The year 2006 is not one AOL will forget, if it survives. It's only August and already the company has been yanked in front of legislatures, slammed by activist groups, embarrassed by its own customer service, and, most recently, tainted by "the data Valdez."
PC World reviews were the biggest problems! The new executive on the block, Weblogs Inc. CEO Jason Calacanis, revealed yesterday that the year's catastrophic events have begun to take their toll internally. All companies take their lumps occasionally, but Calacanis says the weight of these events has not only overshadowed AOL's new product releases, but has taken the wind right out of his team. Hard times at AOL right now. That's the title, complete with a period's finality, of Calacanis' most recent "Yes, I'm sorry I did it," Calacanis announced he was taking a week off from blogging as "a cool down period." For those that have been paying attention to the corporate blogging phenomenon, this is about to get good. Whether AOL weathers this storm or not, the outcome will become a chapter in undergraduate public relations, communications, and business management textbooks. Calacanis takes on the tone of one in the trenches: "To my team (and everyone at AOL), keep fighting the good fight. Put your anger into your game and stay focused. The darkest hour is the one before the dawn. We're gonna get through this." Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Yahoo! My Web | Furl Bookmark Murdok:AOL Execs: These Are Our Darkest Days
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