Here we go again. For the umpteenth time, AOL is reportedly trying to merge with Yahoo. AOL CEO Tim Armstrong (pictured above at center, hand raised) is said to have spent several weeks trying to persuade AOL’s largest shareholders that they should sell the whole company to Yahoo, saying that combining the two struggling 1990s Internet giants could save a collective $1 to $1.5 billion, Reuters reports.The proposed deal would entail breaking up and selling AOL’s various assets separately. Yahoo would likely be more interested in AOL’s newer, flashier online media acquisitions, The Huffington Post and TechCrunch.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=105878