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Abhijeet S
AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL), formerly known as America Online and logo typeset as "Aol.", is an American global Internet services and media company.[4][5] AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services.
AOL is best known for its online software suite, also called AOL, that allowed customers to access the world's largest "walled garden" online community and eventually reach out to the internet as a whole. At its zenith, AOL's membership was over 30 million members worldwide, most of whom accessed the AOL service through the AOL software suite.
On May 28, 2009, Time Warner announced that it would spin off AOL into a separate public company. The spin off occurred on December 9, 2009,ending the 8 year relationship between the two companies.
Strengths
* Installed base
* Strong contagion effects
* High market profile
* Powerful design features
Weaknesses
* Lack of critical complementary assets
* File selection greatly reduced
* Antagonistic relationship with record labels
* Consumer-to-consumer computing
* Transition from a free to a pay model
Opportunities
* Best Buy acquisition
* Online entertainment trends
* Potential for alliances with record labels
* No focused strategy for record labels
Threats
* Large number of competitors
* Entry of record labels
* Ad-Based Models
* Laws/regulation
AOL is best known for its online software suite, also called AOL, that allowed customers to access the world's largest "walled garden" online community and eventually reach out to the internet as a whole. At its zenith, AOL's membership was over 30 million members worldwide, most of whom accessed the AOL service through the AOL software suite.
On May 28, 2009, Time Warner announced that it would spin off AOL into a separate public company. The spin off occurred on December 9, 2009,ending the 8 year relationship between the two companies.
Strengths
* Installed base
* Strong contagion effects
* High market profile
* Powerful design features
Weaknesses
* Lack of critical complementary assets
* File selection greatly reduced
* Antagonistic relationship with record labels
* Consumer-to-consumer computing
* Transition from a free to a pay model
Opportunities
* Best Buy acquisition
* Online entertainment trends
* Potential for alliances with record labels
* No focused strategy for record labels
Threats
* Large number of competitors
* Entry of record labels
* Ad-Based Models
* Laws/regulation