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Time Warner moves closer to AOL split
News Time Warner has moved a step closer to splitting up AOL's business, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Time Warner is expected to announce on Wednesday that it has completed the internal process of separating AOL's dial-up internet-access...
[August 5, 2008, 9:14]
AOL, Time Warner surge in pre-morning trading
News Investors whetting their teeth in advance of the opening bell pushed up shares of both Time Warner and America Online in pre-market trading. Shares of Time Warner soared 30 to trade at 95 on Instinet.
[January 10, 2000, 12:01]
Time Warner to close Pathfinder
News Pathfinder, the monolithic Web site for Time Warner's extensive collection of magazines, is being broken up and mined for raw materials. Pathfinder was built in 1994 with the idea of putting all the content of Time Warner in one convenient place.
[April 27, 1999, 12:18]
AOL, Time Warner tout broadband future, synergy
News America Online found a cable strategy and Time Warner found its Internet strategy as the pair merged Monday in a stock swap valued at $350bn (£217bn). See: AOL and Time Warner to merge) The companies said AOL would provide Time Warner's Road Runner...
[January 10, 2000, 14:17]
FTC approves AOL, Time Warner merger
News The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to approve the $109bn merger between America Online and Time Warner In a 5-0 decision, the vote means AOL and Time Warner have cleared the first of two regulatory hurdles on the way to...
[December 14, 2000, 16:51]
Time Warner confirms AOL will be split in two
News Time Warner will split its AOL internet-access and media units starting next year, chief executive Jeff Bewkes has confirmed in a release announcing the company's second-quarter earnings. Some expect that Time Warner will soon get rid of AOL...
[August 7, 2008, 10:09]
The Day Ahead: Mileposts for AOL Time Warner
News Commentary: With the AOL Time Warner merger about to finally close, investors should put aside all the descriptions of the entertainment giant -- colossus, media empire, Internet gatekeeper -- and focus on how shares will trade.
[January 10, 2001, 14:03]
Disney seeks to block AOL Time Warner merger
News Walt Disney, fearing that its programming won't get fair access to America Online's (AOL) Web sites, is quietly lobbying Congress to warn against the online company's planned merger with Time Warner. She reiterated recent pledges -- made by AOL...
[March 23, 2000, 14:22]
AOL Time Warner puts pressure on European ISPs
News Should Europe's domestic ISPs be quaking in their boots at the prospect of AOL and Time Warner joining forces to become the world's first "company for the Internet century"? James Eibisch, research manager at IDC in the UK, argues that the deal...
[January 10, 2000, 17:30]
Microsoft and AOL Time Warner settle antitrust suit
News Microsoft is paying $750m (£450m) to AOL Time Warner as part of a wide-ranging settlement that also calls for the companies to jointly cooperate on software distribution and digital media. As part of the deal announced on Thursday, the companies...
[May 30, 2003, 7:34]
Euro high-tech business reacts to AOL-Time Warner deal
News Industry analysts said that Time Warner's landmark merger with America Online will send shock waves through the European Internet business, possibly inspiring similar deals and raising the stakes for service and content providers.
[January 10, 2000, 17:30]
AOL Time Warner releases Netscape 6.1 browser
News AOL Time Warner's Netscape Communications has released the first major upgrade to its browser software, Netscape 6. The upgrade, Netscape 6.1, was spotted by several beta testers on Netscape's Web site briefly on Tuesday before its official posting...
[August 8, 2001, 16:24]
AOL Time Warner lays off 2,000 employees
News AOL Time Warner laid off about 2,000 employees Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the action, bringing total cuts at the newly merged company to 2,400. AOL Time Warner has been reviewing its business units and planning layoffs to reach...
[January 24, 2001, 9:17]
Netscape.com to become portal for Time Warner content
News AOL Time Warner is taking steps to dramatically refocus its flagging Netscape subsidiary, handing responsibility for Web browser development to another division and preparing to relaunch Netscape.com as a venue for its top editorial content...
[January 24, 2001, 10:48]
AOL-Time Warner merger validates Internet euphoria
News America Online's $190bn (£117.8bn) purchase of media giant Time Warner Monday not only marks the largest merger in history but a deal that years hence will be viewed as the point at which leading Internet stock valuations were legitimised.
[January 11, 2000, 8:39]
AOL Time Warner likely to cut 1,000 jobs this week
News AOL Time Warner is likely to lay off around 1,000 employees from its online division this week, according to sources familiar with the plans. The expected layoffs would mark the second round of cuts in the Internet unit since America Online and...
[August 21, 2001, 9:00]
AOL-Time Warner a threat to AT&T
News In a deal that took most by surprise Monday, AOL is acquiring Time Warner and getting a much-needed asset: a pipeline to cable subscribers. AOL will be able to give its customers access to Time Warner's magazines, entertainment programming and news...
[January 11, 2000, 9:45]
AOL Time Warner hit by growing pains
News AOL Time Warner lost some face this week when executives revealed that their marriage made in heaven was falling quickly to earth. Finalised nearly a year ago, the merger of America Online and Time Warner created the world's largest media company...
[January 9, 2002, 16:32]
AOL drags down buoyant Time Warner
News Time Warner reported positive fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday despite poor performance from the company's America Online business unit. Time Warner reported fourth-quarter revenue of $10.9bn, an increase of 6 percent over revenue of $10.25bn for...
[January 28, 2004, 15:25]
Winners and losers after AOL Time Warner deal
News AOL shareholders will own 55 percent of the new company and Time Warner will get 45 percent even though it's contributing 80 percent of the revenue. AT&T -- With the merger of AOL and Time Warner, AT&T doesn't have to worry about AOL yapping so...
[January 11, 2000, 12:15]
