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The Beginning of the End for Netscape

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Steven Spaulding
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On this day in business history, 1998… AOL’s $4.2 billion acquisition of Netscape is confirmed.  AOL was previously the world’s largest Internet access company, and Netscape pioneered the software used on the Internet, and its Navigator web browsing software was the world’s most popular. The merger was an offensive tactic, …

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When America’s Minutes Ran Out

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Steven Spaulding
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This Day In Business History, 2000 … The AOL Time Warner merger is decided over an extravagant dinner at the North Virginia home of AOL head Steve Case with Gerald Levin, Time Warner’s CEO.  An assistant reported that sometime between the 1990 Chateau Leoville-Las Cases wine and the chocolate mousse, …

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