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List of acquisitions by AOL
List of acquisitions by AOL
largest acquisition is the purchase of MapQuest, a web mapping company. Even with increased competition from Google Maps and Microsoft’s Live Search Maps, MapQuest still has the greatest market share among mapping websites.[3] The majority of the companies acquired by AOL are based in the United States. As of April 2008, AOL has acquired 41 companies. Most of the acquired companies are related to the internet, including several internet service providers and web browsers. AOL’s Beverly Hills branch office
Acquisitions References
[1] "AOL: The internet company that grew up". BBC News. 2000-10-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/ 597479.stm. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [2] "Browser Statistics". W3Schools. http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/ browsers_stats.asp. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [3] "Mapquest, Google and Yahoo! Maps: The Brand Issue". Hitwise. 2006-05-22. http://weblogs.hitwise.com/bill-tancer/ 2006/05/ mapquest_google_and_yahoo_maps.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [4] "AOL Moving Executives, Headquarters To New York". The Washington Post. 2007-09-18. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ content/article/2007/09/17/ AR2007091700415.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [5] "Inside Microsoft (Part 2)". Business Week. http://www.businessweek.com/ 1996/29/b34842.htm. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [6] "7th USENIX Tcl/Tk Conference". USENIX. http://www.usenix.org/events/ tcl2k/loginsummaries/summaries.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [7] "Resume: Barry Schuler". Business Week. 2001-07-02.
AOL’s Silicon Valley branch office AOL is an internet company founded in 1985 as Quantum Computing Services.[1] Each acquisition is for the respective company in its entirety. The acquisition date listed is the date of the agreement between AOL and the subject of the acquisition. The value of each acquisition is listed in US dollars because AOL is headquartered in the United States. If the value of an acquisition is not listed, then it is undisclosed. As of April 2008, AOL’s largest acquisition is the purchase of Netscape, a web browser company, for US$4.2 billion. Netscape’s browser was dominant in terms of market share, but it has lost most of its share to Internet Explorer during the first browser war. By the end of 2007, the usage share of Netscape’s browsers had fallen from over 90% in the 1990s, to less than 1%.[2] Its second-
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CompuServe-deal-cleared/ 2100-1033_3-205177.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [13] "AOL Acquires Personal Library Software". Information Today, Inc.. 1998-01-26. http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/ nbReader.asp?ArticleId=18018. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [14] "AOL Buys Israel’s Mirabilis". InterNetNews. 1998-06-08. http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/ article.php/21011. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [15] "AOL buys Netscape for $4.2 billion". CNET. 1998-11-24. http://www.news.com/ 2100-1023-218360.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [16] "Short Take: AOL acquires MovieFone". CNET. 1999-05-27. http://www.news.com/Short-Take-AOL-
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acquires-MovieFone/ [27] "AOL Buying Advertising.com". The 2110-1023_3-226471.html. Retrieved on Washington Post. 2004-06-24. 2008-04-15. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ [17] ^ "AOL buys Spinner, Nullsoft for $400 articles/A1989-2004Jun24.html. million". CNET. 1999-06-01. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. http://www.news.com/ [28] "America Online, Inc. Announces 2100-1023-226540.html&st.ne.fd.tohhed.ni. Acquisition of Mailblocks, Inc.". AOL. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. 2004-08-03. http://corp.aol.com/ [18] "Gateway closes AOL chapter with stock press_releases/2004/08/america-onlinebuyback". CNET. 2004-11-02. inc-announces-acquisition-mailblocks-inc. http://www.news.com/Gateway-closesRetrieved on 2008-04-15. AOL-chapter-with-stock-buyback/ [29] "America Online, Inc. Announces 2100-1047_3-5436475.html. Retrieved on Acquisition of Xdrive, Inc.". AOL. 2008-04-15. 2005-08-03. http://corp.aol.com/ [19] "Tegic gets its price from AOL, forgets press_releases/2005/08/america-onlineidea of IPO". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. inc-announces-acquisition-xdrive-inc. 1999-12-03. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/ [30] "America Online, Inc. Announces vc031.shtml. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. Acquisition of Wildseed, Ltd.". AOL. [20] "AOL to acquire MapQuest". CNN. 2005-08-07. http://corp.aol.com/ 1999-12-22. http://money.cnn.com/1999/ press_releases/2005/08/america-online12/22/deals/aol/. Retrieved on inc-announces-acquisition-wildseed-ltd. 2008-04-15. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [21] "AOL Acquires Voice Portal Quack.com". [31] "Post This: America Online Acquires Computerworld. 2000-02-09. Weblogs, Inc.". AOL. 2005-10-05. http://www.computerworld.com.au/ http://corp.aol.com/press_releases/2005/ index.php/id;920516229. Retrieved on 10/post-america-online-acquires2008-04-15. weblogs-inc. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [22] "Firm finds connection with cell phones". [32] "AOL Announces Acquisition of Wicked Local. 2007-02-21. MusicNow". AOL. 2005-11-03. http://www.wickedlocal.com/sudbury/ http://corp.aol.com/press_releases/2005/ archive/x48002964. Retrieved on 11/aol-announces-acquisition-musicnow. 2008-05-18. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [23] "AOL Acquires iAmaze". InterNetNews. [33] "AOL Acquires Truveo, Inc.; AOL Extends 2000-09-05. Leadership in Video Search...". AOL. http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/ 2006-01-10. http://corp.aol.com/ article.php/452971. Retrieved on press_releases/2006/01/aol-acquires2008-04-15. truveo-inc-aol-extends-leadership-video[24] "AOL Time Warner Agrees to Acquire search. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. InfoInterActive". The New York Times. [34] "AOL LLC Acquires Lightningcast, Inc.". 2001-05-19. http://query.nytimes.com/ AOL. 2006-05-17. http://corp.aol.com/ gst/ press_releases/2006/05/aol-llc-acquiresfullpage.html?res=9E07E6DF163DF93AA25756C0A9679C8B63. Retrieved on lightningcast-inc. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. 2008-04-15. [25] "AOL Has a Message for Local Phone [35] "AOL Acquires Userplane". AOL. Companies". The Street. 2001-07-16. 2006-08-13. http://corp.aol.com/ http://www.thestreet.com/p/markets/ press_releases/2006/08/aol-acquiresadamlashinsky/1491467.html. Retrieved userplane. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. on 2008-08-05. [36] "AOL acquires GameDaily". CNET. [26] "AOL Buys Singingfish, Rolls Out More 2006-08-16. http://www.news.com/AOLSearch Changes". Search Engine Watch. acquires-GameDaily/ 2003-11-19. 2110-1032_3-6106323.html. Retrieved on http://searchenginewatch.com/ 2008-04-15. showPage.html?page=3110961. [37] "AOL Acquires Relegence Corporation". Retrieved on 2008-04-15. AOL. 2006-11-08. http://corp.aol.com/ press_releases/2006/11/aol-acquires-
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relegence-corporation. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [38] "AOL Acquires Third Screen Media". AOL. 2007-05-14. http://corp.aol.com/ press_releases/2007/05/aol-acquiresthird-screen-media. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [39] "AOL Acquires ADTECH AG". AOL. 2007-05-15. http://corp.aol.com/ press_releases/2007/05/aol-acquiresadtech-ag. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [40] "AOL Enters into Agreement to Acquire Behavioral Targeting Firm TACODA". AOL. 2007-07-23. http://corp.aol.com/ press_releases/2007/07/aol-entersagreement-acquire-behavioral-targetingfirm-tacoda. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [41] "AOL Enters Into Agreement To Acquire Quigo, A Leading Site and ContentTargeted Advertising Firm". 2007-11-07. http://corp.aol.com/press_releases/2007/ 11/aol-enters-agreement-acquire-quigoleading-site-and-content-targetedadvertis. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
List of acquisitions by AOL
[42] "AOL Acquires buy.at Affiliate Network". AOL. 2008-02-05. http://corp.aol.com/ press_releases/2008/02/aol-acquiresbuyat-affiliate-network. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [43] "AOL To Acquire Global Social Media Network Bebo". AOL. 2008-03-13. http://corp.aol.com/press_releases/2008/ 03/aol-acquire-global-social-medianetwork-bebo. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [44] "AOL Acquires Sphere". AOL. 2008-04-14. http://corp.aol.com/ press_releases/2008/04/aol-acquiressphere. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. [45] "AOL to Acquire Socialthing!". AOL. 2008-08-15. http://corp.aol.com/news/ 2008/08/aol-acquire-socialthing. Retrieved on 2008-08-15.
External links
• Official website of AOL
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