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AOL

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AOL is a global advertising-supported Web company, with display advertising network in the U.S., a substantial worldwide audience, and a suite of popular Web brands and products.

The company’s strategy focuses on increasing the scale and sophistication of its advertising platform and growing the size and engagement of its global online audience through leading products and programming.

On March 13, 2008, AOL Internet division announced their plans to buy social network Bebo for $850 million in cash.

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  AOL added Susan Lyne as Board of Directors. (11/6/09)
  Posted 11/8/09 at 4:48pm
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  AOL added Jim Stengel as Board of Directors. (10/26/09)
  Posted 11/3/09 at 2:34pm
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  AOL added Richard Dalzell as Board of Directors. (10/26/09)
  Posted 11/3/09 at 2:34pm
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  AOL added Jim Wiatt as Board of Directors. (10/26/09)
  Posted 11/3/09 at 2:34pm
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  AOL added Karen Dykstra as Board of Directors. (10/26/09)
  Posted 11/3/09 at 2:34pm
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  AOL added Fred Reynolds as Board of Directors. (10/26/09)
  Posted 11/3/09 at 2:34pm
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  AOL added Michael Powell as Board of Directors. (10/26/09)
  Posted 11/3/09 at 2:34pm
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  AOL added Patricia Mitchell as Board of Directors. (10/26/09)
  Posted 11/3/09 at 2:34pm
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  AOL added Bill Hambrecht as Board of Directors. (10/26/09)
  Posted 11/3/09 at 2:34pm
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  AOL acquired MMAFighting.com. (7/15/09)
  Posted 7/15/09 at 5:40pm
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  AOL acquired Patch for $7M. (6/11/09)
  Posted 6/11/09 at 8:57am
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  AOL acquired Going for $10M. (6/11/09)
  Posted 6/11/09 at 8:59am
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  AOL acquired Emurse. (4/19/09)
  Posted 10/14/09 at 8:09am
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  AOL acquired Socialthing. (8/21/08)
  Posted 8/1/08 at 12:48pm
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  AOL acquired Fleaflicker. (4/25/08)
  Posted 5/16/08 at 12:45pm
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  AOL acquired Sphere for $25M. (4/08)
  Posted 4/14/08 at 8:14pm

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1. AOL Tries M&A Jujitsu, Buys Martial Arts Site MMAFighting (paidcontent.org) [edit]
2. AOL Buys Two Local Startups, Including One Backed By CEO Armstrong (paidcontent.org) [edit]
3. AOL Buys Two Local Startups, Including One Backed By CEO Armstrong (paidcontent.org) [edit]
4. blog.emurse.com [edit]
5. Suddenly, AOL Loves Lifestreaming; Buys Socialthing! (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. techcrunch.com [edit]
7. techcrunch.com [edit]
8. AOL Buys Bebo For $850 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. Amid Yahoo Turmoil, AOL Makes An Acquisition (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. techcrunch.com [edit]
11. AOL Gets Into Q&A Business, Acquires Israel’s Yedda (techcrunch.com) [edit]
12. JMP Securities [edit]
13. AOL Buys Tacoda for $275 Million (alleyinsider.com) [edit]
14. ADTECH (adtech.info) [edit]
15. ClickZ (clickz.com) [edit]
16. AOL Acquires Relegence Corporation (relegence.com) [edit]
17. AOL expands video games with GameDaily acquisition (itwire.com) [edit]
18. techcrunch.com [edit]
19. news.com [edit]
20. Citation Needed [add]
21. AOL Announces Acquisition of MusicNow (corp.aol.com) [edit]
22. TimeWarner (timewarner.com) [edit]
23. AOL acquires skins-maker Wildseed (telephonyonline.com) [edit]
24. America Online, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Mailblocks, Inc. (timewarner.com) [edit]
25. America Online, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Xdrive, Inc. (timewarner.com) [edit]
26. Citation Needed [add]
27. AOL acquires multimedia search provider (news.zdnet.com) [edit]
28. Citation Needed [add]
29. COMPANY NEWS; AOL TIME WARNER AGREES TO ACQUIRE INFOINTERACTIVE (query.nytimes.com) [edit]
30. AOL Acquires iAmaze (internetnews.com) [edit]
31. AOL buys MapQuest in Billion Dollar Deal (ecommercetimes.com) [edit]
32. AOL buys Spinner, Nullsoft for $400 million (news.cnet.com) [edit]
33. AOL buys Spinner, Nullsoft for $400 million (news.cnet.com) [edit]
34. Short Take: AOL acquires MovieFone (news.cnet.com) [edit]
35. AOL buys Netscape for $4.2 billion (news.cnet.com) [edit]
36. AOL Buys Israel's Mirabilis (internetnews.com) [edit]
37. paidcontent.org [edit]
38. techcrunch.com [edit]
39. wp.kayak.com [edit]
40. wp.kayak.com [edit]
41. AOL (aol.com) [edit]
42. findarticles.com [edit]
43. en.wikipedia.org [edit]
44. Time Warner's AOL and Google to Expand Strategic Alliance (google.com) [edit]