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| − | '''AOL''' stands for "America OnLine", a leading commercial provider of email accounts and access to the [[internet]]. In the past few years, its business model has increasing shifted to an advertising-supported one, serving ads both on their own sites and to third-party sites via their [http://www.platform-a.com/ Platform-A] distribution system. It | + | '''AOL''' stands for "America OnLine", a leading commercial provider of email accounts and access to the [[internet]]. In the past few years, its business model has increasing shifted to an advertising-supported one, serving ads both on their own sites and to third-party sites via their [http://www.platform-a.com/ Platform-A] distribution system. It merged with [[New York City]] based conglomerate [[Time Warner]] in 2001<ref>http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/28/technology/timewarner_aol/</ref>; in 2009 Time Warner bought out [[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> It has been known for conducting [[Deceit|deceitful]] billing operations. |
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.aol.com AOL Website] | * [http://www.aol.com AOL Website] | ||
Revision as of 19:59, May 20, 2015
AOL stands for "America OnLine", a leading commercial provider of email accounts and access to the internet. In the past few years, its business model has increasing shifted to an advertising-supported one, serving ads both on their own sites and to third-party sites via their Platform-A distribution system. It merged with New York City based conglomerate Time Warner in 2001[1]; in 2009 Time Warner bought out Google's minority stake, and then AOL was spun off into a separate, publicly-traded company, initially owned by Time Warner's shareholders.[2] It has been known for conducting deceitful billing operations.
Notes
- ↑ http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/28/technology/timewarner_aol/
- ↑ http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=7696469
External links
- AOL Website
- Cancel The Account! Vincent Ferrari deals with billing and sales practices (contains explicit language)
- News coverage of Ferrari
