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About.com

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About.com (formerly The Mining Company) is recognized as a top 15 content site and as one of the largest producers of original content on the Web. About.com was acquired by The New York Times Company in March 2005 and by IAC in August 2012.

Recent Milestones

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  About.com was acquired by IAC for $300M. (8/27/12)
  Posted 8/26/12 at 6:35pm via techcrunch.com
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  About.com added Adam Fawer as COO. (1/1/01)
  Posted 5/25/10 at 2:06am
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  About.com added Pace Lattin as Executive Consultant. (1/1/01)
  Posted 7/6/11 at 11:01am
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  About.com acquired North Sky. (12/1/99)
  Posted 9/3/08 at 2:50pm via cyperus.com
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  About.com added Chris Garvey as Designer. (11/1/99)
  Posted 4/17/13 at 7:37pm
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  About.com acquired Vantagenet for $550k. (6/1/99)
  Posted 9/3/08 at 2:53pm via edgar-online.com
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  About.com added John Caplan as President, Networks Group & CMO. (1/1/98)
  Posted 4/6/10 at 8:43pm
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  About.com added Jim Anderson as Co-Founder. (1/1/95)
  Posted 7/6/11 at 4:48am
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  About.com added Alan Blaustein as President, Worldwide Corporate Development & Chief Integration Officer.
  Posted 4/6/10 at 8:47pm
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  About.com added Peter Weingard as Vice President, Marketing & Strategy.
  Posted 11/6/10 at 10:19am
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  About.com added Scott Meyer as CEO.
  Posted 8/12/08 at 7:56am
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  About.com added Cella M. Irvine as Chief Executive Officer.
  Posted 6/11/08 at 2:21pm
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  About.com added Mark Josephson as Executive Vice President, Marketing and Business Development .
  Posted 5/20/08 at 7:20pm
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  About.com added Eric Bingham as Co-Founder.
  Posted 2/10/11 at 12:03am
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  About.com added Martin Nisenholtz as CEO.
  Posted 5/10/11 at 8:16pm
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  About.com added Igor Lebovic as SVP, Growth.
  Posted 5/21/13 at 11:51am

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Above: About.com Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 6/12/09

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Sources

1. Confirmed: IAC Has Bought About.com From The New York Times For $300M In Cash (techcrunch.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]