The Internet is preparing to welcome a new company in the summer. Oath: This is Verizon's name for the merger of Yahoo and AOL.
The new name isn't such a bad idea, because the names AOL and Yahoo may have a history, but with breaches and leaks data Yahoo and AOL's missteps over the last decade, the new brand name was probably necessary.
The announcement of the change of name was made by Tim Armstrong, Verizon's head of the AOL division, with the following tweet:
Billion + Consumers, 20 + Brands, Unstoppable Team. #TakeTheOath. Summer 2017. pic.twitter.com/tM3Ac1Wi36
- Tim Armstrong (@tim_armstrong) April 3, 2017
The new Oath name will be valid for Verizon's digital media segment as soon as the acquisition of Yahoo is over in the coming months.
The agreement of 4.480.000.000 dollars is expected to finally reach its end by the end of June of 2017, although it could close much earlier.
Η Huffington Post αναφέρει, ωστόσο, ότι η νέα εταιρεία Oath θα είναι ένα όνομα ομπρέλα, σαν την Alphabet της Google. Yahoo and AOL will exist and will continue to operate to some degree.
Verizon has previously admitted that much of Yahoo's value lies in its relationship with its customers, especially Yahoo Finance and Yahoo Sports, which are still quite popular. AOL Mail and AOL.com are also popular among some users.
To see, will Yahoo again, the company that once was? Personally, I'm sure it's not just a new brand name.
