AOL: 'AIMing at MySpace'

I was thinking that MySpace's competition, at least in the teen space, will be a whole passel of smaller, more special-interest sites like, for example, Tagged.com or STLpunk.com. But today's news from USATODAY indicates that passel just may include online giant AOL. The latter is planning soon to bring its 43 million active AIM (instant-messaging) users to its own social-networking space. And we all know there are a lot of teen AIM users. USATODAY quotes an analyst as saying the clincher will be how well AOL links this space with its "substantial music and video offerings." The service is expected to launch in a couple of months.