In 2009, Time Warner bought out [[Google|Google's]] minority stake, and then AOL was [[spin-off|spun off]] into a separate, publicly-traded company, initially owned by Time Warner's shareholders.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=7696469</ref> In 2011, it acquired<ref>http://corp.aol.com/about-aol/overview</ref> the liberal<ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1192975/The-Huffington-Post</ref> [[Huffington Post]]. In 2015 [[Verizon]] announced that it would acquire AOL for $50 per share, or approximately $4.4 [[billion]].<ref> | In 2009, Time Warner bought out [[Google|Google's]] minority stake, and then AOL was [[spin-off|spun off]] into a separate, publicly-traded company, initially owned by Time Warner's shareholders.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=7696469</ref> In 2011, it acquired<ref>http://corp.aol.com/about-aol/overview</ref> the liberal<ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1192975/The-Huffington-Post</ref> [[Huffington Post]]. In 2015 [[Verizon]] announced that it would acquire AOL for $50 per share, or approximately $4.4 [[billion]].<ref> |