- Internet Brands
Internet Brands (nasdaq|INET) is a company based in
El Segundo, California that operates online media, community, ande-commerce sites. The company was founded in1998 as CarsDirect.com and, reflecting its growth and diversification, changed its name in2005 . Internet Brands was launched from the incubatorIdealab . Recent acquisitions, in reverse chronological order, include the following:
*OnOctober 29 ,2007 , Internet Brands acquiredDVD Talk , a website that provides news, discussion, and reviews of DVD releases. [ [http://www.kleinman.com/2007/10/kleinmancom_sells_dvd_talk_to.html Kleinman.com Sells DVD Talk to Internet Brands (Kleinman.com) ] ]*On
July 20 ,2007 , Internet Brands filed an S-1, announcing its intention to make anInitial Public Offering worth up to $100 million. [cite web
last = SEC
title = Internet Brands S-1 Filing
url=http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1080131/000104746907005760/a2178793zs-1.htm
accessdate = 2007-07-20 ]*On
July 11 ,2007 Internet Brands announced its acquisition of ApartmentRatings.com, based in Austin, Texas. [cite web
last = Internet
first = Brands
title = Internet Brands Acquires ApartmentRatings.com
url=http://www.internetbrands.com/ib/news/press-releases
accessdate = 2007-07-11 ]*On
July 4 ,2007 Jelsoft Enterprises Limited announced that it was acquired by Internet Brands. Jelsoft will continue to operate business as usual, using Internet Brands resources to further development of commercial web software and thevBulletin product suite. [cite web
last = Limm
first = James
title = Jelsoft's future: acquisition news
url=http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1383883#post1383883
accessdate = 2007-07-04 ]*In late
2007 Internet Brands purchasedProfessional Pilots Rumour Network .*On
August 8 ,2008 Internet Brands purchased RealPolice.net, one of the largest Law Enforcement Resource with forums on the internet.Internet Brands has been criticized as having a high turnover rate [http://www.jobvent.com/reviewDetail.php?ID=37877] , [http://www.jobvent.com/companyBrowse.php?CompanyID=3754&searchType=company&searchText=carsdirect] due to the fact that the company apparently pays very low salaries. [http://ratemybosscafe.com/getcorp.php?orgid=17057] The company regularly receives a backlash from the members of community sites that they buy, such as Mustang Forums [http://mustangforums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5349345] and AudiWorld [http://forums.audiworld.com/other/msgs/8312890.phtml]
ee also
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DVDTalk
*FlyerTalk
*vBulletin
*World66
*Wikitravel
*Wikicars References
External links
* Corporate site - [http://www.internetbrands.com/ib/ Internet Brands]
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