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Reports on AOL Time Warner and the call on Bob Pittman to help save AOL from collapse by chief executive officer Richard Parsons. Challenges that AOL has after the merger between America On Line (AOL) and Time Warner; Roles of Steve Case and Barry Schuler; Decline in stock price and morale; Strategy for improvements at AOL, including the need for attracting more advertising; Outlook.

Focuses on the merger of America Online and Time Warner as of January 2001. Opinion that there will be many obstacles in the first few years of the merger; How mergers of large corporations are often hard to maneuver; Suggestion that in the long run the deal will be profitable.

The article provides information about neoliberalism in the U.S. economy. Topics include financialization of key breakthroughs for commerce and news by federal government that opens the use of internet to technological innovations; creating entrepreneurship by online means of exchange, wealth and communities; and America Online (AOL) growing by dominating computer information services.

Presents a speech by chairman and chief executive officer of America Online, given before the Jupiter Communications Annual Conference, dealing with the issue of setting priorities.

Gives information on various commercial online services. America Online; CompuServe; Microsoft Network; Prodigy; Membership figures; Pricing; Comments pro and con. INSETS: Tracking the news in cyberspace, by Thom Geier;Online, download, update, Mary Kathleen Flynn;Going to the movies online, by Leonared Wiener.

Reviews investment resources found on online services and the World Wide Web for do-it-yourself investors. Financial bulletin boards and investment forums; Choice of features of videotex systems America Online, CompuServe and Prodigy; Verdicts on each system. INSET: An address book for online investors.

Discusses how the Internet is forcing the players in the commercial online industry to rethink they way they do business. Details of Microsoft Network, to be launched in August 1995; How Microsoft and AT&T failed to anticipate where the real competition in online service industry would arise; The Internet's rise in popularity among consumers; Business of Internet access; Overview of Prodigy, America Online, Compuserve and other online services.

Focuses on the benefits of on-line service use for users. Variety of information available; Available on-line services; CompuServ Inc.; Prodigy Services Co.; America Online Inc.; Features; Disadvantages of use; Service costs; Use of Internet. INSET: Plugging in to play the market, by Dean Frost..

The article focuses on America Online Inc. (AOL), provider of online services in the U.S., which has been on uncertain ground since the summer of 2002. Last summer, as the heat scorched its Dulles, Virginia, campus, high-speed broadband rivals were raiding its base of 26 million U.S. customers. Reports of accounting irregularities were surfacing. Robert Pittman, the AOL chief who had been viewed as the next chief executive of parent AOL Time Warner Inc., also resigned. But instead of collapsing, AOL shows signs of a turnaround. The online service had become paralyzed by handwringing and complacency prompting some insiders to call the fifth-floor executive suites "the wax museum." In the rapid-fire Internet business, AOL put out new software only once a year. But since a new outsider took charge last August--former USA Information & Services chief Jonathan Miller--AOL is up to speed. Even the bleak advertising picture is looking up.

Reports on the popularity of instant-messaging (IM) software among computer users. Reasons for increased use, including desire for more instant conversations than allowed by electronic mail; America Online's (AOL) refinements of IM; Social concerns regarding use of IM, including the possibility of stalkers.

Reports on the competition for Web-based television, between America Online (AOL) and its competitors. The idea to bring the internet to the television screen; AOL's plans for their new interactive television service called AOLTV; What will be included in the service; Some of AOLTV's potential rivals. INSETS: You've Got Interactive TV;Eyeballing AOLTV's Rivals.

Discusses directions toward change at Microsoft Corporation. Efforts to make Microsoft Windows more user friendly, including observing peoples' reactions to and use of the system; Various operating systems which have the ability to compete with Microsoft Windows; Competition between Microsoft and America Online (AOL) serving as Internet service providers; Reasons for movement toward adaptation. INSET: Go on and tell Bill Gates what you think.

The article reports the opening of a AOL studio in Greenwich Village, New York for its live celebrity chat show Build. Also mentioned is the architectural design of the studio mentioning its feature that passers by can go inside the studio to have a look. The number of people on the sets of the Build shoot is mentioned that includes booking, social media, and production staff.

Presents the result of the author's experiment with the three largest American online information service providers, America Online, CompuServe, and Prodigy, to find out their utility for doing business. Problems in installing software in computer; Preponderance of electronic junk mail in inbox; Use of American Airline's Sabre reservation system that offers information about flights and fares by each of these services; Lack of a truly affordable, productivity-enhancing business tool; Conclusion that online services do not match their tall claims.

The article offers information on the mergers and acquisition (M&A) in the information technology (IT) industry. It mentions the acquisition of AOL by Verizon that is considered by many as a transient advantage on the part of the latter. It cites the other M&A transaction in the industry including that of Altera Corp. by Intel Corp. and SanDisk by Western Digital.

The article discusses the initiation undertaken by AOL Inc. to redeem its lost corporate image. It informs about AOL Inc. approach to blend information with fame in order to gain audiences. It also focuses on the effect of brand advertisement during video programs. It further discussed the way AOL Inc. used the concept of online video to climb back to the top.

The article discusses the impact of digital technology on the press, focusing on the newspaper "San Jose Mercury News," run by editor Dave Butler, the first article in a series of articles dedicated to exploring the news business in relation to the digital revolution. The author comments on the newspaper's relationship with technology companies in Silicon Valley, California according to managing editor Randall Keith, the experience of editor Robert Ingle at media company Knight Ridder, and the launch of the Mercury Center to transition the newspaper onto an electronic platform in collaboration with America Online (AOL), an internet service company.

An interview with Time Warner Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey L. Bewkes is presented. He comments on multiple options being explored for the future of America Online (AOL), the decision to make more television shows and movies available online, and the advantages of focusing on content over structure.

Provides advice on which stock to buy from technology companies as of November, 2000. Discussion of the success of technology stocks and expectations of increased growth; Perceived risk of owning the stocks which have relatively high prices; Profile of companies, such as Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, and America Online.

Deals with the opportunities created by electronic commerce (e-commerce). Forecast on e-commerce revenues by 2003; Information on Internet service provider America Online; Indicators of the growing influence of e-commerce.

Deals with the efforts of Internet portal sites America Online (AL), Microsoft Network (MSN) and Yahoo to dominate the business-to-business (B-to-B) market of electronic (e)-commerce. Revenue of Cisco with its e-commerce site; Categories of B-to-B sites; Features of BCentral, B-to-B portal from Yahoo and AOL Netscape; Number of Yahoo's unique users; Strategy of MSN. INSET: The Vertical Challenge.

Deals with several trends, ideas, technologies and projects that is shaping the future of the online information services industry. Opinion on the proposed merger between America Online and Time Warner; Implications of micropayments for Web search engines; Number of Web pages indexed by Fast Search; Views on the Open Directory Project.

Discusses the impact of the online access to the Internet through high-speed cable networks. Possibility of a broadband monopoly by cable operators; Rhetoric of the open-access movement; Battle between American Telephone & Telegraph Corp. and America Online.

The article discusses the company profile and business of the video group chat service PalTalk founded by entrepreneur Jason Katz. Topics covered include development and requirements of the PalTalk software, the special features of PalTalk software which made it different from the chat software of mass media corporation AOL and software company Microsoft, and commentaries from avid PalTalk users including trader Teresa Lo, furniture retailer Jennifer Convertibles, and U.S. Marine Dennis Hill.

This article presents a comparison of online information services America Online (AOL) and Microsoft Network (MSN) provided by AOL Time Warner Inc. and Microsoft Corp., respectively. MSN's new ad blitz, a small part of its $600 million marketing budget, targets AOL in particular. Microsoft Corp. also is rethinking its service entirely. While America Online seeks to build a clubby community and get users to roam inside the service without losing them to the broader World Wide Web, MSN is selling itself more as a gateway to the Web and a productivity tool rather than as a social activity. MSN and AOL both must successfully navigate the industrywide move away from highly profitable "dial-up," service over regular phone lines and into high-speed broadband service. Currently less than 10% of MSN's customer base is broadband. AOL, similarly, has 10%, though many of those users are using someone else for access and paying AOL, a reduced monthly fee.

Discusses the development of AOL by Phone which provides voice access to America Online's online service. How AOL executive Ted Leonsis was the originator of the idea; Development of the program over a period of several months; Focus of the company on collaboration and decisiveness to accomplish goals quickly; How the product is being received.

Offers a comparison between Internet service providers America Online (AOL) and Microsoft's MSN Explorer. Description of MSN's Explorer and AOL 6.0; Confusion that the user experienced when trying to navigate the MSN Explorer home page; Evaluation of both services.

Reports on the increasing use of America Online's (AOL) Instant Messenger (IM) by corporations and work places. How IM was utilized primarily by youths who wanted to communicate with friends; Companies who have instilled IM into their communication systems, including FAO Schwarz and the United States Navy; Details regarding technology companies that AOL has licensed its IM to, including Lotus, Apple Computer and the search-engine Lycos.

Offers advice on how to pick a prosperous Internet company to invest in. Opinion that gross profits will indicate future prosperity of the company; Discussion of the gross profits of Amazon and America Online; Inclusion of a table of ten profitable Internet companies.

Presents several letters to the editor, published in the September 1, 2000 issue of the journal "Communications of ACM." Problems associated with AOL-Time Warner system of AOL Time Warner Inc.; Discussion on Strategic Defense Initiative adopted by U.S. President Ronald Reagan; Needs for better word processors for the vision impaired.