Jean-Mare Messier is facing a jury in New York. The dot.com era of tech/media giant mergers that were hard to understand when first announced and turned out to prove right the common man sense of skepticism a few years later seems to be over. But historical accounts of mega business deal make for terrific reading. Particularly when the main players accept to be totally candid about it. From the New York Times, this one about the 2001 AOL – Time Warner is a must read. In Retrospect – Executives on How the AOL-Time Warner Merger Went So Wrong – NYTimes.com.
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