Weddings and related lifestyle company The Knot (NSDQ: KNOT) has long relied heavily on e-commerce in addition to revenues from its print and online content. Now, the company is looking to cut out the middlemen and create a Groupon-like deals program. In addition to capitalizing on the social shopping trend,…

Having solidified its hyperlocal media efforts, weddings lifestyle site The Knot is hoping to expand those sites with the addition of a directory service. The WeddingChannel.com Reviews site is intended as “Yelp for nuptials.” The move comes as the site’s local ad growth is growing at a much slower rate…

As part of its continuing efforts to expand its social media offerings, weddings-related content website The Knot is creating 75 hyperlocal sites to attract small businesses as national advertising dries up, WSJ reports. The sites will have the name of the locality and end with “.weddings.com,” as Ozarks Weddings and…

Wedding planning and newlywed lifestyle network The Knot posted a net loss in Q4 to $981,000 ($0.03 per share), as the company incurred pre-tax impairment charge of $4 million. Last year, The Knot had $2.6 million ($0.08) in Q4 profits. Revenue was up a slight 1 percent to $24.4 million,…

The Knot, in its continued attempt to shore up its social media creds, has announced its second social media related acquisition in ten days, and has acquired WedSnap, developer of Weddingbook, the popular wedding app on Facebook. The app allows couples to update wedding details, as well as create photo…

Wedding planning and content site The Knot  has acquired a community site aimed at new mothers called Breastfeeding.com. Terms weren’t disclosed. The addition of Breastfeeding.com to The Knot follows a few other acquisitions of the past year that are designed to expand the company’s purview beyond nuptials and into what…

Profits at weddings lifestyle company The Knot fell to $2.2 million in Q3, down 24 percent from $2.9 million in 2007. It has a nice forward-looking reason for it: it is investing in “strategic initiatives to extend its brands and enhance its technological infrastructure to access a greater market share…

The Knot’s acquisition of pregnancy media company The Bump was just a baby step: the total purchase price, according to the company’s 10-Q filing, was $1.4 million in cash—$1.7 million if related costs are factored in. The deal was a component of CEO Janet Scardino’s plan to move beyond just…

Weddings site The Knot reported Q4 revenues of $24.1 million, up 11 percent year-over-year from $21.7 million. Quarterly net income of $2.6 million ($.08 per share) compares to net income of $14.6 million ($.45 per share), but the previous year’s figure included significant one-time gains. Online sponsorship and ad revenue…

Weddings/lifestyle portal The Knot reported Q3 revenue of $25 million, up 35 percent from last year’s $18.5 million. Net income declined 11 percent to $2.9 million (.09 per share) from $3.4 million ($.11 per share), although the previous period’s tax rate was significantly lower. Pre-tax income was actually up 53…

Earlier this month, Janet Scardino, the former head of global marketing at Reuters, (NSDQ: RTRSY) was tapped as president and CMO of TheKnot. A profile in Crain’s NYB provides vague hint of how Scardino wants to broaden TheKnot’s focus beyond being a portal for marriage-related online content. Essentially, she wants…