Time Warner Expected To Spin Off AOL

New York Times:

Time Warner on Wednesday reported a 14 percent decline in profit for the first quarter and said it expected to spin off its AOL unit, which continued to lose subscribers and advertising revenue.

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I hate Time Warner Cable!

[loki]

If all you want to do is spin it off, give it to Rush or Beck. They can spin anything

[larry278]

I'm wondering who would buy AOL from Time-Warner ot T-W's cable franchises. What would a buyer of AOL or any of T-W's cable franchises pay for these enterprises? Would T-W try to sell the good-will users of AOL have toward or for AOL? But there are legal fictions. AOL's good will could be considered to be a legal fiction. If T-W gets 1 cent for AOL's good will, those who write of AOL's cache of customer good-will, those writers must be seen as some of the USA's most skilled writers of [legal] fiction.

[davidwayneosedach]

Ive heard that it is next to impossible to cancel your AOL account.

[KMAz]

Cancel your current credit card and have the bank issue you a new one with a different account number. Then tell AOL that you are cancelling. If they can't collect, they'll suddenly be glad to "cancel" you.

[TJCole]

Good Time Warner Cable is ripping off America by way over charging for cable access both road runner and TV...way to much money for not so much to watch...

Give us a menu of channels we select, or cut prices by $10.00 per month per service..

[KMAz]

Yes, TJ, they can make the religious channels and shopping networks and fox news all pay per view so that good folk accidently end up stopping on one.

[EinChicago]

Ummmm. They didn't did they? I thought AOL bought Time Warner back in the day.

[KMAz]

AOL is still around? Thought they'd went the way of CompuServ.

[DMEEPhD]

No one ever had a reasonable answer as to why on earth Time Warner bought AOL in the first place!