In the year 2000, the merger of AOL and Time Warner seemed like the

moment that the pendulum shifted from offline to online media. But the

megamerger went off script fast. In-fighting, cooked books and incompatible

corporate cultures would turn it into a marriage from hell, one that would scar

both companies. But before any of that could happen, AOL had to overcome

the odds…to take America online. In this season of Business Wars, we

explore why the biggest merger in US history turned into a corporate

catastrophe. Listen to Business Wars: The AOL Time Warner Disaster right

now wherever you get your podcasts: Wondery.fm/BW_IFD

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