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AOL Customers Can Expect More Access, More Ads.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, January, 2000 by Perone, Joseph R.

Jan. 11--America Online greets e-mail customers with the phrase "You've got mail." Time Warner's Looney Toons end with "That's all, folks."

Both sayings have become ingrained in our popular culture, and soon the two media giants will become a bigger part of our future.

Following are some answers about their historic merger:

QUESTION: Why does AOL need Time Warner?

ANSWER: AOL needs to move beyond dial-up Internet service if it wants to hold onto its 20 million customers. Time Warner has advanced cable systems that pass one-fifth of the homes in the United States and will allow AOL to offer souped-up online content. Time Warner's reach into publishing, movies and music gives AOL a stable of entertainment properties -- with powerful...

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