as AOL dies…

Published on August 11, 2003 in leadership + management. 1 Comment

AOL Time Warner Moves to Eliminate AOL From Name

In a surprising twist, management of America Online has been lobbying AOL Chairman Richard Parsons to drop AOL from the corporate name, arguing that the online service’s brand name is being hurt by the identification of the corporate woes with the service.

[as spotted in the FastCompany blog]

See also: Internal Memo from Jon Miller at AOL to all AOL employees
and
an in depth AOL Time Warner Weighs Name Change from the WSJ.

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  • Tucker
    March 20, 2005 at 2:43 pm

    Is this your idea of an ISP?

    As Reported by The BBC News UK.
    1. AOL Had 2.2-Million People Leave in Year 2003
    2. AOL Time Warner reports $100bn loss
    3. AOL chiefs accused of insider trading
    4. AOL Time Warner drops ‘AOL’
    5. AOL worker 90-Million Screennames sold to spammers.
    6. Streetwalkers in cyberspace. MSNBC News.

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