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Verizon’s bet on Oath falters

Amy Scott Dec 11, 2018
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Verizon’s bet on Oath falters

Amy Scott Dec 11, 2018
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Verizon created Oath out of its investments in “legacy” digital media companies AOL and Yahoo. The goal was to compete with internet giants Facebook and Google. It seems that the world’s biggest wireless network just wasn’t able to make that work.

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