AOL poised to gamble: forgoing subscriptions for ad payoff (USA Today)
24th July 2006
The company responsible for introducing millions of people to the Internet is poised to undergo a transformation that would likely accelerate its decline as a gatekeeper of access to the information superhighway. Time Warner’s board is expected to review on Thursday a proposal for its AOL online unit to free up even more services, likely including the vaunted AOL.com e-mail accounts, in hopes of