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Those Annoying Promotional CDs Cost AOL A Ton Of Money

12:00PM December 28, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Remember those annoying promotional CDs that AOL distributed in the 1990s? It felt like they were everywhere and apparently they weren’t cheap either. In fact, things like those discs may have cost AOL “about $US35 per user.” More »


AOL Tries To Extort Bogus Fees From Wall Street Journal Writer

11:15AM July 5, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

AOL tried to squeeze a little over $US100 in fees from a customer for upgrades he hadn’t asked for, hadn’t approved, hadn’t used and of which he hadn’t even been notified. Unluckily for AOL, that customer is a professional writer. More »