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List of acquisitions by AOL
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AOL is an internet company founded in 1985 as Quantum Computing Services. Each acquisition is for the respective company in its entirety. The acquisition date listed is the date of the agreement between AOL and the subject of the acquisition. The value of each acquisition is listed in US dollars because AOL is headquartered in the United States. If the value of an acquisition is not listed, then it is undisclosed. As of August 2013, AOL's largest acquisition has been the purchase of Netscape, a web browser company, for US$4.2 billion.
Netscape's browser was dominant, in terms of market share, but it had lost most of its share to Internet Explorer during the first browser war. By the end of 2007, the usage share of Netscape's browsers had fallen from over 90% in the 1990s, to less than 1%. Its second-largest acquisition is the purchase of MapQuest, a web mapping company. From 1999 to 2009, MapQuest had the greatest market share among mapping websites; it has since dropped to second place, behind Google Maps. The majority of the companies acquired by AOL are based in the United States. As of April 2008, AOL has acquired 41 companies. Most of the acquired companies are related to the internet, including several internet service providers and web browsers.
In 2001, AOL merged with Time Warner to become AOL Time Warner. Due to the larger market capitalization of AOL, it gained ascendancy in the merger, with its executives largely displacing Time Warner's despite AOL's far smaller assets and revenues. AOL was spun off as its own independent company from Time Warner in 2009.
Verizon Communications acquired AOL in 2015, and operated it as a separate subsidiary. In 2017, Verizon bought the first Yahoo! Inc. and merged it with AOL, creating the second Yahoo! Inc. The company sold a 90% stake in Yahoo! to Apollo Global Management in 2021, and AOL was placed under Yahoo!’s umbrella.
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Acquisitions
| Acquisition date | Company | Business | Country | Value (USD) | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redgate Communications | Internet service provider | USA | $ | ||
| BookLink | Web browser | USA | $ | ||
| NaviSoft | Web server | USA | — | ||
| Advanced Network and Services | Non-Profit | USA | $ | ||
| Medior | User interface design | USA | — | ||
| WAIS Inc. | Search engine technology | USA | $ | ||
| WebCrawler | Search engine | USA | — | ||
| Ubique | Virtual places | ISR | $ | ||
| Johnson-Grace | Data compression | USA | — | ||
| ImagiNation Network | Online game | USA | — | ||
| Global Network Navigator | Web browser | USA | — | ||
| CompuServe | Online service | USA | $ | ||
| Personal Library Software | Search engine | USA | — | ||
| Mirabilis | Instant messaging | ISR | $ | ||
| Netscape | Web browser | USA | $4,200,000,000 | ||
| When.com | Web-based calendar | USA | $ | ||
| Moviefone | Film database | USA | $ | ||
| Nullsoft | Media player | USA | $ | ||
| Spinner.com | Media player | USA | $ | ||
| Gateway.net | Internet service provider | USA | $ | ||
| Tegic | Predictive text | USA | — | ||
| MapQuest | Web mapping | USA | $1,100,000,000 | ||
| Quack.com | Voiceportal | USA | $ | ||
| iAmaze | HTML editor | USA | — | ||
| 11 January 2001 | Time Warner | Entertainment | USA | $183,000,000,000 | |
| InfoInterActive | Telecommunications | CAN | $ | ||
| eVoice | Telecommunications | USA | — | ||
| Singingfish | Audio/Video search engine | USA | — | ||
| Advertising.com | Online advertising | USA | $ | ||
| MailBlocks | E-mail service provider | USA | — | ||
| Xdrive | Online file storage | USA | — | ||
| Wildseed | Mobile software | USA | — | ||
| Weblogs, Inc. | Weblog network | USA | — | ||
| MusicNow | Online music store | USA | — | ||
| Truveo | Video search engine | USA | — | ||
| Lightningcast | Internet marketing | USA | — | ||
| Userplane | Social network service | USA | — | ||
| GameDaily | Video game journalism | USA | — | ||
| Relegence | Financial services | ISR | — | ||
| Third Screen Media | Mobile advertising | USA | — | ||
| Adtech | Advertising technology provider | DEU | — | ||
| Tacoda | Advertising network | USA | $ | ||
| Yedda | Social Search | ISR | — | ||
| Quigo | Advertising network | USA | — | ||
| buy.at | Affiliate network | USA | — | ||
| Bebo | Social network service | UK | $ | ||
| Emurse.com | Resume creation & Job hunting site | USA | — | ||
| Sphere | Web search engine | USA | — | ||
| Socialthing | Social Network Aggregator | USA | — | ||
| Patch Media | Local search (Internet) | USA | — | ||
| Going | Local search (Internet) | USA | — | ||
| MMAFighting.com | MMA blog | USA | — | ||
| StudioNow | Internet video | USA | $ | ||
| Rally Up | mobile applications | USA | — | ||
| 5Min Media | video syndication | ISR | $ | ||
| TechCrunch | Technology blog | USA | — | ||
| Thing Labs | mobile applications | USA | — | ||
| Unblab | USA | — | |||
| Pictela | content marketing | USA | — | ||
| About.me | social networking | USA | — | ||
| GoViral | Online video distribution | DEN | $ | ||
| The Huffington Post | news | USA | $ | ||
| Outside.in | Local / News | USA | — | ||
| Hipster | mobile applications | USA | — | ||
| Buysight | Product Level Retargeting | USA | — | ||
| gdgt | gadget reviews media outlet | USA | — | ||
| Adap.tv | Video advertising | USA | $ | ||
| Gravity | Native advertising | USA | $ | ||
| Convertro | Attribution (marketing) | USA | $ | ||
| Precision Demand | Attribution (marketing) | USA | $ | ||
| Vidible | Video management and exchange platform | USA | $ | ||
| Velos | Predictive analytics | USA | — | ||
| Millennial Media | Mobile advertising | USA | $ | ||
| Ashe Avenue | Web Development Group | USA | — | ||
| Kanvas Labs | mobile applications | USA | — | ||
| AlephD | Publisher Analytics | France | — | ||
| 20 April 2016 | RYOT | Immersive Media Company and Virtual Content Studio | USA | — |
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- (2008-03-13). "AOL To Acquire Global Social Media Network Bebo". [[AOL]].
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- (2010-12-20). "AOL snaps up About.me four days after launch". [[CNN]].
- (2011-01-31). "AOL buys GoViral for $96.7m". [[The Guardian]].
- (2011-02-07). "AOL Agrees To Acquire The Huffington Post". [[The Huffington Post]].
- (2011-03-04). "Confirmed: AOL's Patch Buys Hyperlocal News Site Outside.In". [[TechCrunch]].
- (2012-03-15). "Aol Snaps Up Hyper-Local Photosharing App Hipster". [[TechCrunch]].
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- (2013-08-07). "AOL Buys Adap.Tv For $405 Million". [[Yahoo! Finance]].
- (2014-01-23). "AOL Acquires Content Optimization Startup Gravity For $90.7 Million". [[Forbes]].
- (2014-05-06). "AOL Extends Programmatic Leadership with Attribution Modeling in Deal to Acquire Convertro". [[Aol]].
- (2014-08-21). "Precision Demand bought for $405 million".
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- (2015-06-08). "AOL acquires and shuts down predictive-analytics startup Velos". [[VentureBeat]].
- (2015-09-03). "AOL has acquired mobile ad tech company Millennial Media". [[Business Insider]].
- (2015-08-24). "AOL acquires web development company Ashe Avenue". [[VentureBeat]].
- (2015-08-31). "AOL Acquires Photo And Messaging Startup Kanvas Labs". [[TechCrunch]].
- (2016-01-25). "AOL Acquires AlephD To Be Part Of Its Newly Unified Publisher Platform". [[TechCrunch]].
- "AOL buys virtual reality company to pair up with Huffington Post".
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