Comments on: Google: AOL Is Worth $5.5 Billion

By: AOL Renews, Expands Search Agreement with Google | conferencecallworld.com

AOL Renews, Expands Search Agreement with Google | conferencecallworld.com — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:35:04 +0000

[...] although early talks between the companies were initially rocky. Perhaps that was due to the massive writedown in 2009 of the $1 billion investment Google–a key part of its previous search deal–had [...]

By: September Surprise: AOL Reups and Expands Search Agreement With Google | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:37:36 +0000

[...] that was due to the massive writedown in 2009 of the $1 billion investment Google–a key part of its previous search deal–had [...]

By: AOL Set to Go It Alone ~ Revelations From An Unwashed Brain

AOL Set to Go It Alone ~ Revelations From An Unwashed Brain — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:50:49 +0000

[...] portal at in 2005, when it invested $1 billion in the property. And that’s even lower than the $5.5 billion valuation Google gave the company last January, when it wrote down its [...]

By: AOL to Spin Off From Time Warner in December | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:15:33 +0000

[...] at in 2005, when it invested $1 billion in the property. And that’s even lower than the $5.5 billion valuation Google gave the company last January, when it wrote down its [...]

By: Time Warner’s $4.2 Billion AOL Fire Sale | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:54:36 +0000

[...] during the original Web boom (remember those days?), it’s markdown from the $5.5 billion Google assigned to the company when it wrote down its 5% stake earlier this year. Which was, of course, a markdown from the $20 billion value Google had given it [...]

By: Caveat Emptor, Eh Microsoft? | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:47:22 +0000

[...] Now, the stake Microsoft took in Facebook was in preferred stock, which is inherently more valuable than the common stock on which Facebook’s appraisal was based. That said, it’s doubtful that Microsoft’s shares are loaded up with enough special rights to account for the vast discrepancy between $35.90 per share and $8.88 per share. Remember, Google once purchased 5 percent of AOL for $1 billion at a company valuation of $20 billion, only to write down $726 million of that investment a few years later. [...]

By: Google Asks Time Warner For a $250 Million AOL Refund - Or Something Else? | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:23:30 +0000

[...] so the first way to read Google’s request is that it’s asking for cash. Last month, Google announced that it had written down more $726 million of its AOL investment, so if it did get a check, it’d be worth $250 [...]

By: AOL Ad Head Clarizio Out–Being Replaced By Former Yahoo Sales Head Coleman | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:46:25 +0000

[...] its valuation was also recently written down by Google (GOOG), to $5.5 billion from $20 billion several years [...]

By: Google: AOL Is Worth $5.5 Billion [MediaMemo] | heave-ho.org

Google: AOL Is Worth $5.5 Billion [MediaMemo] | heave-ho.org — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:56:04 +0000

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