• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Adpulp

The Chronicle of Bright Ideas

  • About
  • Cause Marketing
  • Content
  • Social Media
  • Political Advertising
  • Media Trends
  • Creativity
  • Contact

Dial Up Is A Dead End

October 20, 2005 By David Burn

USA Today: America Online is laying off more than 700 employees, mainly in call centers, as its base of dial-up subscribers continues to slump.
AOL is closing its Orlando call center and laying off the 450 employees that work there, spokesman Nicholas Graham said Wednesday. It is also cutting positions in centers in Jacksonville, Fla., Tucson, and at its headquarters in Dulles, in northern Virginia.
Graham attributed the cuts to a decline in members and an increased base of “computer-savvy” users that do a lot of their own troubleshooting.
A number of companies have expressed interest in AOL’s growing, advertising-supported online content business, including Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Comcast Corp., and Yahoo Inc. But the companies are not interested in AOL’s Internet service business, which is large and highly profitable but also in decline as consumers shift to faster broadband access services.

Related

Comments

comments

Filed Under: Brands

About David Burn

Co-founder, editor, and publisher of Adpulp.com. David wrote his first ad for a local political candidate when he was 17 years old. She won her race and the advertising hook was set. Today, David is founder and creative director of Bonehook—A guide service and bait shop for brands in Austin, Texas.

Primary Sidebar

About

The Chronicle of Bright Ideas.

Edited by David Burn in Austin, Texas.

“The world’s best ad blog.” -Vinny Warren, founder of The Escape Pod and creator of Bud Light’s “Whazup?” campaign

Learn more.

Breaking News

  • The Ramen Looks Amazing in New Culinary Arts Campaign from P.F. Chang’s December 9, 2019
  • When Your Truth Isn’t My Truth, Fact-Based Narratives To Support Brands Suffer December 9, 2019
  • The Glorification of Personalization in Marcom Is Persistent But Misguided December 5, 2019
  • Stanford Professors Find that Native Advertising Builds Credibility, Doesn’t Deceive December 4, 2019

Support Our Sponsors

Reach the Adverati

Put your pitch in front of some of the world’s top marketing, advertising, and PR pros. Learn more about our Premium Sponsorship packages.

Connect

  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Medium
  • Facebook
  • Email

Don't Miss A Post

Receive an email notification when we publish a new article.

Footer

@Adpulp

My Tweets

What People Are Reading

  • Aftermarket Mods Take The 2019 RAM 1500 To Incredible New Places
    Aftermarket Mods Take The 2019 RAM 1500 To Incredible New Places
  • Inside the Chief Marketer's Mind: Ann Mukherjee
    Inside the Chief Marketer's Mind: Ann Mukherjee
  • When Your Truth Isn't My Truth, Fact-Based Narratives To Support Brands Suffer
    When Your Truth Isn't My Truth, Fact-Based Narratives To Support Brands Suffer
  • The Ramen Looks Amazing in New Culinary Arts Campaign from P.F. Chang's
    The Ramen Looks Amazing in New Culinary Arts Campaign from P.F. Chang's
  • Åsk Wäppling's Adland Torpedoed By "Nuisance DMCA"
    Åsk Wäppling's Adland Torpedoed By "Nuisance DMCA"

Search the Site

Hours & Info

Off Madison
[email protected]
Always on.

Copyright © 2019 AdPulp.com. All Rights Reserved.

Read Adpulp's Privacy policy.