Mommy, Will AOL Read Me A Bedtime Story?

from the times-change dept

theodp writes "Too busy to read your child a bedtime story? Not to worry. AOL wants to come to your rescue with KOL, a new online service for kids to be launched at the end of the month that will, among other things, allow your little one to choose a wholesome bedtime story to be read aloud by the computer." The service will be paid for by sponsors, too, so they'll get to hear their Little Red Riding Hood "brought to you by The Sopranos" or some other AOL Time Warner property.

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    Once upon a time ...

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    AMetamorphosis, Sep 10th, 2003 @ 1:39pm

    ... and then the BIG BAD Wolf ( TimeWarner/AoHELL/Vivendi/etc ... ) swallowed up the little girl because she hadn't pledged her soul to the media conglomerates.
    I think they should definitely call these Grimms Fairy Tales.
    Nighty night ... don't let the corporations bite !

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    Chris, Sep 10th, 2003 @ 6:16pm

    If your too busy to read a bedtime story to your child its time to take a look at your priorities in life.

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    Steve, Sep 10th, 2003 @ 7:07pm

    Once upon a time there were some dumb people who lost a lot of other folks retirement money buying a lame online service...

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