AOL looks like it's a hot property once again. Who knew this might happen? After the Internet-service provider acquired Time Warner in 2000, the value of both sides of the merger began to decline, but AOL the very most.
Now, bidders are lining up with an eye on AOL's content, not its dial-up service. The Internet-access service is quaint and the sector now largely the province of telecoms, not dot-coms, unlike the market in 2000. But with an online advertising boom well underway, the content that drew 110 million unique users to AOL last night is causing suitors to salivate.