Outside of AOL's Dulles office in 2004. (FILE PHOTO)

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In April 2007, AOL President and Chief Operating Officer Ron Grant addressed the media in Bangalore, India. (FILE PHOTO)

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AOL Chairman and CEO Randy Falco speaks during the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in New York on May 16, 2007. (FILE PHOTO)

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AOL Chairman and CEO Jonathan Miller along with AOL Vice Chairman Ted Leonsis -- who is the majority owner of the Washington Capitals, Washington Mystics and minority owner of the Wizards -- met with The Washington Post to discuss AOL's new business model in 2006. (FILE PHOTO)

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An employee walks through one of the doors inside the lobby of AOL headquarters in November 2004. (FILE PHOTO)

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This 2006 photo shows the annual company volunteer day at AOL headquarters in Dulles. AOL employees packaged more than 2,000 bags for The Red Cross, Loudoun Family Services, Loudoun Literacy Council, and Emmaus Services for the Aging in D. C. (FILE PHOTO)

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YouthAIDS Global Ambassador Ashley Judd spoke to more than 300 America Online employees at the company's headquarters in 2005 to promote HIV/AIDS education and prevention. (FILE PHOTO)

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AOL and Advertising.com executives gather at AOL headquarters in 2004 to talk to the media. The companies announced that AOL had agreed to pay $435 million to acquire Advertising.com, a provider of interactive marketing services. In photo, left to right: Advertising.com CEO Scott Ferber; Advertising.com Chief Product Officer John Ferber; AOL Vice Chairman Ted Leonsis; AOL Chairman and CEO Jonathan Miller. (FILE PHOTO)

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The photo for this illustration was taken in New York in 2006. Here, a collection of compact disks containing promotional software for AOL's Internet service is shown. (FILE PHOTO)

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In 2003, then-Virginia Gov. Mark Warner speaks during gathering at AOL headquarters in Dulles prior to the ceremonial signing of an anti-spam bill. Shown listening to Warner is, from left: AOL executive Ted Leonsis; president of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, Bobbie Kilberg; Virginia Attorney General Jerry Kilgore and Virginia State Rep. Jeannemarie Devolites. (FILE PHOTO)

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This 2002 photo shows the outside of AOL headquarters in Dulles. (FILE PHOTO)

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In this Dec. 11, 2001 photo, Robert Pittman, chief operating officer of AOL Time Warner, presents his keynote address to Internet World Fall 2001 at New York's Javits Convention Center. (FILE PHOTO)

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This photo taken Feb. 29, 2000, shows AOL Chairman and CEO Stephen Case, left, and Time Warner Chairman and CEO Gerald Levin as they prepare to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C. about the merger of AOL and Time Warner. (FILE PHOTO)

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AOL CEO Gerald Levin is shown speaking before the House Commerce Telecommunications Subcommittee in Washington in this September 27, 2000 photo. (FILE PHOTO)

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In this 2000 photo, Steve Case, left, Chairman and CEO of America Online, hugs Gerald Levin, Chairman and CEO of Time Warner, following a press conference in New York during which the two companies announced that AOL would buy Time Warner for about $163 billion in stock. At the time, the merger was considered to be the biggest business deal in history. (FILE PHOTO)

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This 1999 photo shows James V. Kimsey, founding CEO and Chairman Emeritus of America Online. (FILE PHOTO)

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In this March 13, 1995 photo, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, left, and America Online CEO Steve Case address the Microsoft Professional Conference for the Internet. (FILE PHOTO)

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Signs inside the lobby of AOL's Dulles headquarters are seen in this 2004 photo. (FILE PHOTO)

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The lobby inside AOL's headquarters is seen in Dulles. The firm, which is owned by media giant Time Warner, has seen its number of subscribers shrink in recent years amid fierce competition.

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