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AOL: Puff Daddy Parties and Cockroaches on NPR

Kara Swisher in News on December 9, 2009 at 5:11 am PT

BoomTown is winging across the country right now to New York City to attend, among other things, the analog version of the AOL spinoff from Time Warner. There is a party at the New York Stock Exchange with Diddy, the ringing of the bell and BoomTown videos of it all, of course. How investors will like AOL is the billions-of-dollars question. Until then, here is an interview I did with NPR on the whole shebang.

AOL to Spin Off Dec. 9, Begin Trading Dec. 10 (Plus Full Press Release)

Kara Swisher in News on November 16, 2009 at 4:01 pm PT

AOL will officially be spun off from Time Warner on Dec. 9, with trading to begin the next day. Shareholders of record at 5 pm ET on Nov. 27 will get one share of AOL for every 11 shares of Time Warner on the day of the long-expected spinoff of the Internet service. AOL will trade on the New York Stock Exchange as “AOL,” just like the old days. Unlike the old days: Time Warner has given the company an implied valuation of a little more than $3 billion.