New York -- AOL is in serious negotiations with four bidders to sell its ICQ instant messaging service, AllThingsD reported on Monday. Citing sources close to the situation, the blog said that the company is discussing a price around $200 million for the service, which is most popular with Internet users in Germany and Russia. The Wall Street Journal reported in December that AOL was in talks with Russia's Digital Sky Technologies about a potential sale. AOL originally paid $287 million, plus another $120 million in earn-outs, to purchase the service from Israel's Mirabilis in 1998.
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