Dulles, Va. - In the second acquisition for its Platform-A advertising arm in as many days, AOL (NYSE: TWX) on Tuesday said that it has acquired buy.at, an independent affiliate network that provides advertisers and publishers a platform for e-commerce marketing programs.

Dulles, Va. - Three days after Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) shocked the technology world with its unsolicited $44.6 billion takeover bid for Yahoo (NASD: YHOO), some pundits and analysts already are predicting that it could negatively affect AOL's (NYSE: TWX) chances of merging with an online advertising powerhouse. In recent years, AOL has staked its future on Internet advertising by de-emphasizing its core Internet access service and acquiring several ad companies, which it has formed into a new dedicated arm called Platform A.

Dulles, Va. - AOL (NYSE: TWX) on Wednesday launched a new program designed to better inform online consumers about behaviorally targeted advertising, a technology increasingly being used by AOL and other companies to serve the most relevant ads to Internet users.

Dulles, Va. - AOL parent Time Warner may be preparing to spin off its newly formed advertising unit through an initial public offering (IPO), TechCrunch reported on Thursday.

Dulles, Va. - AOL said on Monday that it will move its corporate headquarters from Dulles, Va. to New York City as part of its movement away from a subscription-based revenue model and toward an advertising-focused model.