoI'd rather have a failed high tech enterprise than owning huffpo and Engadget.
- gloverkcn 10y agoI know you are being glib, but I'd rather survive and live to fight another day. A company with resources can invest, grow, and contribute.
- gnicholas 10y agoAOL was acquired by Verizon, so in a sense they still exist, but in another sense not. They did own/operate HuffPo, Engadget, and other properties for some time prior to the Verizon acquisition.
- empath75 10y agoYahoo is more or less going to be folded into aol, actually.
- bastardoperator 10y agoI also heard the recent AOL layoffs had much to do with duplicate positions at Yahoo and that Yahoo will fall under the AOL umbrella.
- baybal2 10y agoand all blogs they own turned into turdballs
- jannes 10y agoThey even own Techcrunch, which appears regularly on here
- basch 10y agoAOL also chased local media with Patch.com and failed miserably.