Steve Case: AOL/Time Warner Merger May Have Worked Had I Played A More Active Role

This morning at TechCrunch Disrupt, AOL cofounder Steve Case sat down for an interview with our own Michael Arrington to discuss an array of topics, including his current venture Revolution , his motivation to stay involved in entrepreneurship, and even a story about AOL's offer to buy Yahoo for $2 million back in 1995 (they turned it down, but Case said Jerry Yang and David Filo probably would have agreed to $3 million). One of the more interesting topics to come up during the conversation was whether or not Case though the Time Warner merger was a good idea. Case hasn't been directly involved with AOL for years — he left his role as CEO when AOL merged with Time Warner in 2000, and left the board of directors in 2005 — but he didn't shy away from speaking about the company. Case said it was obviously clear in hindsight that the deal has been a disappointment.