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07/23/25
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In the year 2000, the merger of AOL and Time Warner seemed like the
moment that the pendulum shifted from offline to online media. But the
megamerger went off script fast. In-fighting, cooked books and incompatible
corporate cultures would turn it into a marriage from hell, one that would scar
both companies. But before any of that could happen, AOL had to overcome
the odds...to take America online. In this season of Business Wars, we
explore why the biggest merger in US history turned into a corporate
catastrophe. Listen to Business Wars: The AOL Time Warner Disaster right
now wherever you get your podcasts: Wondery.fm/BW_IFD
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