Referring Clues

• Prodigy competitor, for short
• Cyberspace abbr.
• Chat room inits.
• Netcom competitor
• Part of some E-mail addresses
• "You've got mail" co.
• Prodigy alternative, for short
• Big letters in cyberspace
• Company founded by Steve Case
• Yahoo! competitor
• Company in a 2000 merger
• Chatroom offerer
• Part of many e-mail addresses
• Netscape purchaser
• CompuServe is part of it
• Co. in a 2001 merger
• Popular I.S.P.
• Big inits. on the Net
• One way to the WWW
• Earthlink competitor
• It merged with Time Warner
• Co. in a big 2001 merger
• Popular ISP
• See 4-Down
• Trio after @, perhaps
• Partner in a big 2001 merger
• Media inits. since 1989
• Big name in ISP's
• MSN competitor
• Co. that merged with Time Warner
• Netscape's owner
• Earthlink alternative
• Modern-day corp. giant with a 1992 I.P.O.
• Co. with a triangular logo
• Big mail deliverer
• Time Warner merger partner
• Co. that offers I.M.'s
• Time Warner company
• Co. that created the term "Buddy List"
• I.S.P. of note
• Gmail alternative
• Part of AIM
• Name for Quantum Computer Services since '89
• Popular portal
• MSN rival
• Co. in a 2001 merger with Time Warner
• Alternative to Gmail
• Choice for chat
• @ follower, sometimes
• Netscape acquirer
• Comcast alternative
• Co. offering a Buddy List
• Internet access co.
• "You've Got Mail" company, for short
• Steve Case's ISP
• Instant Message offerer
• Cyberspace initials
• Time Warner's partner
• Company that merged with Time-Warner
• It recently merged with Time Warner
• Co. that merged with Netscape in '98
• Company which just released Version 7.0
• ISP with Instant Messages
• Big name on the Internet
• It alerts you with "You've got mail"
• Big name on the Net
• IM carrier
• Internet letters
• Mail letters?
• NetZero alternative
• Instant Messenger ISP
• "You've Got Mail" ISP
• ISP with Instant Messenger
• Big initials on the Internet
• Big letters on the Internet
• Virginia-based E-giant
• Company that mails out many CD-ROMs
• Web giant
• IM provider
• Media company operated by Time Warner
• Buyer of Time Warner
• IM offerer
• MSN alternative
• Time Warner merger partner, in 2000
• Letters in many e-mail addresses
• Internet giant, briefly
• Common letters after @
• ISP with keywords
• Big screen letters
• ISP with chat rooms
• Buddy List co.
• Co. split off from Time Warner in 2009
• I.M. provider
• IM company
• Company with a yellow stick figure mascot
• Co. that acquired CompuServe
• Co. featured in "You've Got Mail"
• At sign follower in many e-mail addresses
• Instant Messenger co.
• Distributor of many CD-ROMs
• Ubiquitous ISP
• Rival of EarthLink
• Yahoo! rival
• ISP with a circle-in-a-triangle logo
• Acquirer of Netscape in 1998
• Letters after @, often
• Company that owns MapQuest
• Moviefone co.
• Quantum Computer Services, today
• Cyberspace letters
• ___ Mail: online service
• E-mail letters
• Buddy Chat co.
• Co. with Keywords
• PeoplePC competitor
• Server of many, briefly
• Big ISP
• Earthlink rival
• Mailer of many a promotional CD
• Major e-mail deliverer
• Popular Web server
• ___ Radio
• Va.-based Web giant
• Some e-mail letters
• Earthlink competitor, familiarly
• Yahoo rival
• Quantum Computer Services, since Oct. 1991
• Time Warner partner
• Gmail competitor
• CompuServe buyer
• Familiar ISP
• Internet outfit, familiarly
• Big Internet serv. provider
• "You've got mail" co.
• Buddy List letters
• Time Warner div.
• E-mail service, for short
• "You've got mail" letters
• Place for IMs
• Major ISP
• Time Warner buyer
• Yahoo! alternative
• E-mail provider
• Popular Web portal
• Time Warner spinoff of '09
• Time Warner division
• Co. based in Vienna
• Company that merged with Time Warner
• Time Warner purchaser
• Gateway to a logon, for some
• Letters on the Internet
• Part of some e-mail addresses, briefly
• Co. with connections
• "You've got mail" letters
• Co. famous for "You've got mail"
• Company that bought Time Warner
• Server of millions
• Certain IM provider
• Time-Warner merger
• Co. that bought Time Warner
• Pioneer in instant messaging
• One way to the Web
• Surfer's choice, briefly
• Former Time-Warner co.
• ISP featuring CBS Radio stations
• Former Time Warner unit
• It split from TimeWarner
• Time Warner spin-off of 2009
• Internet giant, for short
• Internet giant
• Letters that often follow @
• Popular 50 Across
• Web access co.
• Inspiration for "You've Got Mail"
• Co. with many keywords
• Web browser provider
• Company with an I.P.O. in both 1992 and 2009
• Major Internet service provider, for short
• Instant messaging pioneer
• Well-known Internet letters
• Huffington Post buyer in 2011
• ___ Radio
• Co. offering IMs
• Steve Case started it: abbr.
• 2001 merger name
• E-giant with many buddies
• Email letters
• Former Time Warner partner
• Company formerly linked to Time Warner
• Hotmail alternative
• Company in a 2011 merger with the Huffington Post
• Owner of Moviefone
• Email service provider
• Letters in much e-mail
• Time Warner spinoff
• Instant-messaging pioneer
• Pioneering Internet company
• ISP founded by Steve Case
• Moviefone owner
• It bought the Huffington Post in March 2011
• Company with Patch Media
• Co. that owns Moviefone
• It had its second IPO in '99
• Co. that used to mail out tons of CDs
• Giant in a 2000 merger
• 2011 Huffington Post acquirer
• Company with a lot of connections?
• Internet company with a 2009 IPO
• WWW giant
• Co. that purchased the Huffington Post in 2011
• 'You've got mail' co.
• 'You've got mail' provider
• 'You've got mail' biz
• Comcast rival
• It started as Quantum Computer Services
• 'You've got mail' letters
• 'You've Got Mail' abbr.
• Giant in Internet service
• ISP option
• 'You've got mail!' ISP
• ISP with IMs
• NetZero rival
• CD mailer of the early 2000s
• ___ Mail
• I.S.P. giant
• "You've got mail!" letters
• Passé email address
• Popular Internet server
• Steve Case co-founded it
• "Huffington Post" owner
• Engadget's co.
• Tech company spun off from Time Warner
• E-mail inits.
• Patent seller in 2012 news
• Sender of much e-mail
• Famed ISP
• Pioneering ISP
• "You've got mail" Internet giant
• "You've Got Mail" company
• Comcast competitor
• IM pioneer
• Part of some email addresses
• MapQuest owner
• Patch Media owner
• Co. that owns MapQuest
• 2011 Huffington Post purchaser
• Oft-ridiculed ISP
• Alternative to Yahoo!
• Co. that merged with Time Warner in 2000
• NetZero competitor
• Leading name in email
• ISP giant
• ISP that owns Moviefone
• Common letters in an email address
• Company with a "Running Man" symbol
• Internet giant that owns MapQuest
• Tech giant with the catchphrase "You've got mail"
• Pt. of some email addresses
• Big name in email
• Longtime ISP
• Part of many email addresses
• MapQuest parent
• ISP of note
• Owner of The Huffington Post since 2011
• Owner of the "Huffington Post" since 2011
• Giant ISP
• Letters that might follow @
• 1998 purchaser of Netscape
• Letters often seen after @
• It began as Quantum Computer Services
• Owner of the TechCrunch site
• Steve Case's former company
• What company owns MapQuest?
• "You've got mail!" company
• 2011 purchaser of the Huffington Post
• Huffington Post parent co.
• Chat room access provider (abbr.)
• Web services giant
• Internet provider (abbr.)
• HuffPo's parent
• Internet service (abbr.)
• Letters in many email addresses
• ISP choice
• 'Buddy List' co.
• Former Time Warner division
• ISP biggie
• Moviefone's owner
• I.S.P. that bought CompuServe
• 2000 MapQuest acquirer
• Verizon purchase of 2015
• Gmail rival
• Verizon buy of 2015
• Tech company that was the subject of a 1997 Time cover
• Owner of MapQuest and Moviefone
• Verizon subsidiary
• Offerer of the first online courses (1988)
• Service with a 1-Across
• Alternative to 14-Across
• Co. owned by Verizon
• "You've got mail" rival of Yahoo!
• 'You've got mail' ISP
• 2015 Verizon acquisition
• 2015 Verizon purchase
• IM-offering ISP
• Letters in some email addresses
• "You've got mail" service
• Net giant, briefly
• Moviefone parent co.
• Sister co. of Verizon Wireless
• Internet inits.
• 4 Down rival
• The "A" of AIM
• ISP that owns MapQuest
• I.S.P. whose logo contains a period
• Huffington Post owner
• Huff Post owner
• Big name in ISPs
• Time Warner spinoff of 2009
• "You've got mail" Web company
• 1999 Moviefone acquirer
• It had more than 10 million subscribers in the 1990s
• UK web portal
• Certain Internet provider
• Internet provider that bought Time-Warner
• Internet provider, for short
• Internet provider
• Purchaser of Time-Warner
• Internet provider that purchased Time-Warner
• Certain Internet provider (abbr.)
• Big Internet provider
• Steve Case started it
• IM makers
• Company that introduced AIM
• Co. founded by Steve Case
• ISP that used to mail free trial discs
• Big ISP, once
• Alternative to Prodigy or CompuServe
• It bought CompuServe
• They're retiring AIM at the end of 2017
• Popular way to the WWW, once
• Engadget owner
• TechCrunch owner
• Verizon acquisition of 2015
• Company discontinuing its AIM chat service at the end of the year
• Time Warner's onetime partner
• Case corp.
• Digital brand of Oath Inc., as of 2017
• Co. that acquired Netscape in 1999
• 1998 buyer of Netscape
• Co. that bought The Huffington Post in 2011
• Common e-mail address domain
• Tech giant that owns MapQuest
• Internet giant that was once called Quantum Computer Services
• "You've got mail" Internet provider
• Pioneering Internet company of the 1990s
• 27-Across alternative
• Co. acquired by Verizon in 2015
• ___ Desktop for Windows
• Parent co. of HuffPost
• Early Internet service provider
• Verizon's ISP
• "You've got mail" email service
• Millennial Media purchaser
• Pioneer in email
• EarthLink or MSN rival
• Internet messaging pioneer
• Alternative to Hotmail
• Onetime buyer of "Time"
• Division of Verizon
• ISP owned by Verizon
• Yahoo! sister company
• Its IM was shut down in 2017
• MapQuest's parent
• Dial-up pioneer
• Early internet pioneer
• HuffPo purchaser in 2011
• HuffPost owner
• Big sender of CDs in the 1990s
• Sister company of Yahoo
• Early dot-com behemoth
• Internet gateway since the '90s
• Pioneering internet provider
• Classic ISP ... or, with = properly placed, this puzzle's theme
• Instant message pioneer
• Longtime Yahoo! competitor
• Pioneer in I.M.'ing
• ISP owned by Verizon Media
• Web portal since the '80s
• Part of Verizon Media
• Verizon ISP
• Internet company that helped launch TMZ
• ___ Instant Messenger
• '90s-'00s CD sender
• Time Warner spun it off in 2009
• Acquirer of TechCrunch in 2010
• Early internet company
• 2015 Verizon buy
• Web pioneer
• Co. that bought Netscape in 1999
• Internet pioneer
• Early provider of dial-up internet
• I.S.P. once called Quantum Computer Services
• Early internet letters
• One of the pioneers of the internet
• One of the former Big Three information services, along with CompuServe and Prodigy
• Company hidden in "Paolo"
• Early internet initials
• Early internet co.
• Trailblazing ISP
• Early internet brand
• ISP whose greetings were voiced by Elwood Edwards
• Creator of the former messaging software AIM
• Email pioneer
• Company with an iconic yellow Running Man logo
• Big inits. in 1990s internet
• Web portal owned by Verizon
• Company that helped launch TMZ
• I.S.P. alternative to 32-Down
• ISP pioneer
• Early ISP
• "Have ___ make my email stop" (Destiny's Child lyric)
• Internet service provider whose name is now stylized with a period
• Early internet ISP
• Web portal co.
• N.Y.C.-based pioneer in instant messaging
• Verizon sale of 2021
• Early web portal
• Co. once known as Quantum Computer Services
• Old "You've got mail" sloganeer
• Company that once mailed CDs containing free internet trials
• Yahoo! Inc. brand
• Early dial-up service provider
• Classic ISP
• Gmail alter-native
• Company originally known as Control Video Corp.
• '90s ISP
• Half of an ill-fated 2001 merger
• ISP marketed by Yahoo! Inc.
• Pioneering web portal
• Company that purchased Time Warner in 2001
• ISP that distributed an estimated 1 billion free trial CDs
• Co. for whom Elwood Edwards voiced "You've got mail"
• Company with a yellow stick-figure mascot known as the "Running Man"
• Company that used to mail out free trial CDs
• Early tech giant
• Early internet provider
• Longtime email provider
• Internet co. once known for mailing CDs
• Letters in "You've Got Mail"
• Alternative to Yahoo Mail
• Company that once offered "50 Free Hours" CDs
• Internet dial-up pioneer