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Posted by jmsflknr 10/29/2025

AOL to be sold to Bending Spoons for $1.5B(www.axios.com)
287 points | 272 commentspage 4
wat10000 10/29/2025|
Interesting choice to give your company the name of a notorious fraud.
exasperaited 10/29/2025|
The name comes from the Matrix, supposedly. But yeah, they seem more Uri Geller than anything else.
ano-ther 10/29/2025||
Can someone enlighten me on the economics of such a deal?

From what I know about acquisitions, valuations are in the range of 10-12 times annual EBITDA (or perhaps even profits). This would mean that AOL is making 150 million a year. Is that correct?

Invictus0 10/29/2025|
From the first sentence of the half-page article: "AOL still drives hundreds of millions of dollars of free cash flow"
nticompass 10/29/2025||
RIP AOL: 1983 - 2025
ChrisArchitect 10/29/2025||
Everytime I hear Bending Spoons it's just ugggh. Too much money. It feels so predatory. And for what? Absorb and abuse the userlist or whatever they're actually trying to get ahold of.
firefax 11/2/2025||
I hope they bring back AIM
sdairs 10/29/2025||
Least offensive Bending Spoons acquisition to date. I don't really mind if they kill this one?
exasperaited 10/29/2025||
I didn't know AOL was still alive.

Dead now though. Bending Spoons is the kiss of death.

card_zero 10/30/2025||
Footnote: Netscape.
estimator7292 10/30/2025||
Honestly I'm shocked that AOL is still worth that much.
bn-l 10/29/2025|
Is boomer goodwill that valuable?
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