Did AOL—er, Aol.—just kick Running Man out of bed? AOL staffers stuffed the ballots at Advertising Week to earn Running Man "icon" status, beating out the likes of Ronald McDonald. But he's ...

This is the first in an occasional series about abandoned Internet icons. It was spring of 1997. "Mmmbop" was the pop song of the moment and unlimited access to AOL cost $19.95 a month. Dial-up ...

There’s no more well-known logo from the early days of the web than AOL’s running man. In the late 1990s and early 2000s the small blocky icon topped Buddy lists and dial-up screens everywhere ...