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And don't forget that Time Warner used to be part of AOL/Time Warner, of which the AOL part is now owned by Verizon. However, this potential transaction would

by mbreese 10y ago

And don't forget that Time Warner used to be part of AOL/Time Warner, of which the AOL part is now owned by Verizon. However, this potential transaction would be more similar to the Comcast purchase of NBC/Universal.

andreasklinger 10y ago
At this point in company history/complexity they should combine PR releases about acquisitions with venn or flow charts about their ownerships.
- WorldMaker 10y ago
  Which gets even wilder once you start to take in how many board members serve on multiple boards... There was a website, I forget the name of right now, that once let you play "six degrees" between any two publicly traded companies by following shared board members. If I recall the average distance was quite low.
  - empath75 10y ago
    And with the growth of index funds, the stockholders are all the same, too.
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