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Juno and America Online Form Alliance to Offer a Co-Branded Version of AOL Instant Messenger to Millions of Juno Subscribers
August 09, 1999 |
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New York, NY and Dulles, VA (August 9, 1999)-Juno Online Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JWEB) and America Online (NYSE: AOL) today announced that they will collaborate on a co-branded version of AOL Instant MessengerSM (AIM) instant messaging product to be provided to Juno's subscribers. Users of Juno's popular Internet services who have full Web access will be able to exchange real-time instant messages not only with fellow Juno users but also with the AIM community which includes 17 million AOL members and 28 million registered AIM users. Under the multi-year agreement, the companies plan to distribute a co-branded version of AOL's Instant Messenger with Juno's current Internet services. Juno will promote the new service on JunoLandSM, the company's recently launched online community site, as well as through its main portal site on the Web, www.juno.com. Charles Ardai, Juno's president and chief executive officer, commented: "AOL has done an outstanding job of establishing instant messaging as a valuable and enjoyable piece of the Internet experience, and we're excited to be working with them to make this feature available to our members. Two of the largest audiences on the Internet will now be able to easily communicate with each other as they've never been able to before." "We're pleased to work with Juno to offer its users AIM's seamless, easy, and secure instant messaging experience," said Bob Pittman, president and chief operating officer of America Online. "Now Juno users will be able to use AIM, one of the most popular features on the Internet, to instantly communicate with friends, family and business colleagues anywhere in the world." In the past six months, the AIM service has more than doubled registrations to 28 million members as users continue to make it a key part of their interactive experience. The AIM service is the free Internet version of the instant messaging service on America Online. Today, there are more than 43 million registered users of America Online instant messaging and the AIM service who collectively send more than 430 million messages a day.
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