Comcast Interactive Media

Comcast Interactive Media

Type	Private (subsidiary of Comcast)
Founded	2005
Headquarters	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and elsewhere, United States
Key people	Amy Banse, President Samuel Schwartz, EVP
Services	Online media
Owner(s)	Comcast Corporation
Employees	500
Website	http://www.comcast.net

Comcast Interactive Media (CIM) is a division of Comcast focusing on online media. CIM was created in 2005 and is headed by President, Amy Banse, and Executive Vice President, Samuel Schwartz. Comcast Interactive Media products include: Comcast.net (portal), Game Invasion (video games), Fandango (movie ticketing), thePlatform (media management), StreamSage (video search and indexing), and Fancast.com (entertainment).

On May 15, 2008 Comcast Interactive Media acquired social-networking site Plaxo for between $150 and $170 million dollars.^{[citation needed]} On August 5, 2008 Comcast Interactive Media acquired newsletter service site DailyCandy for a rumored $125 million dollars.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Official website
• Joseph Weisenthal (29 May 2008). "Comcast Interactive Media: Profitability on track in '08; more purchases ahead". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/29/AR2008052902332.html. 
• Comcast Interactive Media Labs
• Comcast.net
• Game Invasion
• Fandango
• thePlatform
• StreamSage
• Fancast.com
• Plaxo
• DailyCandy