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12. (Ch 3.2) The Rise of AOL

Internet History Podcast

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The Rise and Fall of AOL

AOL rejected Microsoft's overtures in June of 1993. This came before Jan Brant and her carpet bombing CD campaign led to AOL's first major growth spurt. In some ways, the brush with Microsoft was just what AOL needed to grow up and get serious.

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