Acquired by Amazon
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Industries ContentMedia and EntertainmentTVHeadquarters Regions Greater Seattle Area, West Coast, Western US Sub-Organization of AmazonFounded Date Oct 28, 1990 Founders Col Needham Operating Status Active
Company Type For Profit
IMDb.com (www.imdb.com) is the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content with more than 100 million unique visitors per month. IMDb offers a searchable database of more than 1.8 million movies, TV and entertainment programs and more than 3.8 million cast and crew members. IMDb.com, a consumer website,
provides showtimes, trailers, reviews, photo galleries, a newsdesk, quotes and box office data. A free service, IMDb.com celebrated its 20th anniversary (www.imdb.com/20) in October 2010. IMDb's popular "Movies & TV" app for iPhone and iPad (http://imdb.com/iphone) has been installed by more than 10 million consumers and is available worldwide in 7 languages. IMDb's mobile platform also features a leading Android app (http://imdb.com/android) and a mobile optimized website (http://m.imdb.com/). IMDb Pro (www.imdbpro.com) is a subscription version of IMDb designed exclusively for professionals who work in the entertainment industry. IMDb Pro provides contact information, in production listings for film and television projects and exclusive STARmeter rankings that are determined by user searches on IMDb. Additionally, IMDb owns and operates Withoutabox (www.withoutabox.com), a marketplace for film festivals and filmmakers, and Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com), the leading online box office reporting service. IMDb.com is operated by IMDb.com, Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon.com.
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M&A Details
Transaction Name IMDB acquired by AmazonAcquired by AmazonAnnounced Date Apr 27, 1998