6 Major Assets That Verizon Gets in the AOL Deal

Verizon's $4.4 billion acquisition of AOL could give the telecommunications company the kind of massive scale in the online and mobile advertising industry to compete with Google and Facebook. And, with that comes a long history of AOL's moves throughout the years. Since Steve Case launched AOL in 1989, the digital pioneer has worn many hats in shifting from an Internet service company to an advertising and media company that claims The Huffington Post and TechCrunch as its properties. All told, Verizon is getting six major assets from AOL's acquisitions that are highlighted below in a historical timeline that helps show how we got here

1. Convertro -- a marketing platform that helps advertisers track which channels churn out the most effective ads
2. Advertising exchange Adapt.tv
3. Huffington Post
4. TechCrunch
5. Moviefone
6. MapQuest