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Wednesday, August 15, 2001 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs Ebay And America Online Expand Partnership Under the new agreement, the companies will work together to promote eBay across various AOL Time Warner media products including Time Inc. magazines such as People, Fortune, and Time; Turner broadcast networks such as TNT and the TBS Superstation; and AOL Time Warner online properties, such as CNN.com and People.com. In addition, America Online will continue to serve as eBay's exclusive third-party advertising sales force. eBay will also continue to have a prominent presence across America Online's domestic and international family of brands, including AOL, AOL.COM, CompuServe, Netscape, and AOL's Digital City. ``Our relationship over the years with America Online has been a huge success,'' said Meg Whitman, eBay President and CEO. ``Working across AOL Time Warner's tremendous assortment of media properties will allow us to bring eBay to more consumers than ever before. The entire eBay community will benefit from the increased awareness and traffic that this new deal should generate.'' Barry Schuler, Chairman and CEO, America Online, said: ``We've had a successful relationship with eBay since 1997, and now eBay is joining the growing list of top companies who have expanded alliances with America Online to take advantage of the opportunities offered by AOL Time Warner's unparalleled range of media assets. We are very pleased to expand and broaden our alliance with eBay, one of the great innovators in online commerce.''
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