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Time Warner and Microsoft Holding AOL Acquisition Talks

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Time Warner, Microsoft have held AOL talks-report
Friday March 19, 9:38 am ET

NEW YORK, March 19 (Reuters) - Media conglomerate Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX - News) has held talks in recent months with software maker Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqNM:MSFT - News), about selling its America Online unit, the New York Post reported on Friday.

Time Warner lawyers have begun studying potential antitrust issues stemming from a possible Microsoft acquisition of AOL, and so far they have found few roadblocks to a deal, the newspaper said, citing unidentified sources familiar with the matter.

Time Warner spokesman Ed Adler was not immediately available for comment on Friday. He was quoted by the newspaper as saying "such speculation is silly and pointless."

Microsoft also was not immediately available for comment.