Question: has aol gone out of business?
Answer: AOL is shutting down AIM after 20 years AOL Instant Messenger, the instant-chat service known as AIM, is shutting down in mid-December. ... Verizon acquired AOL in May 2015 for $4.4 billion, or $50 a share. Since then, Verizon has acquired Yahoo and merged the two companies into a new division called Oath.