Losing its independence on Independence Day, Lexico is now part of the Ask.com family, as IAC’s (NSDQ: IACI) portal completes its purported $100 million cash acquisition of the Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com operator. Announcing the completion, which had been expected in Q3, Ask.com Jim Safka: “The combination… significantly expands our audience reach, and aligns perfectly with our customers’ needs.”
The Long Beach, Calif.-based company was founded in 1995 by CEO Brian Kariger and Daniel Fierro. Both will be staying on for the integration into Ask.com. Its iconic domains come with a serious amount of traffic, increasing the Ask Network
You might check the first line of the story. Pretty sure the acquisition isn't associated with Answers and you meant to write Ask instead.
Yes, repeating what's said above, this has nothing to do with ANSW other then they were unable to make a similar transaction with Lexico.
Corrected. Thanks for pointing out my typo.