List of acquisitions by AOL

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This is a list of acquisitions by AOL. AOL is an internet company founded in 1985 as Quantum Computing Services.[1] 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.

AOL's largest acquisition as of April 2008 is 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 has 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%.[2] Its second-largest acquisition is the purchase of MapQuest, a web mapping company. Even with increased competition from Google Maps and Microsoft's Live Search Maps, MapQuest still has the greatest market share among mapping websites.[3] The majority of the companies acquired by AOL are based in the United States. A total of 41 companies have been acquired as of April 2008. Most of the acquired companies are related to the internet, including several internet service providers and web browsers.

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[edit] Acquisitions

Acquisition date Company Business Country Value (US$) References
01994-08 August 1994 Redgate Communications Internet service provider Flag of the United States USA $&0000000033000000.00000033,000,000 [4]
01994-11 November 1994 BookLink Web browser Flag of the United States USA $&0000000030000000.00000030,000,000 [5]
01994-11-30 30 November 1994 NaviSoft Web server Flag of the United States USA — [6]
01995-05 May 1995 Medior User interface design Flag of the United States USA — [7]
01995-09-22 22 September 1995 Ubique Virtual places Flag of Israel ISR — [8]
01996-02-01 1 February 1996 Johnson-Grace Data compression Flag of the United States USA — [9]
01996-08-06 6 August 1996 ImagiNation Network Online game Flag of the United States USA — [10]
01996-11-25 25 November 1996 Global Network Navigator Web browser Flag of the United States USA — [11]
01997-11-10 10 November 1997 CompuServe Online service Flag of the United States USA $&0000000175000000.000000175,000,000 [12]
01998-01-26 26 January 1998 Personal Library Software Search engine Flag of the United States USA — [13]
01998-06-08 8 June 1998 Mirabilis Instant messaging Flag of Israel ISR $&0000000287000000.000000287,000,000 [14]
01998-11-24 24 November 1998 Netscape Web browser Flag of the United States USA $&0000004200000000.0000004,200,000,000 [15]
01999-05-27 27 May 1999 Moviefone Film database Flag of the United States USA $&0000000525000000.000000525,000,000 [16]
01999-06-01 1 June 1999 Nullsoft Media player Flag of the United States USA $&0000000080000000.00000080,000,000 [17]
01999-06-01 1 June 1999 Spinner.com Media player Flag of the United States USA $&0000000320000000.000000320,000,000 [17]
01999-10 October 1999 Gateway.net Computer hardware Flag of the United States USA $&0000000800000000.000000800,000,000 [18]
01999-12-03 3 December 1999 Tegic Predictive text Flag of the United States USA — [19]
01999-12-22 22 December 1999 MapQuest Web mapping Flag of the United States USA $&0000001100000000.0000001,100,000,000 [20]
02000-09-02 2 September 2000 Quack.com Voiceportal Flag of the United States USA $&0000000200000000.000000200,000,000 [21][22]
02000-09-05 5 September 2000 iAmaze HTML editor Flag of the United States USA — [23]
02001-05-19 19 May 2001 InfoInterActive Telecommunications Flag of Canada CAN $&0000000028200000.00000028,200,000 [24]
02001-07 July 2001 eVoice Telecommunications Flag of the United States USA — [25]
02003-11-19 19 November 2003 Singingfish Audio/Video search engine Flag of the United States USA — [26]
02004-06-24 24 June 2004 Advertising.com Online advertising Flag of the United States USA $&0000000435000000.000000435,000,000 [27]
02004-08-03 3 August 2004 MailBlocks E-mail service provider Flag of the United States USA — [28]
02005-08-03 3 August 2005 Xdrive Online storage Flag of the United States USA — [29]
02005-08-07 7 August 2005 Wildseed Mobile software Flag of the United States USA — [30]
02005-10-05 5 October 2005 Weblogs, Inc. Weblog network Flag of the United States USA — [31]
02005-11-03 3 November 2005 MusicNow Online music store Flag of the United States USA — [32]
02006-01-10 10 January 2006 Truveo Video search engine Flag of the United States USA — [33]
02006-05-17 17 May 2006 Lightningcast Internet marketing Flag of the United States USA — [34]
02006-08-13 13 August 2006 Userplane Social network service Flag of the United States USA — [35]
02006-08-16 16 August 2006 GameDaily Video game journalism Flag of the United States USA — [36]
02006-11-08 8 November 2006 Relegence Financial services Flag of the United States USA — [37]
02007-05-14 14 May 2007 Third Screen Media Mobile advertising Flag of the United States USA — [38]
02007-05-15 15 May 2007 AdTech Advertising network Flag of Germany DEU — [39]
02007-07-23 23 July 2007 Tacoda Advertising network Flag of the United States USA — [40]
02007-11-07 7 November 2007 Quigo Advertising network Flag of the United States USA — [41]
02008-02-05 5 February 2008 buy.at Affiliate network Flag of the United States USA — [42]
02008-03-13 13 March 2008 Bebo Social network service Flag of the United Kingdom UK $&0000000850000000.000000850,000,000 [43]
02008-04-14 14 April 2008 Sphere Web search engine Flag of the United States USA — [44]

[edit] References

  1. ^ AOL: The internet company that grew up. BBC News (2000-10-11). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  2. ^ Browser Statistics. W3Schools. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  3. ^ Mapquest, Google and Yahoo! Maps: The Brand Issue. Hitwise (2006-05-22). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  4. ^ AOL Moving Executives, Headquarters To New York. The Washington Post (2007-09-18). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  5. ^ Inside Microsoft (Part 2). Business Week. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  6. ^ 7th USENIX Tcl/Tk Conference. USENIX. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  7. ^ Resume: Barry Schuler. Business Week (2001-07-02). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  8. ^ Ubique. The Yozma Group. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  9. ^ ToyWar is over!. ToyWar is over!. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  10. ^ America Online Acquires Imagination Network. Time Warner (1996-08-06). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  11. ^ Sample Business Contracts. FindLaw. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  12. ^ AOL-CompuServe deal cleared. CNET (1997-11-10). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  13. ^ AOL Acquires Personal Library Software. Information Today, Inc. (1998-01-26). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  14. ^ AOL Buys Israel's Mirabilis. InterNetNews (1998-06-08). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  15. ^ AOL buys Netscape for $4.2 billion. CNET (1998-11-24). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  16. ^ Short Take: AOL acquires MovieFone. CNET (1999-05-27). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  17. ^ a b AOL buys Spinner, Nullsoft for $400 million. CNET (1999-06-01). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  18. ^ Gateway closes AOL chapter with stock buyback. CNET (2004-11-02). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  19. ^ Tegic gets its price from AOL, forgets idea of IPO. Seattle Post-Intelligencer (1999-12-03). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  20. ^ AOL to acquire MapQuest. CNN (1999-12-22). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  21. ^ AOL Acquires Voice Portal Quack.com. Computerworld (2000-02-09). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  22. ^ Firm finds connection with cell phones. Wicked Local (2007-21-02). Retrieved on 2008-05-18.
  23. ^ AOL Acquires iAmaze. InterNetNews (2000-09-05). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  24. ^ AOL Time Warner Agrees to Acquire InfoInterActive. The New York Times (2001-05-19). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  25. ^ Member Profile. Go BIG Network. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  26. ^ AOL Buys Singingfish, Rolls Out More Search Changes. Search Engine Watch (2003-11-19). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  27. ^ AOL Buying Advertising.com. The Washington Post (2004-06-24). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  28. ^ America Online, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Mailblocks, Inc.. AOL (2004-08-03). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  29. ^ America Online, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Xdrive, Inc.. AOL (2005-08-03). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  30. ^ America Online, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Wildseed, Ltd.. AOL (2005-08-07). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  31. ^ Post This: America Online Acquires Weblogs, Inc.. AOL (2005-10-05). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  32. ^ AOL Announces Acquisition of MusicNow. AOL (2005-11-03). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  33. ^ AOL Acquires Truveo, Inc.; AOL Extends Leadership in Video Search.... AOL (2006-01-10). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  34. ^ AOL LLC Acquires Lightningcast, Inc.. AOL (2006-05-17). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  35. ^ AOL Acquires Userplane. AOL (2006-08-13). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  36. ^ AOL acquires GameDaily. CNET (2006-08-16). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  37. ^ AOL Acquires Relegence Corporation. AOL (2006-11-08). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  38. ^ AOL Acquires Third Screen Media. AOL (2007-05-14). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  39. ^ AOL Acquires ADTECH AG. AOL (2007-05-15). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  40. ^ AOL Enters into Agreement to Acquire Behavioral Targeting Firm TACODA. AOL (2007-07-23). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  41. ^ AOL Enters Into Agreement To Acquire Quigo, A Leading Site and Content-Targeted Advertising Firm (2007-11-07). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  42. ^ AOL Acquires buy.at Affiliate Network. AOL (2008-02-05). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  43. ^ AOL To Acquire Global Social Media Network Bebo. AOL (2008-03-13). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  44. ^ AOL Acquires Sphere. AOL (2008-04-14). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.

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