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Time Warner Plans AOL Spin-Off

New CEO also considers selling Time Warner Cable

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 6, 2008 11:44 AM CST

(Newser) – In an effort to revive the company's slumping stock, Time Warner's new CEO plans to break up AOL, keeping its growing online ad properties, but unloading its increasingly obsolete dial-up Internet service provider. Operating income at AOL fell 70% in the fourth quarter, as the... Read full story »

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