About.com

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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

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  About.com was acquired by New York Times for $410M. (3/18/05)
  Posted 5/20/08 at 7:21pm
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  About.com acquired Northsky, Inc.. (12/99)
  Posted 9/3/08 at 2:50pm
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  About.com acquired Vantagenet for $550k. (6/99)
  Posted 9/3/08 at 2:53pm
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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 Cella M. Irvine as Chief Executive Officer.
  Posted 6/11/08 at 2:21pm
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  About.com added Scott Meyer as CEO.
  Posted 8/12/08 at 7:56am

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Above: About.com Screenshot -- #1
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]