--- title: Verizon Completed AOL Acquisition description: It's official: Verizon completed its acquisition of AOL Tuesday in a $4.4 billion deal. canonical: https://time.com/3931793/verizon-now-officially-owns-aol/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-23T13:55:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:05:48.560Z article:section: Business og:title: Verizon Now Officially Owns AOL og:description: The merger is now complete og:url: https://time.com/3931793/verizon-now-officially-owns-aol/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted8c086f53738f34/698857e0524fc05901df33c9/gettyimages-136906341.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Verizon Now Officially Owns AOL twitter:description: The merger is now complete twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted8c086f53738f34/698857e0524fc05901df33c9/gettyimages-136906341.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Verizon Now Officially Owns AOL ## Video: TIME Explains: The Deep Web [Watch (HLS stream): TIME Explains: The Deep Web](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/DQbujPQY.m3u8) (2:19)  _Published 2013-10-31. The FBI takedown of the online market Silk Road reveals the challenges of regulating the Deep Web. Here's what you need to know._ by [Clarie Groden / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Clarie Groden / Fortune Jun 23, 2015 1:55 PM CUT  The Verizon Communications Inc. logo is seen at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. The Verizon Communications Inc. logo is seen at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Clarie Groden / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Clarie Groden / Fortune Jun 23, 2015 1:55 PM CUT It’s official: Verizon [completed](http://www.verizon.com/about/news/verizon-completes-acquisition-aol "undefined") its acquisition of AOL Tuesday in a deal that raises yet-unanswered questions about the future of one of the country’s earliest Internet brands and of online media in general. The $4.4 billion deal, which the companies announced in May, gives Verizon access to AOL’s digital ad technology as well as content brands like The Huffington Post as well as technology blogs Engadget and TechCrunch. The merger sparked rumors about the future of the AOL-owned Huffington Post and whether the site’s founder, Arianna Huffington, had a place at Verizon. Huffington quelled the doubters last week when she [signed](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-18/arianna-huffington-signs-4-year-contract-after-verizon-aol-deal "undefined") a contract to remain president and editor-in-chief of the site for four more years. AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, also shows [no signs](http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/23/verizon-completes-its-acquisition-of-aol-for-4-4b/ "undefined") of an exit — he will continue to run AOL from within the Verizon chain of command. Speculation that Verizon might try to sell off the Huffington Post also appears to be unfounded for now. Verizon and AOL are holding a conference call at 10 a.m. ET Tuesday; we’ll learn more details about both companies’ futures then. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3931793/verizon-now-officially-owns-aol/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3931793/verizon-now-officially-owns-aol/"},"headline":"Verizon Now Officially Owns AOL","datePublished":"2015-06-23T13:55:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:05:48.560Z","description":"The merger is now complete","url":"https://time.com/3931793/verizon-now-officially-owns-aol/","keywords":["acquisition","Tech","Verizon","deal","AOL"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted8c086f53738f34/698857e0524fc05901df33c9/gettyimages-136906341.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Clarie Groden / Fortune"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted8c086f53738f34/698857e0524fc05901df33c9/gettyimages-136906341.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2012 International Consumer Electronics Show","caption":"2012 International Consumer Electronics Show","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/acquisition/","name":"acquisition"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3931793/verizon-now-officially-owns-aol/","name":"Verizon Now Officially Owns AOL"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME Explains: The Deep Web","description":"The FBI takedown of the online market Silk Road reveals the challenges of regulating the Deep Web. 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