IAC's Dotdash, which owns Investopedia and remnants of About.com, posts $131M revenue in 2018, up 44% YoY, and expects 21% revenue growth YoY for 2019
Max Willens / Digiday : Tweets: @rafat and @pkafka See also Mediagazer Tweets: Rafat Ali / @rafat : Also congrats to @neilvogel & team for crossing $100mn revenue mark and great profit margins for co...
Q&A with Dotdash CEO Neil Vogel about the rise and fall of About.com and its transformation into a modern network of sites answering people's questions
Recode : Tweets: @glenngabe Tweets: Glenn Gabe / @glenngabe : This interview is so good, and contains some very important information SEO-wise. Several more tweets to follow -> Full Q&A: Dotdash CEO ...
After 18 years, About.com is rebranding as Dotdash and will launch a travel-focused vertical later this month
On Tuesday, About.com is going to change its name. The digital publisher is expected to announce at the Collision Conference that it will henceforth be known as Dotdash (pronounced “dot-DASH").
Confirmed: IAC Has Bought About.com From The New York Times For $300M In Cash
Update: The news has now been confirmed. The $300 million acquisition price includes About.com, ConsumerSearch.com and CalorieCount.com and the deal will close in the next several weeks. Full releas...
Exclusive: Barry Diller's IAC offers $300 million for About.com
(Reuters) - Barry Diller's IAC/Interactivecorp submitted an offer in excess of $300 million to buy the About.com information website from the New York Times Co, according to people with knowledge of t...
Scott Kurnit's AdKeeper Raises $35 Million Second Round
AdKeeper, the startup launched by About.com founder Scott Kurnit this past fall, has raised a whopping $35 million second round funding. Back in September, AdKeeper, which acts as an interactive ad c...
About Those Rumors That the New York Times Would Sell About.com
We've heard the chatter about the New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) possibly selling About.com ... let's start by admitting that what makes sense to me and what makes sense to the people running the ...
Rumormonger: Is Kokua the new site from Calacanis?
Is Kokua the new site from Calacanis? — This may or may not be an early screenshot of Jason Calacanis' new search site. The prototype is called Kokua, and looks like a video version of About.com. ...
SEO as the new newsstand
The Times discovered the value and necessity of search-engine optimization (SEO) for news and media yesterday. (I found it surprising that they gave scant credit to About.com, the Times company where...
Creative-Weblogging: What a bunch of thieves
People are frequently inspired by Weblogs, Inc., and we love that. Heck, we were inspired by folks like Ted Leonsis at the AOL Greenhouse and Scott Kurnit at About.com. However, once and a while som...