“When the time does come, Internet outfits struggling to boost their own subscription services are logical [AOL] buyers. ‘[Microsoft’s Internet service provider] MSN would be salvaged overnight,’ says [MediaTech Capital Managing Director Porter] Bibb. ‘And with AOL subscribers, Yahoo! would have a complete business model. They need another leg on the chair besides advertising, and they’ve been adding all these little subscription services, but this is the one they want.'”
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