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To: IKM who wrote (5289)	10/27/1997 5:05:00 PM
From: Harry Larson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13594

What great timing. Note: DJ sez it can't make $ on AOL from ads AOL drops Dow Jones By Janet Kornblum October 27, 1997, 1:35 p.m. PT "Their business model has changed," Andrews said. To adapt, Dow Jones would have to generate most, if not all, of its revenue from advertising and transactions. In the old days, AOL paid Dow Jones for its content. "The [new] economic model just didn't work for us. Our principal focus is delivering quality news from the Dow Jones Business Center. We didn't see we would make a fair return from principally advertising and transaction revenues." Full text at: news.com