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To: 4figureau who wrote (687)7/18/2002 9:50:35 AM
From: 4figureau  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 5423
 
AOL

Two weeks after he was warned that AOL could lose $140 million in ad revenue, Robert W. Pittman, then AOL's president, denied any slowdown in advertising.


Unconventional deals boosted sales for AOL


Company faced slowdown before,
after merger with Time Warner


By Alec Klein
THE WASHINGTON POST



WASHINGTON, July 18 — In October 2000, a critical question confronted America Online Inc. as it sought to clinch the largest merger in U.S. history: Was it feeling the effects of an industry-wide slowdown in advertising?

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