Mega-ISP Update: Layoffs At AOL, Voices At MSN

rfc1394 writes: "There are two articles, the first article, in today's Washington Post, mentioned that AOL, having successfully digested Time Warner, is producing results of that digestion by additionally extruding almost 1,000 people in layoffs due to an anemic advertising market and a need to meet projected revenue goals of about $40 billion. A separate Post article mentions how Microsoft's online service MSN is having a woman named Shelley Reynolds create a series of spoken identifiers for its online service similar to AOL's famous 'You've got mail!' and identifies El Edwards as the man who is the voice behind the phrase. The second article also tells about the effect of sound on people with respect to technology, and the payments involved (Edwards reportedly got about $100; Reynolds will receive something under six figures.)"

Comments

Re:voices

[dillon_rinker]

A man without a God is like a fish without a bicycle.

Yup...unable to comprehend its purpose. Insufficiently evolved to take advantage of it. Inherently inferior to beings capable of using it. Eventually trapped and devoured by the bicycle-riders.

A fish WITH a bicycle, on the other hand, would be a thing to behold.

Ralph Wiggum

[sys$manager]

"And the happiest day of my life was when the doctor said I didn't have worms anymore."

I want the voice of SAL from 2010.

[Shivetya]

Her I could listen to.

Especially if she could read me my email.

Guess I have to wait a few years.