GOOD MORNING, AOL

摘要

At 9:30 on a Sunday morning, most of Winnetka, Ill., is still sipping its first cup of coffee. But Jimmy de Castro, outfitted head to toe in black spandex, is peddling furiously on a stationary bike in front of 29 students aping his every move. Father Jim's Bible Thumpin' Sunday spin class is in full swing. To the driving beat of Madonna and Bruce Springsteen, de Castro exhorts his sweaty faithful. "We're going to party!" he shouts. After class, the six-foot-tall Irish-American redhead mixes mimosas and pours cold brewskies. The spinners leave, achy but jazzed, each clutching a CD of exercise music that de Castro mixed himself. If it were only as easy as spinning, James E. de Castro, 49, the new president of AOL Interactive Services, could have Wall Street eating out of his hand, too. Last the CEO of AMFM Radio Group, the hyperkinetic former radio mogul joined media giant AOL Time Warner Inc. on Apr. 15 to turn around the struggling online unit. The company's stock has fallen more than 35% since January, driven largely by slowing ad sales and subscriber signups at the AOL division. A week before de Castro's ar-rival, AOL CEO Barry M. Schuler stepped aside to head a new unit at the compa ny and AOL Time Warner Chief Operat ing Officer Robert W. Pittman person ally took over the task of whipping AOL back into shape.