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> When AOL merged with Time-Warner

AFAIK, AOL went and bought Time Warner, the deal didn't work out though.



"In 2000, a new company called AOL Time Warner, with Steve Case as chairman, was created when AOL purchased Time Warner for US$164 billion. [...] The shareholders of AOL owned 55% of the new company while Time Warner shareholders owned only 45%, thus the smaller AOL bought out the far larger Time Warner."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warner#2000

So yes, AOL bought Time Warner, not the other way around.




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