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The Motley Fool
May 7, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Future's All About.com Circulation rates, staffs, and page sizes keep getting smaller. However, New York Times has aggressively grown its online turf to compensate; even if it's cutting back elsewhere, the company's investment makes sense here. Investors, take note.   |
Information Today
November 6, 2000
Barbara Quint |
About.com Acquired by Primedia: Sin or Synergy? The speed of the acquisition surprised both industry followers and staff members at About.com. The merger of a traditional publisher with a dot-com business marks another example of the blending of print and online in the Net economy... |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Yahoo! Bridges the Gap Is it really up to Yahoo! to teach old-economy stocks some new-economy tricks? The online bellwether strikes up more deals with print media. |
InternetNews
February 5, 2004
Janis Mara |
A Redesign's Afoot for About.com About.com will revamp as part of parent Primedia's reorganization and upgrade of its products. |
InternetNews
February 17, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
NY Times: It's All About.com The New York Times Company agreed to drop $410 million in cash for About.com. |
InternetNews
February 8, 2005 |
About.com on The Block Search and content players vie to buy aging Web review service. |
The Motley Fool
August 28, 2006
Brian Gorman |
An Odd Buy for New York Times The latest acquisition seems to be neither a great strategic fit nor a particularly good deal. |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
New York Times Unfit in Print Is one of the country's best-known newspapers a value or a value trap? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
It's About.com Time New York Times scoops up About.com in the latest move for offline publishers to acquire vital dot-com real estate. Investors take note. |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2006
David Lee Smith |
Traditional Media's Murky Ad Forecast While newspaper newsprint advertising revenues will generally be flat to down this year, online advertising for newspapers will grow -- depending upon the specific paper or group -- at rates well into the double digits. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
December 6, 2006
David Lee Smith |
Times Family Pushes Back The New York Times' controlling family resists calls for board reform. Investors would be wise to avoid the media companies, whose fortunes have sagged over the past couple of years, and instead concentrate on the more robust areas of the media space. |
Search Engine Watch
March 7, 2000 |
About.com No Longer Poster Child For Yahoo Abuse Examines comments in March 2000 that Yahoo was actively keeping About.com sites out of its listings. |
InternetNews
May 27, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Peter Horan, CEO, AllBusiness.com Following the $410M sale of About.com to the New York Times Co., the online media vet prepares for his next challenge. Can Peter Horan do it again with the small-business site? |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
All the Quotes Aren't Fit to Print Sending its users online for stock quotes exposes the publisher to rival sources for news that are a click away. Once smitten with the Internet's access to news as it breaks, will they go ever back to the printed page? Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
May 17, 2005
Tim Gray |
Grey Lady Charging Green The New York Times Co. said it will start charging for some of its online content, moving away from the free service model that has been almost universal in the newspaper trade. |
