Posted on 07/11/2006 9:42:58 PM PDT by marc costanzo
AOL might have a new message for the Internet: You've got Dan.
The Time Warner-owned Internet company is in negotiations with representatives for veteran CBS anchor Dan Rather to play a role in original programming for its online video offerings, sources said.
If a deal is struck, AOL will be just one of several projects Rather has lined up for his post-CBS career. In addition to an announcement he is expected to make Tuesday at the Television Critics Assn. press tour regarding a programming venture with cable network HDNet, he also will make at least two appearances on NBC Universal's syndicated "The Chris Matthews Show."
Rather's camp declined comment. It isn't clear what Rather would do at AOL, though discussions between Rather and AOL have taken place in recent weeks. AOL confirmed late Monday that it had discussions with Rather but wouldn't discuss details.
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I've heard that AOL has been losing members over the past few years - - this action will make that trend accelerate - - - even so, AOL has a lot of subscibers to their news service .
That is way to much power for one network to have !
What is more, Media Giant VIACOM is trying to buy up control of AOL . They own most of the UberLiberal Networks in Puke York City . .
Until recently, they owned CBS as well . . .
So this was AOL's "Big August Announcement"?
MSM is trying everything it can to try to save Dan Blather's self-destroyed legacy.
The man who will forever be known as the master of the "fake, but acurate" story.
He's one hot commodity. /s
Hollywood keeps saving the careers of Martin Sheen and Alec Baldwin, so I guess AOL will try to save Dan Blather from obscurity .
As if we needed another reason not to use the worst ISP on the face of the earth. Is this position the result of some bet between AOL execs to find out exactly HOW stupid their customers are??
>>So this was AOL's "Big August Announcement"?
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That I do not know, I am no longer on AOL .
I decided to leave that ISP last June .
Ah, OK. I heard on CNBC the other day that AOL had some "big announcement" coming in August, right on the heels of mulling over "free e-mail" to high speed internet subscribers.
>>As if we needed another reason not to use the worst ISP on the face of the earth. Is this position the result of some bet between AOL execs to find out exactly HOW stupid their customers are??<<
Well, AOL Execs who are from Marin County, I believe(that is John Walker Lind Taliban country) have not done their customers any great service by farming the technical support crew from India, or should I say, to India .
>>on the heels of mulling over "free e-mail" to high speed internet subscribers.<<
That part I did hear about !
Basically, they are admitting they have serious problems with keeping their customers .
Well, it's well known that AOL sucks, but even so, they seem determined to push the envelope of suckiness.
So THAT'S why Time Warner's stock has been tanking this week!
My thoughts exactly.
>>Well, it's well known that AOL sucks, but even so, they seem determined to push the envelope of suckiness.<<
As I noted at my first posting, they have an awful lot of subscribers and resources, so they can be arrogant with American customers, much like the Nuke York Media is contemptous of the rest of Our Country . .
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AOL has been around since before 1978 I believe .
They were one of the first commerical computer networks to use the 'packet switching method' that was originally designed for the ARPANET went it went online in 1969 .
A fired/retired tv guy has a camp?
All I can say is try to get a comment from my camp.
>>"Rather's camp declined comment."
A fired/retired tv guy has a camp?
All I can say is try to get a comment from my camp.
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The New York Media is the Liberal-Left Camp
That includes ALL TV broadcast networks, most Cable TV networks, all of the national Newspapers, and most of the national magazines and periodicals !
Time Warner Expects Offering AOL Free Will Be Costly
By MATTHEW KARNITSCHNIG
July 11, 2006; Page B1
Time Warner Inc. expects its AOL unit to sacrifice nearly $1 billion of operating profit through 2009 under a proposed plan to offer the online service free of charge to some customers, according to internal company forecasts. The company, however, is also forecasting that growth in Internet ad revenue will partially offset the expected decline in subscription revenue and ultimately leave the company more profitable.
The new proposal would cut roughly in half profit from AOL's sale of Internet subscriptions in the U.S. in the next three years, the forecasts show, from $1.6 billion this year to about $800 million in 2009. According to the forecasts, AOL, which has 18.6 million U.S. subscribers now, would end up with just over six million by the end of 2009.
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