T-Online to buy AOL?

[mat]

[theregister.co.uk ]

[Chndru]

"There's nothing to it," Deutsche Telekom Chief Executive Kai-Uwe Ricke told Reuters after an analysts' meeting

[forbes.com...]

[heini]

As quickly denied as put out. I wouldn't rule it out nonetheless.

[jimbeetle]

I wouldn't rule it out nonetheless.

Now that the TW folks have been back on top for awhile I think it's a sure bet the one thing they're trying to do is unload AOL. Just a matter of who bites and if they're able to keep 'em hooked.

<aside>That's an eye opening Forbes link -- talk about "above the fold!" And overall, must be nice to be able to plop in 350 square feet of advertising to 4 column-inches of editorial.</aside>

[mat]

The Register still running on this one:

[theregister.co.uk...]

[killroy]

jimbeetle: OMG, That's too far... like FAR to far...

SN

[caine]

Thats one heck of a lot of cash reserve. Hard to call on what will happen with this one! From the article i just read, it sounds like AOL maybe struggling, but brings to its parent a $1bn of free cash, for the Media giant to play with.