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In 2005, AOL's Live 8 received an Emmy Award for non-traditional viewing platform. This made AOL the first internet company to receive the prestigious award.<ref>[http://blogcritics.org/video/article/live-8-on-aol-wins-emmy/ Live 8 on AOL Wins Emmy]</ref> The following year, the company decided to offer free web contents and services and changed its official name to AOL. In 2009, the company's running man icon was included in the Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame.<ref>[http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=8446 AOL Running Man icon inducted in to Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame]</ref> On December 9 of 2009, the board of directors of Time Warner approved of the company approved the spin off of AOL and became a separate and independent publicly traded company under the ticker sybol AOL at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).<ref>[http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/aol/description Seeking Alpha-AOL Inc.]</ref>

In 2005, AOL's Live 8 received an Emmy Award for non-traditional viewing platform. This made AOL the first internet company to receive the prestigious award.<ref>[http://blogcritics.org/video/article/live-8-on-aol-wins-emmy/ Live 8 on AOL Wins Emmy]</ref> The following year, the company decided to offer free web contents and services and changed its official name to AOL. In 2009, the company's running man icon was included in the Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame.<ref>[http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=8446 AOL Running Man icon inducted in to Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame]</ref> On December 9 of 2009, the board of directors of Time Warner approved of the company approved the spin off of AOL and became a separate and independent publicly traded company under the ticker sybol AOL at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).<ref>[http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/aol/description Seeking Alpha-AOL Inc.]</ref>

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