Day in Tech History

Day in Tech History


January 10: The (AOL) Time Warner Acquisition

January 10, 2013

AOL – Time Warner


This is an interesting parallelism:1990 – Time Inc. acquires Warner Communications for $14.1 Billion.


2000 – AOL purchases Time Warner for $165 Billion in stock. The merger would finally complete on Jan 11 2001 when the Federal Trade Commission approves the merger.


AOL and Time Warner continue a relationship until 2009 when the two companies finally split.


Wikazine – Full show notes for January 10


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