AOL subscribers pass five million mark

European online giant defies web ad downturn...

AOL Europe's membership base has past the five million mark, up from 4.8 million since the end of the previous quarter. The company added that the European operation had managed to maintain continued growth in advertising and commerce revenues for the year despite the savage downturn in the web ad sector. In addition, AOL Europe said flat-rate members in the UK and France spend more than an hour a day online, while German subscribers spend more than half an hour a day on the net.