AOL Built On Porn
from the isn't-everything? dept
It's been said many times before, but AOL's most amazing marketing trick wasn't sending out millions of useless CD-ROMs, but rather convincing the world that they were a "family oriented" ISP and content provider, when really their entire business is built on porn. If I remember correctly, Michael Wolff made this same claim over two years ago in Burn Rate. AOL's success was mostly built around their chat rooms, and those chat rooms are filled with sex. In fact, some people have said that AOL has looked into moving more into the "adult" entertainment business.
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