>No mention yet of the N2K music deal? Read about it...
biz.yahoo.com
Bob just keeps setting these up....
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Gee, this deal and another million like it may actually justify
AOL's share price. What I am wondering is what AOL does after
plucking all the low-hanging fruit. "Exclusive" seller of
marijuana in the AOL marketplace? Really though, it is
nice of Bob Pitchman to allow certain merchants to monopolize space in
the Marketplace. A real service to AOL members.
And as long as I am posting....I wish to respond to those bulls
who think that AOL has beaten MSN. In case you did not notice,
Bill Gates decided not to push MSN. Any time he wanted to ole
Bill could have provided free access to MSN for 10 years to
gather eyeballs. So, why didn't Bill do it? Well, the problem
is that Microsoft's stock price, unlike AOL's, is supported
(almost) by profits, and Bill realized long ago that there was
no money to be made in being a web content aggregator to computer
uses. Bill realized that, if there was money to be made, it
was to be made by delivering the web to the masses---Can you
say WebTV? and to provide content? Can you say Slate? (after all,
it is a lot cheaper to deliver "print" electronically?)
If AOL can successfully develop content, it may actually be
able to stay in business, but that would require talent
(e.g. Michael Kinsley), not hype (e.g. Bob Pitchman). |
