IIRC, all headlines at the time of AOL-TW merger were new media (AOL) taking over old media (TW). What happened after the merger was primarily driven by dot-com

IIRC, all headlines at the time of AOL-TW merger were new media (AOL) taking over old media (TW). What happened after the merger was primarily driven by dot-com crash and internal politics at AOL-TW. Typically, in a combined name scenario at merger, the acquirer/bigger influencer's name is listed first. AOL Time Warner, Exxon Mobil, Chevron Texaco are some few joint names after mergers that come to my mind. If you look at Dow and DuPont actions in last decade or so, you will notice that DuPont investors have been pushing for divestures, for example Chemours, and not acquisitions while Dow has been on acquisition binge, for example, Union Carbide, Lyondell.