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NEW YORK It’s official: You’ve got mail, and you don’t have to pay for it anymore.
Starting next month, the company will offer its popular AOL software and e-mail products to broadband subscribers for free as part of a long-term strategic shift aimed at remaking the Web pioneer’s image.
Industry observers had long expected the company to move in this direction.
While AOL will take a short-term financial hit from the decision to eliminate subscription fees from thousands of subscribers, it hopes those dollars will eventually be replaced by advertising.
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