David Kaplan
May 5, 2008 2:01 AM
Male-focused online entertainment network CraveOnline and its parent AtomicOnline have been on an acquisition tear lately. The company tells paidContent that it has completed its fifth and sixth site purchases in the past seven months, the independent pro ice hockey fan sites HockeysFuture & HFBoards just in time for the…
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Rafat Ali
Apr 23, 2008 2:06 PM
AtomicOnline, the online media company based in Los Angeles, has made another small acquisition: it has bought theFashionSpot, an online fashion news, info and community site. The site, founded in 2001, started as an invitation-only community of designers, stylists and fashionistas, and now says it has over 1 million unique…
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David Kaplan
Feb 25, 2008 1:36 PM
CraveOnline, which runs a male-focused entertainment portal, has bought GameRevolution, a gaming news and reviews site. The acquisition is designed to expand CraveOnline parent AtomicOnline‘s set of niche sites. Last fall, AtomicOnline bought pro wrestling news site WrestleZone and also aligned it with CraveOnline. This current purchase ends 12 years…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Dec 18, 2007 1:15 PM
SheKnows, an LA-based network of women-oriented sites, has acquired LovingYou.com, a marriage and relationships advice site. SheKnows, a division of parent company AtomicOnline, has been steadily expanding its content base. Last month it acquired soap opera site Soaps.com. LovingYou is said to get half a million uniques per month, with…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Nov 12, 2007 4:08 PM
The second acquisition of the day for sites owned by AtomicOnline ... LA-based CraveOnline, a men’s lifestyle portal, has acquired WrestleZone.com, a site covering the world of pro wrestling. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. CraveOnline already features the typical array of male-oriented content on such topics as cars,…
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