For Time Warner, merging with AOL was a $350 billion bet on a synergistic future that never panned out.
In a tech merger that only counts as a medium-sized whoop by current standards, Verizon is acquiring AOL for $4.4 billion. The news shouldn't strike anyone as an out-of-left-field stunner: Bloomberg reported that the two companies were discussing such a deal back in January.
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