AOL Apologizes to Boise for Insult
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Thursday, Oct. 9, 2003
BOISE, Idaho – "You've got an apology." Not to mention concert tickets.
Internet provider America Online has apologized to state and local officials for a newspaper ad that suggested Idaho's capital city wasn't a fit place to launch a product.
To make up for it, America Online set up a free concert Wednesday featuring Counting Crows. The company also donated $25,000 to the Boise School District for music programs.
"I've actually been to Boise many times," Richard Taylor, AOL senior vice president, said Tuesday. "I love this city."
Gov. Dirk Kempthorne had fired off a note to AOL after seeing the ad in a New York newspaper touting a new service and declaring, "You didn't think we'd launch something like this in Boise, did you?"
"They have made amends," the governor said Tuesday. "They've done it with class."
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