AOL Media LLC (formerly a predecessor company known as AOL Inc. and originally known as America Online) is an American web portal and former online service provider based in New York City, and a brand marketed by Italian conglomerate Bending Spoons.
Key facts
- Company.name
- AOL Media LLC
- Company.logo
- AOL logo (2024).svg
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.hq_location
- 770 Broadway
- Company.hq_location_city
- New York City
- Company.hq_location_country
- U.S.
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.services
- Web portal and online services
- Company.num_employees
- 5,600
- Software.name
- AOL Desktop
- Software.developer
- AOL
- Software.latest release version
- 9.8(Windows)1.7 (macOS)
- Software.latest release date
- August 10, 2015
- Software.latest preview version
- 11.0.3418
- Software.latest preview date
- November 11, 2021.
- Software.programming language
- C++
- Software.operating system
- Microsoft Windows XP or later, Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later
- Software.genre
- Internet Suite
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31 sectionsContents
- History
- 1983–1991: early years
- 1991–1999: Internet age
- 2000–2008: As AOL Time Warner
- 2009–2015: As an independent digital media company
- 2015–2021: As part of Verizon
- Merger into Oath
- 2021–2025: As part of Yahoo!
- 2025: Acquisition by Bending Spoons
- Products and services
- Content
- Advertising
- Membership
- AOL Desktop
- Criticism
- Community leaders
- Billing disputes
- Account cancellation
- Direct marketing of disks
- Software
- Usenet newsgroups
- Terms of Service (TOS)
- Certified email
- Search data
- User list exposure
- AOL's Computer Checkup "scareware"
- NSA PRISM program
- Hosting of user profiles changed, then discontinued
- See also
- References
- External links
AOL Media LLC (formerly a predecessor company known as AOL Inc. and originally known as America Online) is an American web portal and former online service provider based in New York City, and a brand marketed by Italian conglomerate Bending Spoons.
The service traces its history to an online service known as PlayNET. PlayNET licensed its software to Quantum Link (Q-Link), which went online in November 1985. A new IBM PC client was launched in 1988, and eventually renamed as America Online (abbreviated as AOL) in 1989. AOL grew to become the largest online service, displacing established players like CompuServe and Prodigy. By 1995, AOL had about three million active users.
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