Internet History Podcast

12. (Ch 3.2) The Rise of AOL

America Online survives the inevitable run-in with Microsoft, only to come out the other side stronger. The company has to endure major PR fiascos and network capacity issues, but eventually sees itself firmly established as one of the major players of the dot com era.Bibliography: <a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.09/aol.html?pg=6&amp;topic=" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.09/aol.html?pg=6&amp;topic=</a> <a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffaol.html?pg=3&amp;topic=&amp;topic_set=" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffaol.html?pg=3&amp;topic=&amp;topic_set=</a> <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1996-04-14/the-online-world-of-steve-case" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1996-04-14/the-online-world-of-steve-case</a> <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1996-08-25/has-the-net-finally-reached-the-wall" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1996-08-25/has-the-net-finally-reached-the-wall</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812931912/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0812931912&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thejocom00-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Swisher, Kara; AOL.com</a>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.