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: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website
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The dot-com crash was disastrous for the company and Turner, the largest individual shareholder in the combined company.
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Then the corporate parent of what had been Turner's empire, the media giant was hit hard when the dot-com bubble burst in the early 2000s.
—Lee Cowan, CBS News, 6 May 2026
The recent increase is reminiscent of the early 2000s, when the company was recovering from the dot-com crash and spending slowdown that followed 9/11.
—Mackenzie Sigalos,jennifer Elias, CNBC, 6 May 2026
Time Warner had agreed to be purchased by Internet provider AOL in 2000 with the hopes that the merger would help the legacy media company survive and prosper during the dot-com boom.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Then the corporate parent of what had been Turner's empire, the media giant was hit hard when the dot-com bubble burst in the early 2000s.
—Lee Cowan, CBS News, 6 May 2026
The recent increase is reminiscent of the early 2000s, when the company was recovering from the dot-com crash and spending slowdown that followed 9/11.
—Mackenzie Sigalos,jennifer Elias, CNBC, 6 May 2026
Time Warner had agreed to be purchased by Internet provider AOL in 2000 with the hopes that the merger would help the legacy media company survive and prosper during the dot-com boom.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
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“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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