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    Bad Sign: Layoffs at About.com

    Desperate About.com Sale Denied

    Times Said Shopping About.com

    New York Times's About.com lands new CEO

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    Image of RonMwangaguhunga RonMwangaguhunga
    02/05/09

    In reply to Bad Sign: Layoffs at About.com
    I've never quite understood how ABOUT.COM makes money. Is About.com profitable in, like, Flooz dollars, circa 1999? It can't possibly make actual money for the Gray Lady.
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    Image of abettertomorrow abettertomorrow
    02/05/09

    @RonMwangaguhunga: per quantcast, compete, etc:


    about.com has more than twice as many unique visitors per month as nytimes.com - and more actual monthly visits.

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    Image of Inescapable Picnic Inescapable Picnic
    02/05/09

    In reply to Bad Sign: Layoffs at About.com
    Facts conveyed directly from 1998. When will their muck be shoveled out from the top of my search results?
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    Image of PrincessKashmir PrincessKashmir
    02/05/09

    @Inescapeable Picnic: Yeah, the only useful article I ever found on there was on how to make seven-layer dip. And even that tasted outdated.
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    PrincessKashmir was starred PrincessKashmir was unstarred
    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    11/04/08

    In reply to Desperate About.com Sale Denied
    Hey, WTF? We're spreading Calacanis' rumor-mongering about his direct competition without talking to anyone at NYT first?


    Can we just agree that New York City (and, by extension, Gawker) has had way more than enough of Calacanis and let him sink into California obscurity?

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    Image of TroisFilles TroisFilles
    11/04/08

    In reply to Desperate About.com Sale Denied
    Anyone can become a "guide" and skew the info wherever the hell they want. It's bizarre. Good riddance.
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    TroisFilles was starred TroisFilles was unstarred
    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    11/04/08

    In reply to Desperate About.com Sale Denied
    I’ve always found it a strange site. It tells how to write a business letter in French, gives recipes for enchiladas or soufflé, and offers a concise history of Western music. Evidently it’s original content (for the most part ?) though editorially way uneven.
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    11/03/08

    In reply to Desperate About.com Sale Denied
    About.com is the only thing on the NYT Company's books showing positive trend lines. It's not for sale.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    11/03/08

    In reply to Desperate About.com Sale Denied
    Sorry, is that junk-rated debut or junk-rated debt, Ryan?
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    Image of Ryan Tate Ryan Tate
    11/03/08

    @BookishLookish: Thanks
     Reply
    Ryan Tate was starred Ryan Tate was unstarred
    Image of QuarterlyProphet QuarterlyProphet
    11/03/08

    In reply to Desperate About.com Sale Denied
    Guys, About.com isn't for sale. Unless you know, you're offering, what have you got?
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    QuarterlyProphet was starred QuarterlyProphet was unstarred
    Image of seekingwhat seekingwhat
    11/03/08

    In reply to Desperate About.com Sale Denied
    About seems like the website that had a really good hiding spot when the dot com bubble burst. It musta been under a desk in receiving or something.
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    seekingwhat was starred seekingwhat was unstarred
    Image of Gosukusan Gosukusan
    11/03/08

    In reply to Desperate About.com Sale Denied
    Actually, I am buying it and merging it with my Canadian website, Aboot.com.
     Reply
    Gosukusan was starred Gosukusan was unstarred
    Image of Spinfusor Spinfusor
    11/03/08

    In reply to Desperate About.com Sale Denied
    "search engine About.com"

    About.com isn't a search engine, it's a reference site.
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    Image of Ryan Tate Ryan Tate
    11/03/08

    @Spinfusor: True.
     Reply
    Ryan Tate was starred Ryan Tate was unstarred
    Image of The Doctor The Doctor
    11/03/08

    In reply to Desperate About.com Sale Denied
    Meanwhile, my $43.52 bid for hotbot.com got no coverage.


    Way to go liberal media.

     Reply
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    Image of SashiDoris SashiDoris
    11/03/08

    In reply to Times Said Shopping About.com
    Hopefully whoever or whatever is interested in About.com will get the full picture on the $100mm lawsuit against it... kind of makes it unattractive to buyers, no?
     Reply
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    Image of Catfish_Jones Catfish_Jones
    11/03/08

    In reply to Times Said Shopping About.com
    Another option would be to sell the book review to either Seth Lipsky or Rea Hederman (ie, "The New York Times Review Of Books").
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    11/03/08

    In reply to Times Said Shopping About.com
    Calacanis should know-- he's been building a vanity also-ran version of About.com for the past few years.
     Reply
    Motoko Kusanagi was starred Motoko Kusanagi was unstarred
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