eBay buying AOL?

by Sue Bailey

This post was written in February 2008; specific information contained within it may be out of date.

eBay may be a potential bidder for Time Warner’s AOL, reports the San Jose Mercury. Frankly this reminds me of the time a journalist commented to me that “if we put ‘eBay’ in the headline, we get ten times the readers”: “may be potential bidders” doesn’t sound like anything more than speculation, and now would be a terrible time for eBay to buy AOL, when they need to be focusing on reviving the marketplace business. Still, one thing is certain: with the internet rumour mill in overdrive after last week’s Microsoft offer for Yahoo, this won’t be the last story of this kind we see.

Via Only eBay.

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Author: Sue Bailey
Posted at: Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 at 10:26 am
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Comments

4 Responses to “eBay buying AOL?”

  1. Chris Dawson on February 5th, 2008 10:58 am

    Can we look forward to a whole load of AOL adverts in My eBay instead of McDonalds then? :twisted:

  2. Josordoni on February 5th, 2008 2:27 pm

    well anything has to be an improvement…. :roll:

  3. Steve H on February 5th, 2008 6:13 pm

    Seems a bit of an extreme solution just to make sure AOL members manage to get eBay ‘My Messages’ in their email inbox without getting blocked. :grin:

  4. Sue Bailey on February 5th, 2008 6:45 pm

    Ahhhh… I think Steve’s hit the nail on the head though :lol:

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