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by James Robertson.
Original Post: Is that Aol's aorta I'm seeing?
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Wow - from 90's media darling to utter collapse - AOL is losing customers at a rate of 300 per hour!
As of September 30, the AOL service totaled 20.1 million U.S. members, a decline of 678,000 from the prior quarter and 2.6 million from the year-ago quarter. In Europe, the AOL service had 6.1 million members, a decrease of 98,000 from the previous quarter and a decline of 170,000 from last year's quarter.
I have a slight quibble with the author of the linked piece though. It's not so much that they are doing anything wrong, it's that they are selling buggy whips as the automobile era is hitting its stride.
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