Will everyone who’s not talking to Time Warner about AOL please raise their hands? Seriously, the field is so crowded it could get a little tough to see the forest for the trees. After all, despite the rampant assumptions that another major internet or media company will end up owning a signifificant interest in the Time Warner unit, the very real possibility of no sale remains. At the least, TW Chairman and CEO Dick Parsons can use the interest as an “I told you so” and may even net a change in perspective from people still stuck in 2002 where AOL is concerned. In the meantime, the outside decontruction and reconstruction continues unabated.
Fortune: From another part of the TW empire, a suggestion that selling may not be the best option. “I-told-you-so’s notwithstanding, it’s probably the wrong time for Parsons to sell a piece of AOL. The most recent buzz is that Time Warner (FORTUNE’s parent) has been looking at offers that would value AOL at $20 billionĂ¢
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