The industry is consolidating around big players, and we are benefiting from this trend. AOL's advertising commerce business is very healthy.
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The majority of AOL's profits are derived from its pure advertising and commerce revenue, so strong sequential growth in this line is critical to the long-term growth story.
We think the deal should be mostly positive for Time Warner, as it would offer AOL increased flexibility over the long term to grow its advertising revenue base, and monetize its branded content through broader exposure for AOL's vast stable of online properties, consistent with what we view as its well-articulated turnaround strategy.
We are excited to make an investment in AOL's future. It gives us more opportunities with more advertisers, and more kinds of advertising programs.
Combining the Warner-EMI roster and relationships with AOL's subscriber base and ease-of-use know-how, we will be able to lead the industry in the way this business develops,
ATT's basic business is transport, so to the extent that AOL would give them more traffic and to the extent that ATT could limit AOL's involvement with its competitors . . . it's certainly something they need to look at.
The gross profit dollars that AOL makes in narrow-band are as good as they will be in broadband, ... AOL's narrow-band business remains healthy, and there's a focus on both parts of the business and not on one versus the other.
AOL's efforts in raising awareness and understanding about good privacy and data protection on the Internet is paying off in terms of positive consumer perception. This is an especially significant accomplishment given the rash of privacy issues such as phishing and spam that impact the ISP industry.
It is unclear to us why it makes sense to sell a portion of AOL's equity at this point in time, especially if management believes it can make the advertising model work and perhaps dramatically increase the value of the business.
This agreement is key to fulfilling our commitment to realize the potential of AOL's very large online audience. As digital technologies continue to drive industries together, the great value and opportunity inherent in Time Warner's structure and array of premier businesses becomes increasingly clear.
It's about building AOL's audience to make money through advertising, e-commerce and search in a much bigger way than we're able to when we were focused only on the subscription service,
Every hour that the average user spends online, AOL pays for it directly, yet the average user only pays a flat rate of 21.95 a month. So if usage continues to go up, AOL's cost continues to increase and this is something they've started to control over the last several quarters.
Isn't it true that there's nothing in AOL's contract with Microsoft that limits its ability to give its customers Navigator.
It represents a big win for Apple and the Mac platform. But Apple doesn't represent a threat to AOL's business. Apple isn't a media company it's not in online services. It's not the same threat as when Microsoft wanted interoperability.
I'm sure one of the clauses in AOL's deal with broadband partners was a fairly hefty commitment as far as how many customers would make the switch. Two dollars removes any sort of price-related inertia that their dial-up customers might feel.
AOL's dial-up business is a classic cash cow -- hugely profitable today but inexorably declining. Take out AOL's Internet access business, and you still have a new-media powerhouse.