Boomtown announced on January 28, 2009 that AOL, which is one of Time Warner online units, is cutting 700 employees, approximately 10 percent of its workforce. Most of the layoffs are expected to be completed by March.
The rest of the stats are from ValleyWag and their sources are listed in the brackets:
* November 1996: 300 (AOLwatch)
* March 1999: 850 (Mozillazine)
* January 2001: 750 (ZDNet UK)
* August 2001: 1200 (ZDNet UK)
* July 2003: 50 (ZDNet UK)
* December 2003: 450
* December 2004: 950 (Slashdot.org)
* October 2006: 700 (Maya Reynolds)
* December 2006: 500 (CRN)
* December 2006: 450 (Washington Post)
* February 2007: 600 (Washington Post)
Source(s):
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090128/exclusive-aol-to-layoff-10-percent-of-s...
http://valleywag.gawker.com/309936/tech/the-chart/aols-history-of-layoffs
http://www.crunchbase.com/company/aol
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/124/youve-got-problems.html
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1060260/facts_about_aols_layoffs_p...


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