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To: Voltaire who wrote (2106)	1/9/1999 10:20:00 AM
From: Brian K Crawford	Read Replies (1) of 41369

Interesting article - AOL and CBS "Expanding Universe Theory - 1998 Deals Give AOL Overwhelming Reach " abcnews.go.com Excerpts: << The deal that America Online announced this week with CBS News underscores just how huge the online service's reach and influence have grown. Not only did CBS agree to give its news content to AOL without so much as a dollar changing hands; CBS will also provide AOL with free advertising time and on-air plugs. >> << AOL's Instant Messenger, with over 30 million screen names registered, is a potential competitor with ICQ — both provide the ability to chat with other Internet users without a browser — but Leonsis says the overlap between the two user bases is very low. Both are successful. There are no plans to integrate Instant Messenger and ICQ into one product. “We have spent zero on marketing (for ICQ), and we've had 75,000 new registered users every day,” Leonsis says. “Why would we want to mess with that?” >> When you're hot, you're hot! Brian

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