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...million potential new customers not just for its music offerings but ultimately for books and movies and videos as well--the stuff that Internet types call content. "This could be really amazing," gushes Middelhoff, who is rarely able to contain his enthusiasm over a good opportunity. "This is like AOL in the beginning, a new community that we can build around the world. AOL is the example...
...envelop its local borough of Gutersloh (population 78,414). In 1995, shortly after he was named head of corporate strategy, Middelhoff persuaded the tightfisted Bertelsmann board to gamble $50 million on a 5% stake in a nascent Internet company called America Online. It was a masterstroke. The $50 million AOL investment turned into $1.8 billion and propelled him into the president's suite...
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DOUBLE TAKE Have America Online and Microsoft swapped playbooks? With the new AOL 6.0, you can get your address book no matter where you log on, and you can sort e-mail messages by date or sender--functions Microsoft's Hotmail has as well. AOL 6.0 also lets you get e-mail by phone and adds new character icons for your buddy list. Microsoft, meanwhile, has launched its new MSN Explorer Web browser with the warm-and-fuzzy icons and labels AOL made famous. Explorer is free and works with any Web connection, but Microsoft wouldn't mind...