/ 22 August 2001

AOL TO SLASH 1200 JOBS

MEDIA conglomerate AOL Time Warner is cutting 1 200 workers from its America Online division, the company announced on Tuesday. The company also said it was merging its various online entities into one giant, unified Internet company.The restructuring eliminates the postions, the company said. In addition, AOL said it was sacking another 500 from its Netscape-Sun alliance, responsible for the Netscape Internet browser. The layoffs — the third since the AOL-Time Warner merger in January –had been rumored for much of the month. The company said it would take a charge of $100-million to $125-million in its third quarter for the cuts and related costs. – Sapa