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

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AOL Time Warner Officially Drops AOL

AOL, everything valuable about that company is completely an illusion. And so it's announced, what is it, January of 2000? By December of 2001, Jerry Levin steps down. The AOL people are still thinking that they're in charge at this point. So Bob Pittman is out by July of 2002. Steve Case finally leaves in May of 2003. September 18th, 2003, Time Warner officially drops AOL from its name.

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