document.write("\n\n\n  <div class=\"cbw_subcontent_left\">\n    <a href=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/company/about-com\"><img src=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0001/9001/19001v2-max-150x150.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"About.com image\" /></a>\n  </div>\n\n<div class=\"cbw_subcontent_right\">    \n<table>\n  \n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td class=\"td_left\">Website:</td>\n\t\t<td class=\"td_right\">\n\t  <a href=\"http://www.about.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"about.com\" >about.com</a>\n\t\t</td>\n\t</tr>\n\n  \n  \n  <tr><td class=\"td_left\">Location:</td><td class=\"td_right\">United States</td></tr>\n\n\n  \n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td class=\"td_left\">Founded:</td>\n\t\t<td class=\"td_right\">1996</td>\n\t</tr>\n\n\t\n\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t<td class=\"td_left\">Acquired:</td>\n\t\t\t<td class=\"td_right\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t      \t\tMarch 18, 2005 by\n\t\t      \t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/company/newyorktimes\">New York Times</a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t      \t\tfor $410M\n\t\t      \t\t\n\t\t      \t\t\tin Cash\n\t\t      \t\t\n\t\t      \t\n\t\t\t</td>\n\t\t</tr>\n\t\n</table>\n\n  <p>About.com (formerly The Mining Company) is recognized as a top 15 content site and one of the largest producers of original content on the Web.  About.com was acquired by The New York Times Company in March 2005.  <a href=\"http://www.crunchbase.com/company/about-com\" title=\"Learn More\">Learn More</a></p>\n\n\t</div>    \n")