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AOL Time Warner Inc. 2000-Present

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October 23, 2002
New AOL version 8.0 sets record with more than 5 million downloads by AOL members in first two weeks

October 15, 2002
AOL launches AOL 8.0

July 24, 2002
AOL service surpasses 35 million members

March 12, 2002
Worldwide AOL Membership Surpasses 34 Million-Members Now Using AOL More Than 1 Billion Hours Each Month

December 28, 2001
Worldwide AOL Membership Surpasses 33 Million

April 16, 2001
Worldwide membership of AOL surpasses 29 million

March 08, 2001
Worldwide membership of AOL surpasses 28 million. AOL members average almost 70 minutes on the service daily.

January 16, 2001
AOL reaches 27 million members—adding a new member every 6 seconds. Average online usage breaks the one-hour-a-day mark.

January 11, 2001
America Online and Time Warner complete merger

2000
Time Inc. acquires Times Mirror Magazines from Tribune Company, including Golf, Ski, Skiing, Field & Stream, Yachting and other titles.

2000
Real Simple , part of the People Magazine Group, launches

2000
Fortune launches the E-50 Index and eCompany Now magazine, definitive guides to the Internet economy

2000
CNN.com offers first-ever online interview with a sitting U.S. President

2000
ICQ breaks the 85 million member mark

2000
AOL Argentina and AOL Mexico launch

2000
AOL acquires MapQuest, the leading provider of online directions and travel information

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