Time Warner in AOL talks with Microsoft, Yahoo
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Lost amid all the hoopla of the on-again-off-again negotiations between Microsoft and Yahoo is a third player, AOL, which, like Yahoo, is a struggling one-time Internet powerhouse. AOL parent Time Warner has engaged in separate discussions about a linkup with either Microsoft or Yahoo. And they'd like to get a deal done before Yahoo's August 1 shareholder meeting, at which time that company's fate could be decided. According to a Reuters report, Time Warner is attempting to sell or merge AOL with either Microsoft or Yahoo. This isn't the first time this year Time Warner has discussed various link ups with both companies, but AOL had been largely forgotten in recent weeks because of ongoing drama in the Microsoft/Yahoo saga.