AOL

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AOL is a pioneering American internet and online services company best known for popularizing dial-up access and email in the 1990s and early 2000s.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf internet company
online services provider
technology company
acquired HuffPost
ICQ
MapQuest
Netscape Communications Corporation
TechCrunch
acquiredBy Verizon Communications
acquisitionDate 2015
acquisitionPrice 4400000000 USD
brandOf Yahoo Inc. (post-Verizon media reorganization)
country United States
formerName America Online
Quantum Computer Services
foundedBy Jim Kimsey
Marc Seriff
Steve Case
William von Meister
foundedDate 1985
headquartersLocation New York
New York City
United States
industry internet
media
online services
mergedWith Time Warner
mergerDate 2001
mergerType AOL–Time Warner merger
notableFor AOL Instant Messenger
AOL desktop software
mass distribution of sign-up CDs and disks in the 1990s
popularizing consumer email in the 1990s
popularizing dial-up internet access in the United States
parentCompany Verizon Communications
peakSubscriberCount over 30 million subscribers
product AOL Desktop
AOL Instant Messenger
AOL dial-up internet service
AOL email service
AOL.com web portal
serviceArea United States
international
serviceType dial-up internet access
email service
instant messaging
web portal
slogan You’ve got mail!
spinOffDate 2009
spunOffFrom Time Warner

Referenced by (73)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
AIM ("America Online")
AIM
AIM ("AOL Inc.")
AOL Desktop
AOL Desktop ("America Online")
AOL Instant Messenger
AOL Instant Messenger ("America Online")
ICQ
OSCAR
developer
ICQ
MapQuest
Netscape Communications Corporation
Netscape Communications Corporation
TechCrunch
acquiredBy
Marc Seriff ("America Online")
Marc Seriff
Steve Case
coFounderOf
Jim Kimsey
Marc Seriff ("America Online")
Peter Linss
employer
AIM
AOL Instant Messenger
AOL Instant Messenger ("AOL Inc.")
operatedBy
Oath Inc.
Oath Inc. ("AOL Mail")
Oath Inc. ("AOL.com")
ownerOf
Oath Inc.
Oath Inc. ("ONE by AOL")
brandPortfolio
Jim Kimsey
Marc Seriff ("America Online")
coFounded
Quantum Computer Services ("America Online")
Quantum Computer Services
evolvedInto
AOL Desktop ("AOL Mail")
AOL Desktop ("AOL content services")
integratesWith
AIM
AOL Instant Messenger
ownedBy
Yahoo Inc. (post-Verizon media reorganization) ("AOL Mail")
Yahoo Inc. (post-Verizon media reorganization) ("AOL.com")
parentCompany
Netscape Communications Corporation
Netscape Communications Corporation
parentCompanyAfterAcquisition
Oath Inc.
Yahoo Inc. (post-Verizon media reorganization) ("AOL Inc.")
predecessor
Quantum Computer Services ("America Online")
Quantum Computer Services
predecessorOf
AOL ("AOL email service")
AOL ("AOL.com web portal")
product
Quantum Computer Services ("America Online")
Quantum Computer Services
successor
Verizon
acquired
Steve Case
boardMemberOf
AOL Desktop
brand
Steve Case
chiefExecutiveOfficerOf
Netscape Navigator
companyAcquiredBy
Yahoo Mail ("AOL Mail")
competitor
TOC
designedBy
AIM
discontinuedBy
You've Got Mail
featuresBrand
Oath Inc.
formedFrom
Ted Leonsis
formerEmployer
AOL ("America Online")
formerName
MapQuest
formerParentOrganization
TOC
maintainedBy
AOL ("AOL–Time Warner merger")
mergerType
Steve Case
notableWork
TOC ("America Online")
origin
OSCAR
ownership
Oath Inc. ("AOL Inc.")
parentOrganizationOf
AOL Instant Messenger ("AOL services")
partOf
Overture Services
poweredSearchFor
TechCrunch
previouslyOwnedBy
Engadget
previousOwner
Quantum Computer Services ("renamed and rebranded as America Online (AOL)")
reasonForStatusChange
OSCAR ("America Online")
usedByCompany

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