News reports criticized AOL, saying that releasing such data could help advertisers identify people who had searched for information on highly sensitive topics such as medical conditions and criminal behavior.

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The merger was its own ordeal, with reports of stormy turf battles between Huffington and AOL CEO Tim Armstrong.

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But Forbes reports that Ms. Huffington has been given real White Space at AOL. She has permission to do what she needs to do to succeed, unbridled by past AOL business practices.

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Separately, media reports say U.S. regulators are probing deeper into whether AOL Time Warner's (nyse: AOL - news - people ) America Online unit inflated as revenues by more than the company reported.

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