AOL Cut From Time Warner Name

NEW YORK The AOL Time Warner board of directors today voted to rename the company Time Warner.

The New York-based company expects to complete the transition, including the adoption of the “TWX” ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange, in the next few weeks.

The name change comes two-and-a-half years after the old and new media marriage of Time Warner and America Online. Instead of buoying Time Warner’s business, as was expected at the time the merger was announced in early 2000, AOL has pulled down the media giant’s earnings.