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About About.com

About.com

 

Founded in 1997, About.com is the leading online source for original consumer information and advice. As a top 10 Web property, About.com holds a valued role in the lives of more than 24 million Internet users. About’s “Guides” – writers who provide readers with practical solutions to everyday problems – have created a robust content destination with more than 1 million pieces of original content spanning more than 50,000 topics.

About.com was acquired in March 2005 by The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with 2004 revenues of $3.3 billion, which includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 16 other newspapers, eight network-affiliated television stations, two New York City radio stations and more than 40 Web sites, including NYTimes.com and Boston.com.