MSN subscriber base rises to 6.5 mln
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Microsoft Corp. on Thursday said subscribers to its MSN Internet access business rose 30 percent from April to total 6.5 million, the result of absorbing its WebTV operations, and of an aggressive campaign to convince people to switch from rival service AOL. The software giant said in April it had reached the 5 million subscriber mark. However, about 1 million of the additional subscribers were added as a result of Microsoft folding its WebTV service, which delivered e-mail and Web pages to television sets, into MSN, where it was rebranded as MSNTV, MSN group product manager Bob Visse told Reuters in an interview.