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AOL: From Dial-Up Dominance to Yahoo! Integration AOL, initially known as America Online, emerged from the PlayNET online service and Quantum Link (Q-Link), launching its IBM PC client in 1988. Rebranded as America Online in 1989, it quickly surpassed competitors like CompuServe and The Source, beco...
- Company type Subsidiary
- Founded 1983
- Founders Marc Seriff, Steve Case, Jim Kimsey, William von Meister
- Headquarters 770 Broadway, New York City, U.S.
- Area served Worldwide
- Services Web portal and online services
- Number of employees 5,600
- Parent Time Warner (2001-2009), Verizon Communications (2015-2021), Yahoo! Inc. (2021-present)
- Website www.aol.com
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AOL history
Last Updated : 26/03/25, 12:09 AM
AOL: From GameLine to Global Digital Giant AOL's journey began in 1983 as Control Video Corporation (CVC), a short-lived venture offering GameLine, an online service for the Atari 2600. Steve Case joined as a marketing consultant, later becoming instrumental in shaping the company's future. In 1985,...
AOL NEWS
AOL fires people in India,hires in other countries
March 13, 2011 12:08 pm
Globally,AOL has nearly 5,000 employees,including those from recently acquired news portal Huffington Post.
AOL to cut 700 jobs in India
March 12, 2011 12:47 pm
The Internet giant,which has about 5,000 employees,is going to outsource 300 jobs.
How your email address can give away your weight
March 12, 2011 10:15 am
A US survey has suggested that email addresses can reveal what a persons personality is like.
AOL close to selling Bebo: Report
June 17, 2010 11:06 am
AOL Inc is close to selling social network site Bebo to private investment firm Criterion Capital Partners.
AOL shows worst not over for media job cuts
November 20, 2009 12:51 pm
If AOL's announcement of another 2,500 job cuts is anything to go by,the painful layoffs that have ravaged the media industry over the past year are nowhere near over.
Time Warner buys back Googles 5% stake in AOL
July 28, 2009 7:26 pm
Media conglomerate Time Warner has purchased back Googles five per cent stake in ailing internet firm AOL for USD 283 million.
Starbucks to layoff 6,000; AOL plans 700
January 29, 2009 3:18 pm
Starbucks and America online plan to lay off about 6,700 employees in the coming months.
