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History
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Criticism
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Overview
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Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
- 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
Topics to explore
A structured outline of related entities, concepts and subtopics. Open any item to build a new map centered on it.Browse the full topic structure. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.
Overview
- Web portal
- Online service provider
- Bending Spoons
- PlayNET
- Quantum Link
- IBM PC compatible
- CompuServe
- Prodigy Prodigy (online service)
- Internet
- Internet service provider
- Dial-up Internet access
- Chat rooms Chat room
- Instant messaging
- AOL Instant Messenger AIM (software)
- Netscape
- Time Warner
- Broadband
- Spun off Corporate spin-off
- Tim Armstrong Tim Armstrong (executive)
- Verizon Communications
- Yahoo
- Oath Inc. Verizon Media
- Apollo Global Management
- Moviefone
- MoviePass
- Helios and Matheson Analytics
- HuffPost
- BuzzFeed
- AOL Mail
- Engadget
History
- William von Meister
- GameLine
- Atari 2600
- Warner Communications WarnerMedia
- Modem
- Steve Case
- Jim Kimsey
- Frank Caufield
- Chief executive officer
- Marc Seriff
- Chief technology officer
- Commodore 64
- 128 Commodore 128
- Apple II
- Apple Apple Inc.
- AppleLink
- Macintosh Mac (computer)
- IBM
- PCs IBM PC–compatible
- Tandy Corporation
- Online games Online game
- Habitat Habitat (video game)
- LucasArts
- QuantumLink Serial
- Tracy Reed Tracy Reed (writer)
- Quantum Space Stormfront Studios
- Play-by-mail game
- MS-DOS
- GeoWorks GEOS (16-bit operating system)
- Windows 3.0
Criticism
- Walled garden Closed platform
- PC World
- Fair Labor Standards Act
- United States Department of Labor
- Co-production Co-production (society)
- International Journal of Cultural Studies
- Class action
- Ohio Attorney General
- Complaints Consumer complaint
- Ohio
- Restitution
- Florida Attorney General
- New York Attorney General
- Retention Customer retention
- Direct mail
- Floppy disks
- CD-ROMs CD-ROM
- Mac OS X MacOS
- Stopbadware
- Google Groups
- Message boards Internet Forum
- Terms of Service
- Certified email
- Spam filters Spam filter
- MoveOn
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Esther Dyson
- The New York Times
- Declan McCullagh
- Karl Rove
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Map overview Semantic statistics
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.AOL
Nodes241
Edges240
Triples325
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008299
Components1
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AOL
Top relations
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
Important terminology Word statistics
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Important terminology
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Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOL | Area served | Worldwide | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Formerly | Control Video Corporation (1983–1985) | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Formerly | Quantum Computer Services (1985–1991) | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Formerly | America Online (1991–2009) | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Formerly | AOL Time Warner (2001–2003) | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Founded | 1983; 43 years ago (1983) (as Control Video Corporation) | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Founded | 2009; 17 years ago (2009) (as AOL Inc.) | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Founders | Marc Seriff | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Founders | Steve Case | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Founders | Jim Kimsey | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Founders | William von Meister | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Headquarters | 770 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… | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Number of employees | 5,600 | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Owner | Time Warner (2001–2009) | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Owner | Verizon (2015–2021) | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Owner | Apollo Global (2021–2026) | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Owner | Bending Spoons (2026–present) | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Parent | Yahoo! Inc. (2021–2026) | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Parent | Bending Spoons (2026–present) | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Services | Web portal and online services | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Traded as | NYSE: AOL (1992 to 2003);(and from 2009 to 2015) | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Type | Subsidiary | 1.00 | infobox |
| AOL | Website | aol.com | 1.00 | infobox |
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