1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comMike Thompson Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/vansau/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="DOn1txKs0v"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/aols-free-cd-campaign-was-anything-but-cheap/">AOL’s Free CD Campaign Was Anything But Cheap</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/aols-free-cd-campaign-was-anything-but-cheap/embed/#?secret=DOn1txKs0v" width="600" height="338" title="“AOL’s Free CD Campaign Was Anything But Cheap” — The Escapist" data-secret="DOn1txKs0v" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> It turns out that AOL spent a lot of money to send you all those free CDs over the years. Remember how, all the way through the 1990s, America Online bombarded the general public with tons of free CDs promoting its service? My friends and I sure do, as we would often thank AOL for providing us with an enormous set of free coasters for our apartments. It turns out that AOL spent a lot of money on that marketing campaign, which (for a while) was incredibly effective at getting people to subscribe. A question on Quora.com asked how much […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/36/36021.jpg