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		basch on May 12, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Verizon to Buy AOL for $4.4B I doubt it was for the subscribers. Look at AOL's recent acquisitions in the last 10 years. Video: StudioNow, 5Min Media, GoViral, Vidible News: Weblogs, TechCrunch, The Huffington Post Marketing: Lightningcast, Third Screen Media, AdTech, Tacoda, Quigo, buy.at, Pictela, gdgt, Adap.tv, Convertro, Gravity One by AOL sunset Gravity, Pictela, ADTECH, Adap.tv, AdLearn, and Convertro (along with subproducts like Adap.tv Marketplace, and AOL's native data platform) into one product. One by AOL is a HUGE product. http://corp.aol.com/2015/04/14/aol-launches-one-by-aol/

devy on May 12, 2015 [–]

StudioNow had been broken off from AOL and repurchased back by the initial investors two years ago, although AOL still holds a minor stake in StudioNow (at the time). [1]

Disclosure: I used to work for AOL StudioNow.

1: http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/morning_call/2013/01/st...

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