AOL Time Warner dropping AOL from the name?

[yukichigai]

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Apparantly one of the higher ups finally realized that AOL's connotation is along the lines of "dogsh*t", "never connected", "far too much spam", "used by retards", etc.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Damn, it took them long enough. now if they would just sell off that DOG SH!T ISP, then mb time warner can get back to where it should.

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: yukichigai
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Apparantly one of the higher ups finally realized that AOL's connotation is along the lines of "dogsh*t", "never connected", "far too much spam", "used by retards", etc.

::snicker:: Took them long enough to figure something out that most people with half a clue have known for years.

 

[pulse8]

You guys have it backwards.

AOL is requesting the name change because of Time Warner's business problems. Not the other way around.

The management at America Online has asked AOL Time Warner Chairman Richard Parsons to drop the AOL from the company's name, saying the identification of AOL Time Warner's corporate problems with the service are also tarnishing the unit's brand name, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Reading is fundamental or something.

 

[digitalsm]

Im pretty sure Steve Case has given into the idea of spinning off AOL into a seperate company.

 

[digitalsm]

Originally posted by: pulse8
You guys have it backwards.

AOL is requesting the name change because of Time Warner's business problems. Not the other way around.

The management at America Online has asked AOL Time Warner Chairman Richard Parsons to drop the AOL from the company's name, saying the identification of AOL Time Warner's corporate problems with the service are also tarnishing the unit's brand name, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Reading is fundamental or something.

Thats funny since the AOL divison is under alot more federal investigations.

 

[boyRacer]

That's funny... this thread practically said both AOL and Time Warner are dog sh!t anyway...

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: pulse8
You guys have it backwards.

AOL is requesting the name change because of Time Warner's business problems. Not the other way around.

The management at America Online has asked AOL Time Warner Chairman Richard Parsons to drop the AOL from the company's name, saying the identification of AOL Time Warner's corporate problems with the service are also tarnishing the unit's brand name, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Reading is fundamental or something.

ok, i didn't read the link.

my bad. Being a Braves fan and having followed Ted Turners Career with some interest, it really pissed me off when this merger happened. I knew that the result would be that AOL would drag time warner down.

i highly doubt that time warner is bringing AOL down. i of course could very well be wrong, it just seems ludicrous to me that a business that had been as solid as Time-Warner was before the AOL merger could all of a sudden become a burden on a POS like AOL.

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: pulse8
You guys have it backwards.

AOL is requesting the name change because of Time Warner's business problems. Not the other way around.

The management at America Online has asked AOL Time Warner Chairman Richard Parsons to drop the AOL from the company's name, saying the identification of AOL Time Warner's corporate problems with the service are also tarnishing the unit's brand name, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Reading is fundamental or something.

Sorry, I guess I was hoping against all logic and reason that someone at AOL Time Warner had the barest margin of intelligence.

 

[digitalsm]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: pulse8
You guys have it backwards.

AOL is requesting the name change because of Time Warner's business problems. Not the other way around.

The management at America Online has asked AOL Time Warner Chairman Richard Parsons to drop the AOL from the company's name, saying the identification of AOL Time Warner's corporate problems with the service are also tarnishing the unit's brand name, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Reading is fundamental or something.

ok, i didn't read the link.

my bad. Being a Braves fan and having followed Ted Turners Career with some interest, it really pissed me off when this merger happened. I knew that the result would be that AOL would drag time warner down.

i highly doubt that time warner is bringing AOL down. i of course could very well be wrong, it just seems ludicrous to me that a business that had been as solid as Time-Warner was before the AOL merger could all of a sudden become a burden on a POS like AOL.

Without the Time Warner "merger" AOL would be bankrupt by now. AOL is bringing down Time Warner, AOL is lossing money, and subcribers by the millions. Not to mention AOL has been investiaged for cooking the books, I believe there are atleast a couple ongoing federal investigations into AOL accounting.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: digitalsm

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: pulse8
You guys have it backwards.

AOL is requesting the name change because of Time Warner's business problems. Not the other way around.

The management at America Online has asked AOL Time Warner Chairman Richard Parsons to drop the AOL from the company's name, saying the identification of AOL Time Warner's corporate problems with the service are also tarnishing the unit's brand name, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Reading is fundamental or something.

ok, i didn't read the link.

my bad. Being a Braves fan and having followed Ted Turners Career with some interest, it really pissed me off when this merger happened. I knew that the result would be that AOL would drag time warner down.

i highly doubt that time warner is bringing AOL down. i of course could very well be wrong, it just seems ludicrous to me that a business that had been as solid as Time-Warner was before the AOL merger could all of a sudden become a burden on a POS like AOL.

Without the Time Warner "merger" AOL would be bankrupt by now. AOL is bringing down Time Warner, AOL is lossing money, and subcribers by the millions. Not to mention AOL has been investiaged for cooking the books, I believe there are atleast a couple ongoing federal investigations into AOL accounting.

either way, I hope Time warner drops aol, gets stable and starts pumping money back into the Braves.

 

[pennylane]

Originally posted by: digitalsm

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: pulse8
You guys have it backwards.

AOL is requesting the name change because of Time Warner's business problems. Not the other way around.

The management at America Online has asked AOL Time Warner Chairman Richard Parsons to drop the AOL from the company's name, saying the identification of AOL Time Warner's corporate problems with the service are also tarnishing the unit's brand name, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Reading is fundamental or something.

ok, i didn't read the link.

my bad. Being a Braves fan and having followed Ted Turners Career with some interest, it really pissed me off when this merger happened. I knew that the result would be that AOL would drag time warner down.

i highly doubt that time warner is bringing AOL down. i of course could very well be wrong, it just seems ludicrous to me that a business that had been as solid as Time-Warner was before the AOL merger could all of a sudden become a burden on a POS like AOL.

Without the Time Warner "merger" AOL would be bankrupt by now. AOL is bringing down Time Warner, AOL is lossing money, and subcribers by the millions. Not to mention AOL has been investiaged for cooking the books, I believe there are atleast a couple ongoing federal investigations into AOL accounting.

Oh really? Interesting... Down with AOL! (though that means n00bs are gonna flood good ISP's)

 

[AU Tiger]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: digitalsm

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: pulse8
You guys have it backwards.

AOL is requesting the name change because of Time Warner's business problems. Not the other way around.

The management at America Online has asked AOL Time Warner Chairman Richard Parsons to drop the AOL from the company's name, saying the identification of AOL Time Warner's corporate problems with the service are also tarnishing the unit's brand name, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Reading is fundamental or something.

ok, i didn't read the link.

my bad. Being a Braves fan and having followed Ted Turners Career with some interest, it really pissed me off when this merger happened. I knew that the result would be that AOL would drag time warner down.

i highly doubt that time warner is bringing AOL down. i of course could very well be wrong, it just seems ludicrous to me that a business that had been as solid as Time-Warner was before the AOL merger could all of a sudden become a burden on a POS like AOL.

Without the Time Warner "merger" AOL would be bankrupt by now. AOL is bringing down Time Warner, AOL is lossing money, and subcribers by the millions. Not to mention AOL has been investiaged for cooking the books, I believe there are atleast a couple ongoing federal investigations into AOL accounting.

either way, I hope Time warner drops aol, gets stable and starts pumping money back into the Braves.

Weren't they looking into selling the Braves. They sold off the other team Turner used to own.

 

[Lyfer]

Kudos to both for being dog sh!t.

 

[neutralizer]

Wow... I didn't know there were smart people there...