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For the railway vehicle, see Caboose.
Kab Distribution Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryInformation Technology Services
Founded1999 in Toronto, Ontario
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada
Key people
Jason DeZwirek
Number of employees
105[1]

Kaboose was a Canadian media company targeting the broader English-speaking market across North America. It published a website of the same name which focused on family activities and parenting for mothers of children under 12.[2]

On February 14, 2006, the Company graduated to the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") from the TSX Venture Exchange and officially began trading on the TSX. The Company had revenue of CDN $20.6 million in 2006 and $35.5 million in 2007. Its CEO was Jason DeZwirek. Assets of the company were acquired by the Walt Disney Company on April 1, 2009 for CAD$23.3 million.[3] Remaining assets were sold to Barclays Private Equity for about $97 million.[4]

By September 2016, the website could no longer be reached.

References

  1. ^ "Company Profile for Kaboose Inc (CA;KAB)". Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  2. ^ Spence, Rick (2006-11-30). "Krazy Train". PROFITguide.com. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  3. ^ Wauters, Robin (2009-04-01). "Disney Online Buys Kaboose Assets For $18.4 Million, Barclays Private Equity Limited Acquires Its UK Operations". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  4. ^ "Disney buys Kaboose Web sites". Reuters. 2009-04-02. Retrieved 2019-09-20.