This article is from the archive of our partner . A question and answer empire. Diller plans on combining Ask.com and About.com. "The idea would be to leverage the content served up on About.com to ...
About.com is a rare survivor from the dot-com boom. The New York venture launched in 1997 as The Mining Company, then sold in 2000 to Primedia in an all-stock deal initially valued at $690 million.
Aug 26 (Reuters) - Media mogul Barry Diller's IAC said on Sunday that its Ask.com unit has acquired information website About.com from the New York Times Company for $300 million in cash. IAC's bid, ...