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AOL

AOL Media LLC (formerly a predecessor company known as AOL Inc. and originally known as America Online) is a web portal and former online service provider based in New York City. It is owned by Bending Spoons.

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Founded
1983; 43 years ago (1983) (as Control Video Corporation) · 2009; 17 years ago (2009) (as AOL Inc.)
Founders
Marc Seriff · Steve Case · Jim Kimsey · William von Meister
Owner
Time Warner (2001–2009) · Verizon (2015–2021) · Apollo Global (2021–2026) · Bending Spoons (2026–present)
Area served
Worldwide
Formerly
Control Video Corporation (1983–1985) · Quantum Computer Services (1985–1991) · America Online (1991–2009) · AOL Time Warner (2001–2003)
Number of employees
5,600

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AOL

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Edges240
Triples325
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008299
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AOL

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related to 2000–2008: As AOL Time Warner · 35
AOL → AOL Safety, AOL Time Warner, AOL's, By, CA, CEO, December, Dick Parsons, Gerald Levin, Google, In, In January, Inc, Internet, It, January, Jonathan Miller, Live, McAfee Antivirus, Michael Kelly
related to 1991–1999: Internet age · 26
AOL → Advertisements, At, Booklink, CDs, CMO Jan Brandt, CompuServe, During, Eternal September, GEnie, GeoWorks, IBM PC, In, In February, In November, In September, Internet Explorer, MS-DOS, PC Link, Prodigy, Q-Link
related to 1983–1991: early years · 22
AOL → Atari, Control Video, Control Video Corporation, CVC, Dan Case, Frank Caufield, GameLine, GameLine's Master Module, In, In January, In May, Its, Jim Kimsey, Kimsey, Meister, Meister's, Steve Case, Subscribers, The, Warner Communications
related to 2009–2015: As an independent digital media company · 18
AOL → AIM, AOL's, Bebo, CEO, Criterion Capital Partners, December, Google, Google's, In December, In June, In March, New York Stock Exchange, On May, On November, The, Tim Armstrong, Time Warner, Wolff Olins
related to Search data · 15
AOL → AOLstalker, August, Chowdhury, Derivative, In August, Internet, March, May, Pass, Picture, Scalable Information Systems, Search, The, The First International Conference, Torgeson
related to Software · 15
AOL → AOL Browser, AOL Connect, AOL Dialer, However, In, Internet, ISP, January, Mac OS, Stopbadware, The, The AOL, This, Vista Ready, VR
related to AOL's Computer Checkup "scareware" · 14
AOL → AOL's Computer Checkup, Both AOL, Computer Checkup, Consumer Watchdog, Distributing, EFF's, Electronic Frontier Foundation, In February, Inc, Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, May, Support, The, This
related to Terms of Service (TOS) · 14
AOL → All, Community Guidelines, Conditions, COS, During, It, Member Agreement, Privacy Policy, Service, Some, Terms, There, TOS, UK
related to 2015–2021: As part of Verizon · 13
AOL → Armstrong, Creative, Engadget, HuffPost, In April, In May, In September, June, ONE, TechCrunch, The, Verizon, Verizon's
related to Account cancellation · 13
AOL → America Online, AOL's, For, However, In, Internet, Many, New York, New York Attorney General's, On August, The, These, Under

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
AOLArea servedWorldwide1.00infobox
AOLFormerlyControl Video Corporation (1983–1985)1.00infobox
AOLFormerlyQuantum Computer Services (1985–1991)1.00infobox
AOLFormerlyAmerica Online (1991–2009)1.00infobox
AOLFormerlyAOL Time Warner (2001–2003)1.00infobox
AOLFounded1983; 43 years ago (1983) (as Control Video Corporation)1.00infobox
AOLFounded2009; 17 years ago (2009) (as AOL Inc.)1.00infobox
AOLFoundersMarc Seriff1.00infobox
AOLFoundersSteve Case1.00infobox
AOLFoundersJim Kimsey1.00infobox
AOLFoundersWilliam von Meister1.00infobox
AOLHeadquarters770 Broadway, New York City, U.S. .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parse…1.00infobox
AOLNumber of employees5,6001.00infobox
AOLOwnerTime Warner (2001–2009)1.00infobox
AOLOwnerVerizon (2015–2021)1.00infobox
AOLOwnerApollo Global (2021–2026)1.00infobox
AOLOwnerBending Spoons (2026–present)1.00infobox
AOLParentYahoo! Inc. (2021–2026)1.00infobox
AOLParentBending Spoons (2026–present)1.00infobox
AOLServicesWeb portal and online services1.00infobox
AOLTraded asNYSE: AOL (1992 to 2003);(and from 2009 to 2015)1.00infobox
AOLTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox
AOLWebsiteaol.com1.00infobox

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