AOL For £9.99/month: 'Pathetic' Says Analyst
News Andreas Schmidt, president and CEO of AOL says the strategy "is the only sustainable model to achieve long-term growth in the UK and throughout Europe". Are you confused by Andreas Schmidt's comments and the toll-free plan?
[May 11, 1999, 13:12]
E-commerce Chief Leaves Bertelsmann
News Andreas Schmidt, the head Bertelsmann's e-commerce division, resigned Wednesday to pursue "new entrepreneurial opportunities," the company said. Andreas Schmidt has expanded the position of Bertelsmann in the international e-commerce business with...
[November 28, 2001, 14:38]
Napster Deal Comes With A Price Tag
News Somebody had to step up to the plate and take a leadership role," said Andreas Schmidt, president and chief executive of Bertelsmann's e-commerce group, which will partner with Napster. Andreas Schmidt of Bertelsmann and Napster's Hank Barry chose...
[November 1, 2000, 7:45]
Industry Says Unmetered Access Too Expensive
News While it is gratifying to see that BT has at last accepted the logic of what we at AOL have been saying for many months now, we're disappointed by the high cost proposed," said Andreas Schmidt, AOL's European CEO.
[December 7, 1999, 13:40]
Bertelsmann: Making Music With Napster
News Andreas Schmidt, the chief executive of Bertelsmann E-Commerce group, emerged as the central figure behind constructing the Napster deal. Fresh from a two-and-a-half year stint as head of AOL Europe, Schmidt appeared out of thin air as the man...
[February 7, 2001, 13:57]
AOL Offers Cheap PCs, Attacks Dixons
News Our agreement with Intel will make putting a computer in your home as commonplace and as straightforward as buying a new telephone or TV," said president of AOL Europe Andreas Schmidt. Schmidt lost no time attacking Dixons' PC prices.
[November 26, 1999, 17:03]
News Burst: Unmetered Access Group Meets E-Minister
News On Tuesday AOL Europe's CEO Andreas Schmidt claimed the high cost of getting online was risking the future of e-commerce and last week the Times newspaper launched its own campaign for unmetered Internet access.
[October 20, 1999, 11:29]
Industry Helps Schools Get Online
News AOL Europe president Andreas Schmidt believes the move will be a big step towards wiring the youth of Germany. German students are set to benefit from the Internet revolution, thanks to an injection of cash from ISP AOL.
[February 23, 2000, 11:38]
Webnoize Quietly Suspends Its Operations
News Bertelsmann last week announced the resignation of Andreas Schmidt, its maverick head of e-commerce and an architect of the media giant's Napster investment. Webnoize, a Web publication and event planner that focused on the online entertainment...
[December 3, 2001, 15:47]
AOL Top Brass Tears Into 'rip-off' BT
News Andreas Schmidt of AOL Europe launched an unrelenting attack on BT and other European operators during his keynote at the Jupiter Consumer Online Forum in London Tuesday. Schmidt's comments will take place alongside a growing list of attacks on BT...
[October 19, 1999, 16:38]
Napster Offers Billion Dollar Sweetener
News Barry and Bertelsmann's head of e-commerce, Andreas Schmidt, said they had contacted the other four major record labels Tuesday with word of the $1bn offer. In a sign of just how seriously the company and new partner Bertelsmann take the threat...
[February 21, 2001, 8:40]
Netscape To Launch Free ISP Tuesday
News The president and CEO of AOL Europe, Andreas Schmidt, will describe how Netscape Online plans to conquer Europe. US browser and portal leviathan Netscape will announce its arrival in the European ISP market Tuesday with the British launch of a free...
[August 23, 1999, 15:10]
Napster Will Lose Its 'cool' Image
News Andreas Schmidt of Bertelsmann and Napster's Hank Barry chose Halloween to dress up as the industry's newest best buddies. It may have saved its bacon, but Napster's deal with Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) Tuesday will cost the song-swap site its...
[November 1, 2000, 12:52]
