Managing A Business
AOL and Time Warner: Fragile Promises
The AOLTW merger was heralded the "Deal of the Century" due to the fact that the combination of the two companies would ‘produce the first fully integrated media and communications company' (Bovee, Thill, & Mescon, 2005, p.162). The companies planned to feed off of each other's success and promote each other after signing this $160 million dollar merger. It appeared very possible that together, they could dominate access to the Internet.
Time Warner had just failed miserably at attempting to move into the digital era and had lost a lot of money. TW was excited at the prospect of taking part in the Internet revolution and was confident that the company would profit greatly from the merger.
As a merged company, AOL and Time Warner had to deal with jeers from critics and shareholders who were not convinced the company could succeed. Shortly after the merger was made legal, the U.S. was hit with a recession that rocked the......

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Title: Aol/Time Warner Merger
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