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| September 1 2021 | AOL became part of the new Yahoo! Inc. |
| May 3 2021 | Verizon announced the sale of Yahoo and AOL to private equity firm Apollo Global Management for $5 billion. |
| December 15 2020 | AOL's original chat system was completely shut down. |
| November 2020 | The Huffington Post was sold to BuzzFeed in a stock deal. |
| January 2019 | Oath Inc. rebranded itself as Verizon Media. |
| 2018 | AOL Toolbar, a Mozilla plug-in browser toolbar, was discontinued after being available since 2007. |
| September 10 2018 | AOL's parent company Oath consolidated BrightRoll, One by AOL, and Yahoo Gemini into a single advertising platform called Oath Ad Platforms (later renamed Yahoo! Ad Tech). |
| April 2018 | Oath Inc. sold Moviefone to MoviePass Parent Helios and Matheson Analytics. |
| 2017 | AOL Desktop Gold, a new paid version priced at $4.99 per month, was released. This version replaced the previous free version and maintained access to AOL's original chat rooms after the shutdown of AIM. |
| December 15 2017 | AOL discontinued AIM, its long-running instant messaging service that had been sending billions of messages daily before its shutdown. |
| February 24 2017 | AOL officially shut down Lifestream, giving users one month to save their uploaded photos and videos before completely discontinuing user profile hosting services. |
| July 2016 | Verizon Communications announced its intent to purchase Yahoo's core internet business, later merging AOL and Yahoo into a new company called Oath Inc. |
| April 20 2016 | AOL acquired virtual reality studio RYOT to bring immersive 360-degree video and VR content to HuffPost's global audience. |
| October 23 2015 | AOL completed the acquisition of Millennial Media. |
| October 1 2015 | Verizon's Go90, a free ad-supported mobile video service operated by AOL, publicly launched its content after months of beta testing. |
| September 15 2015 | AOL expanded ONE by AOL with ONE by AOL: Creative, a product designed for creative and media agencies to connect marketing and ad distribution efforts. |
| September 3 2015 | AOL agreed to acquire Millennial Media for $238 million. |
| July 22 2015 | AOL received two News and Documentary Emmy nominations: one for MAKERS in Outstanding Historical Programming and another for True Trans With Laura Jane Grace. |
| June 29 2015 | AOL announced a significant deal with Microsoft to take over the majority of its digital advertising business, including transferring 1,200 Microsoft employees and managing digital ad sales across nine countries. |
| June 23 2015 | Verizon Communications acquired AOL for $4.4 billion. |
| May 12 2015 | Verizon announced plans to buy AOL for $50 per share in a $4.4 billion deal, with AOL CEO Tim Armstrong indicating the acquisition was about positioning the company for future global-scale networks. |
| April 14 2015 | AOL launched ONE by AOL, a digital marketing programmatic platform that unifies buying channels and audience management platforms. |
| 2014 | AOL acquired multiple companies including Convertro, Precision Demand, and Vidible to further develop its ad technology capabilities. |
| December 1 2014 | AOL acquired Vidible, a company developing technology to help websites run and sell video content, for approximately $50 million. |
| July 16 2014 | AOL earned an Emmy nomination for the original series The Future Starts Here in the News and Documentary category. |
| January 23 2014 | AOL acquired Gravity, a software startup that tracked users' online behavior, for $83 million. |
| January 15 2014 | Patch Media was spun off, with majority ownership held by Hale Global. |
| 2013 | AOL acquired AdapTV as part of building its ad technology stack ONE by AOL. |
| June 2013 | Media reports exposed AOL's involvement in the NSA PRISM program, revealing the company's participation in electronic surveillance activities. |
| May 30 2013 | AOL and Support.com settled the class action lawsuit for $8.5 million, which included $25 to each valid class member and $100,000 each to Consumer Watchdog and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. |
| February 2013 | AOL reported its fourth quarter revenue of $599.5 million, marking its first growth in quarterly revenue in eight years. |
| April 24 2012 | AOL launched the AOL On network, a single website for its video output. |
| April 9 2012 | AOL announced a deal to sell 800 patents to Microsoft for $1.056 billion, which included a perpetual license for AOL to use the patents. |
| March 15 2012 | AOL announced the acquisition of Hipster, a mobile photo-sharing app, for an undisclosed amount. |
| February 28 2012 | AOL partnered with PBS to launch MAKERS, a digital documentary series focusing on high-achieving women in various industries. |
| February 27 2012 | A class action lawsuit was filed against Support.com and AOL regarding their Computer Checkup 'scareware', which allegedly misrepresented software capabilities and used deceptive tactics to sell computer repair services. |
| 2011 | AOL joined the NSA's PRISM electronic surveillance program, participating in a massive government data collection initiative. |
| September 14 2011 | AOL formed a strategic ad-selling partnership with Yahoo and Microsoft to sell inventory on each other's sites and compete with Google. |
| March 10 2011 | AOL announced it would cut approximately 900 workers following the HuffPost acquisition. |
| March 1 2011 | Jason Derülo concludes tour with final performance at HMV Hammersmith Apollo in London |
| February 17 2011 | Jason Derülo resumes tour in the UK, starting with a performance in Bournemouth at Windsor Hall |
| January 31 2011 | AOL announced the acquisition of European video distribution network goviral. |
| 2010 | AOL agreed to settle the class action lawsuit for $15 million, years after the original lawsuit was filed and the program was ended. |
| December 12 2010 | AOL acquired about.me, a personal profile and identity platform, four days after the platform's public launch. |
| December 4 2010 | Jason Derülo returns to Dublin, Ireland, performing at The O2 |
| November 15 2010 | Jason Derülo concludes Australian leg of tour with performance in Auckland, New Zealand at Logan Campbell Centre |
| November 4 2010 | Jason Derülo's concert in Adelaide, Australia at Thebarton Theatre was moved to the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. |
| November 2 2010 | Jason Derülo continues tour in Australia, performing at Challenge Stadium in Perth |
| October 5 2010 | Jason Derülo's concert at Royal Oak Music Theatre was relocated to Clutch Cargo's in Pontiac, Michigan. |
| September 29 2010 | Jason Derülo performed a concert at the Kneller Auditorium in Worcester, Massachusetts, featuring a setlist of 12 songs including his hits 'Whatcha Say', 'Ridin' Solo', and 'In My Head', with a Michael Jackson 'Billie Jean' cover and an encore performance of 'Ridin' Solo' and 'In My Head'. |
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