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Time Warner Properties May Only Be Available Through AOL

Posted by chrisd on from the since-it's-already-bought-and-paid-for dept.

ryman writes "According to MSNBC, Time Warner is considering making its online content available without charge only to AOL subscribers. Sounds like a desperate move to redeem AOL, but this will have to take on a big toll on its online readership."

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  1. Hmmm, I got one business that's doing well... by jlowery · · Score: 5, Funny

    and another one that's doing poorly.

    I know! I'll bind them together at the hip like siamese twins! That will make them both look and function so much better! Ya, that's the ticket!

    Stupid marketing dweebs.

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  2. De ja doom! by zuggy · · Score: 2, Funny

    This smacks of other brillaint ideas like MSN's exclusive access to Viacom's Star Trek web site a few years back. I guess the target demographic for their magazines are people unable to use the internet. Maybe it should be aOL tIME wARNER?

  3. That's fine by fobbman · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sure that their competitors will be happy to have me read their content.

    What? Time Warner bought all their competition? Hmmmm...

  4. Reason #452 by ianjk · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not to use AOL.

  5. WHAT?!? by kevcol · · Score: 2, Funny

    No more free 'People' or 'Entertainment Weekly' online? Heavens- my life will be incomplete!!

  6. bah.. by grub · · Score: 4, Funny



    You've got bankruptcy!


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  7. "Time Warner" and... by talks_to_birds · · Score: 3, Funny
    ..."Content" in the same sentence?

    Isn't that an oxymoron?

    t_t_b

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  8. Makes sense;-) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    AOL has the expertise to pull it off seemlessly. Here's a example AOL preference box. It just needs a little extention to make it applicable for multimedia:
    http://www.godslayer.org/pics/computers_2.html

  9. Probably mentioned already... by scot4875 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Someone's probably already noted this, but I don't think this sounds like such a bad idea. Maybe it'll be the move that kills off (as we know it) AOL-Time Warner in one fell swoop?

    --Jeremy

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  10. toolbar.aol.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    If the performance of toolbar.aol.com is any indication of what we can expect from "members only" aol sites, they should pay me for wasting my time :-)

    Every aol/tw site hangs trying to get that worthless toolbar to download.

    Barnaby