- El sitio
Latin internet portal founded in 1997, by
Roberto Vivo-Chaneton andRoberto Cibrian-Campoy . Founded inArgentina ,El Sitio was considered one of the principal Spanish language internet companies of the late 1990s dot-com boom.Company History
El Sitio went public on
Nasdaq under symbol LTCO on December 10, 1999, in anIPO consisting of 8,200,000 common shares at a price of $16 per share.During the .com bust of the 90s,
El Sitio lost almost all of its market value onNasdaq .In 2001, El Sitio was merged with Ibero-American Media Partners II Ltd. to create
Claxson Interactive Group Inc. (OTC BB: XSON)As of late 2005, Venezuelan media group
Cisneros owns 44.8% of Claxson and Dallas-based private equity fundHicks, Muse, Tate & Furst holds 35.2%.External links
* [http://www.elsitio.com www.elsitio.com]
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