AOL And Microsoft

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AOL to use MSN Search

Wall Street Journal:

https://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=10497265&src=eDialog/GetContent

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The Journal said that, under negotiations between Time Warner and Microsoft, AOL would drop Google as its main Internet search provider and switch to Microsoft's MSN service.

Under their current agreement, Google derived about 11 percent of its first-half revenue from AOL, which also generates substantial revenue from the contract.

The Journal said Microsoft and Time Warner are also negotiating to create a joint advertising sales force to sell online ads across both the AOL unit and Microsoft's MSN. Both services would remain under the control of their current owners, according to the report. "