NEW YORK: As news broke that up to 2,500 employees would be let go at AOL while it separates from Time Warner, the PR team worked to help explain the news to both employees and media.

The media company is asking employees to voluntarily leave their positions, beginning December 4, as part of its restructuring, said ricia Primrose Wallace, EVP of corporate communications for AOL. Time Warner and AOL merged in 2001 but have agreed to separate on December 9. If ...