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The New York Times Company's not-so-journalistic content business is changing its editorial model and starting from scratch. Noah Davis at Business Insider reports, "About.com, the information portal ...

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 ...

Last week the New York Times acquired the Internet site About.com from Primedia for more than $400 million. In recent months, Dow Jones acquired competitor MarketWatch.com for more than $500 million, ...

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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, ...