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

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Websiteabout.com
CategoryConsumer Web
Employees
Founded1996

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United States
USA

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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.

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  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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