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...merely caffeinates our clicking remains to be seen. Even the reigning king of online content, America Online, isn't sure. "The challenge is to find new content that is both really exciting and needs to be interactive--you can't just do a bad version of TV," says Bob Pittman, president of America Online. He has a team at AOL working on concepts. In the meantime, we'll take the speed...
...billed as the easiest way to get up and running on the Internet, it will come with an improved America Online program for Macs that AOL will release in time for the iMac's debut. "Having a revitalized, aggressive Apple in the marketplace is terrific for us," says Robert Pittman, president and CEO of AOL Networks. "More interest generated by computers helps us, more focus on consumers helps us, and easier-to-use, consumer-friendly computers help us. The new iMac is all that wrapped into...
...friend, another girl named Whitney. The bullet passed through Brittheny's back, killing her, and wounded Whitney Irving in the abdomen. English teacher Shannon Wright, 32, stepped forward to shield one of her sixth-graders, saving the girl and losing her own life. "This guy was aiming at Emma [Pittman]," said Amber Vanoven, 11. "He was fixing to shoot her and Mrs. Wright moved in front of her. She got shot. She did. I watched...
...Pittman, who helped build MTV from a low-budget cable channel into an empire of hair and attitude, believes in that consumerist approach. He's fond, for instance, of telling the story of the time when, as CEO of Six Flags, he spent time working as a street sweeper in pursuit of a broom's-eye-view of its New Jersey theme park. Pittman has an intense charm that makes him a natural for AOL's dichotomous culture, where V.P.s brag alternately about late nights and mountain-biking exploits. "I've spent my whole life building brands," he says...
...ambivalence and, to some extent, fear." Soon AOL will unveil new alliances with Microsoft that include everything from licensing the online magazine Slate--on AOL starting this fall--to becoming part of Microsoft's "Active Desktop," which will let AOL deliver information to Windows computers using new Microsoft technology. Pittman, for one, feels AOL holds a better hand: "Microsoft's destiny...