http://www.businesspundit.com/time-warner-prepares-to-spin-off-aol/ Entrepreneurship, Startup Companies and Business Philosophy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:09:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.businesspundit.com/time-warner-prepares-to-spin-off-aol/comment-page-1/#comment-13835 Sam G. Daniel Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:02:57 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/?p=10412#comment-13835 I remember when AOL merged (bought?) Time Warner and thought to myself how this was going to end badly. AOL was on the verge of losing a substantial amount of business because people realized they did not need AOL to get to the internet. There were far better ways. If AOL got rid of that client of theirs and focused on better content, it would have been a different story. I remember when AOL merged (bought?) Time Warner and thought to myself how this was going to end badly. AOL was on the verge of losing a substantial amount of business because people realized they did not need AOL to get to the internet. There were far better ways. If AOL got rid of that client of theirs and focused on better content, it would have been a different story.

]]> http://www.businesspundit.com/time-warner-prepares-to-spin-off-aol/comment-page-1/#comment-13833 John Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:56:34 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/?p=10412#comment-13833 kind of funny. AOL uses its dot-com era cash to buy TimeWarner, then promptly moves their name to the end. Now they are trying to decide whether to rid themselves of the aging icon that gave them the cash in the first place (AOL) or one of the giants of the rapidly fading print industry (Time). It is probably to late to rehabilitate AOL into a portal to TimeWarner's online media (a la go.com), so they're better off without that one. They should also keep the online media of Time and spin off a boutique printing company to serve those who still want their dead tree edition. kind of funny. AOL uses its dot-com era cash to buy TimeWarner, then promptly moves their name to the end. Now they are trying to decide whether to rid themselves of the aging icon that gave them the cash in the first place (AOL) or one of the giants of the rapidly fading print industry (Time).
It is probably to late to rehabilitate AOL into a portal to TimeWarner’s online media (a la go.com), so they’re better off without that one.
They should also keep the online media of Time and spin off a boutique printing company to serve those who still want their dead tree edition.

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