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Warner Bros. to impose delay on Redbox, others

(AP) -- Warner Bros. on Thursday joined studios Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox in demanding shipments be delayed to $1-per-night DVD rental kiosks like Redbox in an attempt to preserve demand for higher-priced disc ...

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AOL changing from AOL LLC to AOL Inc. with spinoff

(AP) -- AOL will once again get a new name.

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Time Warner beats 2Q estimates; outlook steady

(AP) -- Time Warner Inc.'s second-quarter earnings beat Wall Street forecasts Wednesday despite a declining advertising market, as its Turner cable networks held up better than expected and "The Hangover" ...

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Time Warner buys back AOL stake from Google

(AP) -- Time Warner Inc. bought back Google Inc.'s 5 percent stake in struggling Internet company AOL LLC for $283 million, according to a regulatory filing by AOL on Monday.

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Netgear to help Internet subscribers measure use

(AP) -- How many gigabytes do you consume per month? Not many people can answer that question, complicating the efforts of Internet service providers to get their subscribers to stay below a certain amount of data per month. ...

Electronics / Hardware

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AOL tries to recapture that startup feeling

(AP) -- It might seem an odd move for a company that relies on money from advertising. Yet AOL is reducing the number of ads it shows on its home page and some other Web sites it runs.

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Time Warner, Comcast to start online video trials

(AP) -- Time Warner Inc. and Comcast Corp. on Wednesday took concrete steps to bring cable television shows to the Internet - but only for paying cable subscribers.

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Time Warner CEO hints at online fees for magazines

(AP) -- One of the world's largest magazine publishers appears to be having second thoughts about giving away most of its articles on the Internet.

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Time Warner to spin off AOL, ending ill-fated deal

(AP) -- Time Warner Inc. is dumping AOL after spending nearly a decade trying to build a new-age media empire only to wind up in a weaker position than when the marriage began.

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With ex-Google exec, AOL seeks another fresh start

(AP) -- Shortly before taking over as head of AOL in April, Tim Armstrong ripped out some office doors.

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Providers test the limits of access to Internet with new pricing systems

Your days of all-you-can-eat Internet buffet may be coming to an end. Probably not tomorrow, but soon enough, industry analysts say.

Technology / Telecom

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Time Warner profit down, expects to spin off AOL

US media and entertainment giant Time Warner Inc. reported a 14-percent drop in quarterly net profit on Wednesday and said it expects to spin off troubled Internet unit AOL.

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Time Inc. owns up to goofed 'mine' magazine

(AP) -- Time Inc.'s experimental made-to-order magazine, "mine," shipped out this week, but many subscribers got a version that looked like it belonged to someone else.

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Time Warner Cable shelves some Internet cap plans

Bowing to mounting public and political pressure, Time Warner Cable Inc. said Thursday it was shelving plans in four markets to charge customers based on how much Internet traffic they generate. But tests of metered billing ...

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Phone company shelves unpopular Internet cap plan

(AP) -- Time Warner Cable Inc. is testing a new way of charging for Internet use - by the amount of traffic rather than solely based on download speed.

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