Q B1.1: Are major problems likely when combining different cultures in this combination of "bricks and clicks"? The merger of American Online (AOL) and Time Warner has launched a new trend of emerging organizations: the combining of traditional, established companies with Internet powerhouses. There are several different thoughts regarding this issue in merging companies with different cultures. Some specialists in the industry argue that most of the deals don't really fall apart on a culture …showed first 75 words of 1511 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1511 total…Stock charting to Time Warner from 2000 to 2005) shows us that the stock price has drastically decreased for several years following the merger and that the merger didn't successfully yielded the synergies forecasted for the subsequent years of the merger. Finally, strong views have been expressed on other issues. Two concerns were media independence and editorial integrity as some fears were expressed concerning the fact that a small number of firms may increasingly control viewer choices.