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Acquired byNew York Times
Price$410M
Date3/05
TermsCash

General Information

Websiteabout.com
CategoryConsumer Web
Employees
Founded1996

Offices

United States
USA

People

Chief Executive Officer

Former People

Executive Vice President, Marketing and Business Development
CEO

Acquisitions

Total$550k
Northsky, Inc., 12/99
Vantagenet, 6/99 $550k

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About.com

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.

Milestones

  • Acquired by New York Times for $410M. (3/18/05)
    Posted 5/20/08 at 7:21pm
  • Acquired Northsky, Inc.. (12/99)
    Posted 9/3/08 at 2:50pm
  • Acquired Vantagenet for $550k. (6/99)
    Posted 9/3/08 at 2:53pm
  • Mark Josephson, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Business Development added.
    Posted 5/20/08 at 7:20pm
  • Cella M. Irvine, Chief Executive Officer added.
    Posted 6/11/08 at 2:21pm
  • Scott Meyer, CEO added.
    Posted 8/12/08 at 7:56am

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Added: 10/2/08

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Uploaded: 6/12/09

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Sources

  1. New York Times Company Acquires About.com (writenews.com) [edit]
  2. About.Com Announces Acquisition of North Sky, Inc (cyperus.com) [edit]
  3. About.com Inc Quarterly Report (sec.edgar-online.com) [edit]

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