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Episode 44: AOL - Time Warner (with the Internet History Podcast)

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eBay Was the Much Better Business for the Internet Than Time Warner

In retrospect, which we'll get into buying eBay was the way to go. The deal is announced January 10th, 2000. It's the merger of $164 billion AOL with $83 billion time Warner. So it's an acquisition in all but name. But you know, this is well, I'm gonna say much more on this later suffice to say that You know, eBay was the much better business for the internet,. certainly than Time Warner.

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