Google and AOL cement ad love | Channel Register

Google and AOL cement ad love | Channel Register: "The widely leaked alliance between Google and American Online has been confirmed with the two companies announcing a broad partnership on Tuesday.
As leaked, Google takes a 5 per cent stake in AOL, a subsidiary of Time Warner, in exchange for a $1bn investment. In addition, Google gains access to more of AOL's content and will ensure that users of Google's instant messaging software can communicate with AIM users. The two companies also plan to collaborate on an online video service."