Sunday, August 13, 2006

AOL Is Free...So Is XM Online

As of a few weeks ago, AOL became a FREE service; Now that AOL is free, so is XM online (only 20 stations).

To Listen: check out this LINK: http://music.aol.com/ then go to "launch AOL Radio", or go directly to Radio Guide: HERE

FREE EXPRESSION, Internet Sets AOL Free
July 15, 2006, LA Times

AOL, BY FAR THE LARGEST Internet service provider, wants to bet the house on free expression. That's free as in "free beer," not "free speech." Under a plan developed by Chief Executive Jonathan F. Miller, the company would stop trying to persuade people to pay for AOL's content and most services. Instead, anyone who can get onto the Internet would have free access to the articles, images, interactive tools and other goodies that once were provided exclusively to AOL subscribers. The goal is to attract more people to AOL's online properties and compete more effectively with the likes of Yahoo, Google and Microsoft's MSN in the race for advertising dollars....read more: here