Department of Irony

At the same time, Google is complaining about the Microsoft/Yahoo merger, Time Warner announces plans to split up AOL.
To add some context, check out this concern from eight years ago:

Others say the deal could also raise flags over the combined AOL Time Warner’s ability to limit access to Internet content. “From the consumer point of view, there may be questions about whether you’ll have to be an AOL subscriber to get Time magazine,” says Charlene Li, an analyst with Forrester Research (FORR) . “That combination of media with the access is one through which you may be able to block access to your competitors’ subscribers.”

Posted by on February 6th, 2008 at 2:10 pm


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