AOL Time Warner

AOL Time-Warner is one of the world's largest media conglomerates

Micro history/timeline:

• 1918 - Time Magazine is started
• 1918 - The Warner Brothers open their first movie theatre
• 1980 - CNN starts
• 1985 - Quantum Computer Services start to offer services to people with computer and modems.
• 1989 - Time Inc. buys Warner Communications - creating Time Warner
• 1989 - Quantum Computer Services changes its name to AOL
• 1994 - Turner Broadcasting System and New Line Cinema merge.
• 1994 - AOL starts offering services from a new thing called the Internet
• 1996 - Turner Broadcasting System and Time Warner merge
• 1998 - AOL buys ICQ and Compuserve
• 1999 - AOL eats Netscape, WinAMP and a bunch of other companies.
• 2001 - 11th Janury - America Online and Time Warner complete merger, creating AOL Time-Warner
  

Overview of AOL Time Warner

• America Online (AOL)
  • AOL Service (internet)
  • AOL International ("A" OL outside America)
  • Compuserve
  • DMS - Digital Marketing Services
  • iPlanet (eCommerce)
  • Mapquest
  • AOL Music
  • AOL Software
    • ICQ
    • Netscape
    • WinAMP
    • SHOUTcast
    • Spinner
• Warner Brothers
  • Warner Brothers Television
  • Warner Brothers Movie Pictures
  • Warner Brothers Animation
    • Animaniacs
    • Hanna - Barbera
      • Flintstones
  • WB Studio Stores
  • WB International Theatres
  • WB New Media
  • Castle Rock Entertainment
  • Warner Home Video
  • DC Comics
    • MAD Magazine
• Warner Music
  • The Atlantic Group
    • Atlantic Records
  • Elektra Entertainment
  • London-Sire Records
  • Rhino Entertainment
  • WB Records International
  • Warner / Chapell Music
  • Warner Brothers Publications
  • WEA Inc
    • WEA Corp
    • WEA Manufacturing (the world's largest CD and DVD manufacturer)
  • Columbia House*
  • Maverick*
  • Music Choice*
  • RuffNation Records*
  • Tommy Boy Records*
  • Sub Pop Records*
  • Strictly Rhythm Records*
  • *) Joint ventures
• HBO
  • HBO
    • HBO
      • Sex and the City
      • The Sopranos
    • HBO Plus
    • HBO Family
    • HBO Signature
    • HBO Comedy
    • HBO Zone
    • HBO Latino
    • Cinemax
    • MoreMAX
    • ActionMAX
    • ThrillerMAX
    • W MAX
    • 5* MAX
    • @ MAX
    • OuterMAX
  • HBO Independent Productions
  • HBO Downtown Productions
• Turner Broadcasting
  • CNN
  • Turner Network Television (TNT)
  • Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
  • Boomerang
  • Cartoon Network
  • Sports
    • Atlanta Braves
    • Atlanta Hawks
    • Atlanta Trashers
    • The Goodwill Games
• Time Corporation
  • Time Magazine
  • Sports Illustrated
    • Sports Illustrated
    • SI For Kids
    • SI For Women
  • People
    • People
    • Teen People
    • People En Español
  • Popular Science
  • Money
  • Entertainment Weekly
  • Fortune
    • Fortune
    • FSB: Fortune Small Business
  • In Style
  • Real Simple
  • Outdoor Life
  • Field & Stream
  • Golf
  • Yachting
  • Motor Boating & Sailing
  • Salt Water Sportsman
  • Ski
  • Time For Kids
  • ON
  • Business 2.0
  • Mutual Funds
  • Southern Living
  • Progressive Farmer
  • Southern Accents
  • Sunset
  • Cooking Light
  • Coastal Living
  • Parenting
  • Family Life
  • Baby Talk
  • Bébé
  • Healthy Pregnancy
  • Health
  • AsiaWeek
  • Wallpaper
  • Who Weekly
  • Skiing
  • Freeze
  • Snowboard Life
  • This Old House
  • Transworld
    • TransWold Stance
    • TransWorld Surf
    • TransWorld Surf
    • TransWorld Surf Business
    • TransWorld Skateboarding
    • TransWorld Skateboarding
    • TransWorld Skateboarding Business
    • TransWorld Snowboarding
    • TransWorld Snowboarding
    • TransWorld Snowboarding Business
  • TransWorld Motocross
  • Ride BMX
  • Snap
  • Skiing Trade News
  • BMX Business News
  • Time Life Inc
• AOL Time Warner Interactive Video
• Time Warner Cable
• New Line Cinema
• Time Warner Trade Publishing
  • iPublish (eBooks.. The thing flopped completely and is closing per 01.01.2002)