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Founded

1985

Raised

$1B

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Overview

Funding 1

Investments 10

Acquisitions 39

Apps 18

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Acquired by

12 May 2015

Verizon

$4,400,000,000

Latest funding

$1,000,000,000

Post-IPO equity - 2005

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Verizon lays off more Yahoo/AOL employees after another drop in revenue

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Revolution's Rise of the Rest unveils second $150 mln fund

Verizon cuts 10,000 jobs and admits its Yahoo/AOL division is a failure

Verizon to take a charge of up to $6.7B due to Oath and redundancies

Verizon/AOL helped advertisers track kids online, must now pay $5M fine

Funding Technology

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Yahoo and AOL will continue to scan your emails for precious advertising data

Messaging Strategy

Yahoo, AOL forcing users into arbitration for disputes

Legal

Oath’s new privacy policy allows it to scan your Yahoo and AOL mail for targeted advertising

Strategy

Yahoo and AOL just gave themselves the right to read your emails (again)

Privacy

AOL cofounder Steve Case is coming back to Philly

Funding Technology

AOL Instant Messenger is officially dead

Messaging

AOL Instant Messenger to shut down after 20 years

Strategy

AOL Instant Messenger is no more, but the memories will last forever

AIM se despide, el servicio de mensajería de AOL llega a su fin

AOL's former head of video has raised money to build a Facebook-plus-Yelp-plus-Tinder for immigrants

Global

AOL is killing off its Alto email app