AOL Inc.

AOL Inc. operates as a Web services company that offers a suite of brands and offerings for the worldwide audience. Its business spans online content, products, and services for consumers, publishers, and advertisers. The company produces digital content and sells display advertising. AOL Inc. operates approximately 80 branded and content sites. Its content brands primarily include AOL.com, Moviefone, FanHouse, ParentDish, Asylum, Spinner, DailyFinance, BlackVoices, AOL Latino, PoliticsDaily, Engadget, WalletPop, MapQuest, and Patch. AOL company also provides various consumer applications comprising communications products and services, such as mail, instant messaging, and a suite of mobile offerings.

In addition, AOL Inc. operates an advertising network in the United States, which focuses on building content for its consumers, as well as on providing products and services for its advertising and publishing partners. AOL provides its online advertising services on its owned and operated properties, as well as on third-party Web sites. It also offers Internet subscription access services, which serve as a distribution channel for the company's consumer offerings in the United States. In addition, AOL Inc. distributes its properties through agreements with original equipment manufacturers of computers, digital devices, and other consumer electronics, and broadband access providers and mobile carriers; toolbars, widgets, co-branded portals and Web sites, third-party Web sites, and social networks; and search engine marketing and search engine optimization distribution methods. AOL company was formerly known as America Online, Inc. and changed its name to AOL Inc. in 2006. AOL Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in New York, New York. AOL Inc. operates independently of Time Warner Inc., as of December 04, 2009.