Famous Quotes & Sayings

AOL wants to be the CBS network of the Internet, ... They want to be a broadcaster. Two critical issues to them are offering compelling media content in an extremely convenient way.

AOL tries to be all things to all people. It's a known brand name, so AOL is in the best position to benefit from this method.

Jeff Davis

AOL Time Warner -- you've just had a major shakeout. AOL was just not worth the value they paid, and this whole Internet portal media strategy has altered, but it hasn't gone away, ... But something new is happening. You have a new chief executive officer and the stock has been toxic waste in portfolios. Everybody's dumped it and you're not at a valuation level. It's very interesting.

AOL Time Warner will be valued like a traditional media company with superior growth prospects,

AOL's best place is still inside of Time Warner. If Time Warner can make AOL work and keep it profitable, they've got a platform that can be powerful for promoting all their other media properties. I think Time Warner would rather not turn over full ownership of AOL. They're just looking for other opportunities.

AOL says people want a managed online experience, and the way to do that is through Java. And for Sun this would be a tremendous opportunity because it would the first time they'll be getting Java into the home.

AOL remains resolute in its pursuit of improving safety and security.

AOL proved they cannot be trusted to preserve the free and open Internet.

AOL opposes the concept of any kind of an e-mail tax. Certified e-mail is an additional, optional, voluntary way for large e-mail senders to deliver authenticated, legitimate, previously opted-in e-mail.

AOL members will be able to retrieve their e-mail by just continuing to use the AOL Mail button on aol.com and signing in with their regular screen name and password.

AOL looks to be slowing the bloodletting and this was a major factor in the aforementioned guidance upping,

Mark Thompson

AOL just zoomed by Prodigy, ... Prodigy has to differentiate itself to grab a piece of the market that it can own.

Richard Parsons

AOL is still the largest and most profitable online company in the world and we're confident it is going to regain its stride as we go on from here, ... Are we in Virginia? Somehow I feel like we're not in New York.

John McKinley

AOL is one of the only companies that have ever delivered rich, managed content to the retail consumer profitably.

Hugh Johnson

AOL is one of the big three in Internet shares,

AOL is kind of a swing vote on the Internet these days.

Wes Boyd

AOL is essentially scanning e-mail for anything that's opposing their policy.

AOL is a valued partner. We look forward to continuing to work with them.

AOL, in theory, has open-access to the instant messaging service today, but just under terms that they dictate. Perhaps the FCC will engender AOL to create terms that are more amenable to competitors, accessing the instant messaging system.

AOL in the Internet area is probably one of the few I feel confident buying here.

AOL has some great content that is broadly appealing to consumers. One thing that Microsoft lacks for MSN is a lot of good content.

AOL has cooperated and complied with the RIAA on these matters and will continue to do so,

AOL has been pursuing a multiple portal strategy. Netscape has been reluctant to realize that they're really a media company...here's competition at its finest, with AOL slashing up Netscape for its real key assets.

Jason Calacanis

AOL has a great collection of brands, and the question is, 'Can they innovate and scale their business?' And those are very challenging things to do. But I think they are well positioned to grow.

A number of developments are happening on the Internet that AOL couldn't ignore.

David Cohen

A relationship between MSN and AOL does make good sense for advertisers. It is a marriage of technology prowess and content.

The strength of the AOL cash flow and billed subscribers were better than investors were expecting and an increase in full-year guidance is clearly a good sign.

Steve Ballmer

The stuff AOL is doing now is unbelievably egregious. They're trying to get personal computer companies to delete features of Windows and not let people have the choice of using our software,

Richard Parsons

Ted's leadership role in the formation of global media in general and AOL Time Warner in particular is uniquely significant, ... His values of journalistic independence and public service are a permanent part of who we are and what we do.

It was very convenient for Time Warner management that people are really excited about AOL right now.

They all own GE, they all own Microsoft, and you're starting to see AOL show up. You're seeing a lot of common names.

This is not a spam reduction measure. It is a way for a legitimate merchant to avoid getting a false/positive in an AOL spam filter.

This deal is really exciting for the TV viewers, ... They'll be able to get whatever they want right off the TV. AOL won't be an Internet company, or even a media company, but (a) branded broadcast company.