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What next, we'll see AOL up on eBay?

They all own GE, they all own Microsoft, and you're starting to see AOL show up. You're seeing a lot of common names.

Kara Swisher

With giant sites like Facebook and MySpace becoming as generic as Yahoo and AOL of old, more and more sites will be looking for an edge by drilling down deeply to serve a highly targeted audience.

When you look at Viacom and AOL Time Warner, their cash flow being generated by their businesses has enabled them to reduce debt and to focus on their businesses.

Isn't it true that the most important factor for AOL in choosing Internet Explorer was getting software that worked well with AOL's client software?

We're going to AOL and say, 'You've got mail. Please stop this,'

The interest that's being shown in AOL right now is a testament to the fact that there aren't any other Web addresses out there that have that kind of power and command that many eyeballs.

I'm not saying I'm going to buy AOL or not, ... I think Bill Miller has done an excellent job of recognizing the fact that valuation is not a simplistic exercise.

I'm not really focused quarter-to-quarter. I'm really focused on the secular trends. And I'm encouraged that the AOL subscription business looks like it's holding together, and they're keeping their market share.

John McKinley

Data-related mobile technologies are on the cusp of mainstream adoption. We see it every day in the explosive growth of our AOL Instant Messenger traffic.

John McKinley

Data-related mobile technologies are on the cusp of mainstream adoption, ... We see it every day in the explosive growth of our AOL Instant Messenger traffic.

Carl Icahn

Doing this AOL deal is on the way, but not enough, to enhancing shareholder value at Time Warner, ... It proves my point that there is a great deal of unrealized value here. The best investment the company can make is in their own stock at this time.

Henry Blodget

The biggest challenge AOL faces is really controlling its usage-based cost structure.

These talks ultimately became about music and broke down over an issue that isn't about AOL and Microsoft but Microsoft's determination to control digital music on the Internet.

This is just another in a long series of companies which are raising public money to pay AOL and Yahoo, who end up being the real winners, ... If this company goes public, it will definitely prove my theory that fund managers in general do not read prospectuses.

It's still unclear to what degree AOL will market the service. They may not be all that aggressive. This has to be a very successful product to win market share.

The big news is the fact that AOL has dropped out of the top 10 holdings in so many funds.

No matter what happens (incoming AOL CEO Richard) Parsons and gang are going to concentrate on calming market expectations. Period.

This is the true power of the Internet being demonstrated. You remember how in 1999 and 2000 during the dot-com boom everybody was saying the Internet would change the world? Well, here it comes. We are on the verge, and AOL is positioning itself to become a global content provider that expands well beyond its U.S. roots. It's a bold strategy.

This is yet another example of how AOL is becoming a company that's all about broadband. There's no question that all the forecasts point to the dial-up subscriber count decreasing in the next few years. AOL understands that.

Internet Explorer has to be the default browser, ... To the extent that we can promote Netscape within the AOL environment, it has to be in a low-profile area.

If your friend is on AOL, and you want to IM with that friend, then you need to be on AOL too. The interoperability between MSN and Yahoo will not change that. Both MSN and Yahoo acknowledge that their users would like interoperability with AOL, but there are no public plans for that at present,

Richard Parsons

In my view, the real source of undervaluation is neither of these things, ... The real driver of enhanced value, I think, is going to be AOL in the short term and the long term.

Comcast doesn't have the vast array of content that AOL has,

Steve Case

I believe an independent AOL would move more quickly and create more value for shareholders.

Jillian Bell

I definitely had an AOL account when I was 14, but I don't remember what my screen name was.

I don't want to suggest that the AOL division is trivial -- it's not. But it has to be put into context. We look at AOL as a small part of the pie.

By aligning AOL with two prestigious brands, we are able to create the ultimate online destination for casino game enthusiasts as they test their skills and get the chance to win seats at high profile tournaments.

By suddenly offering a two-tier system, AOL guarantees that over time those using the free delivery system will suffer from a degradation of service.

I'm tempted by AOL here, but I don't have it in the fund I manage. The risk level is very high.

I'm surprised to see them doing it. I don't know if I'm thrilled with it. While it would make them more price competitive and generate greater subscriber growth, I think they tried to be an AOL before and failed,

Chrissy Teigen

I really do love social media. I've always been crazy about - even like, remember AOL chat rooms? I always loved message boards, and I was always interacting on the computer.

I really think that AOL is going to have to be pushed real hard to sign on to this.