AOL's History In Photos

It has been more than a decade since America Online dominated headlines as the future of media. Oh how times have changed! AOL rose from a company that originally made video games to a paper-behemoth that managed to purchase Time Warner in 2001. After a long series of disappointments AOL announced on Thursday that it would be separating from Time Warner.

Check out this slideshow by HuffPost's Cara Parks on the history of AOL.

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			America Online Begins In 1989, Quantum Computer Services, becomes America Online, and begins competing with more established services such as CompuServe by providing a user-friendly experience for the technically disinclined. Source: Wikipedia

Comments

[DannyRose]

AOL still exists?

[ggmome]

A long overdue demise

[DavidATolucaLake]

This was a scam from the beginning.
The only ones who made money where those at the very top, selling the idea of "synergy". Reaping a fortune on the merger and subsequent stock deal.

The rest of the Time Warner employees have seen their company stock take a steady decline in value since the deal.

[zapper502]

like almost every other media company

[OKnight]

repubs lose their main search engine?

[RustyNeverSleeps]

aol is a retired nsa front company that was replaced by homeland security's future Ameri-Proxy.