news analysis Paid search listings have helped pull Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN Web portal from the dot-com advertising mire, but America Online is still in search of a savior. AOL Time Warner on Wednesday reported another profitable quarter, but soured its outlook on its AOL division. AOL's online advertising business dropped 48 percent from last year while its U.S. subscriber base dropped by 846,000 members to 25.4 million, prompting its parent company to lower its financial expectations for the unit.
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