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AOL Buys Bebo, Time Warner Still Schizophrenic

Om Malik

AOL, the online division of Time Warner, is buying fast-growing social network Bebo for close to $850 million in cash, the company announced today. AOL is talking some gobbledygook about marrying AIM, ICQ with a real social network. Whatever!

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