| Acquired by | New York Times |
| Price | $410M |
| Date | 3/05 |
| Terms | Cash |
| Website | about.com |
| Category | Consumer Web |
| Employees | |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Total | $550k |
| Northsky, Inc., 12/99 | |
| Vantagenet, 6/99 | $550k |
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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Added: 10/2/08
