Verizon is Buying AOL for $4.4 Billion USD

[Jeffrey]

You know the old saying. Don't fix what's not broke. Engadget is a real money maker.

 

[Jonny Kansas]

You know the old saying. Don't fix what's not broke. Engadget is a real money maker.

Really? I have them in my feed reader app & have to say, they're the least likely to get me to click through to the site & read even one story each time it updates.

Just not for me, I guess.

Sent from my Note 4

 

[kodiak799]

Are we taking bets on how long those guys have jobs?

Sent from my Note 4

LMAO...was just about to say "that problem is easily solved"

 

[cr6]

Engadget has been in my feed for quite awhile. I enjoy reading their articles.


S5 tap'n

 

[Jeffrey]

VZW has no use for Engadget, Huffington Post, and TechCrunch. They will sell them and get some $$$ back.
What they bought is AOL's streaming and advertising technology, which is a huge money maker.
What most don't know is, AOL is now the third largest US online video content network after Google and Facebook, and is among the largest providers of premium streaming video content in the market.

 

[dgstorm]

Interesting article with decent theories on why Verizon bought AOL: What Verizon Buying AOL Is Really About - Digits - WSJ

 

[Jonny Kansas]

You gotta wonder what someone like Don Draper would think of what advertising has become...

 

[PereDroid]

Slight topic shift:

Wouldn't most of you agree that the more they hammer us with ads the more we become immune to them?

Even my 4 year old knows how to click SKIP>>> on YouTube videos.

 

[Jonny Kansas]

Slight topic shift:

Wouldn't most of you agree that the more they hammer us with ads the more we become immune to them?

Even my 4 year old knows how to click SKIP>>> on YouTube videos.

I think there's still a bit of subliminal/subconcious stuff going on, but I tend to agree. I also believe that's why they're spending so much money on it.