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Space.com
Space.com in October 2006
Type of site
News, astronomy
Available inEnglish
OwnerPurch (Future)
Created byLou Dobbs, Rich Zahradnik
URLSpace.com
Commercialno[citation needed]
RegistrationNot required
LaunchedJuly 20, 1999; 24 years ago (1999-07-20)[1][2]
New York City, New York, U.S.
Current statusActive

Space.com is a space and astronomy news website owned by Future. Its stories are often syndicated to other media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, Yahoo!, and USA Today.

Space.com was founded by former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs and Rich Zahradnik, in July 1999. At that time, Dobbs owned a sizeable share of the company, and, in an unexpected move, left CNN later that year to become Space.com's chief executive officer.[4] The move came as a surprise to many and was the source of intense media speculation.[citation needed]

The company struggled to turn a profit in its early days, and when the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, many felt that it would collapse. Co-founder Rich Zahradnik had left his position as president less than two months after the start of the company; former astronaut Sally Ride took his place but then stepped down in September 2000. As it expanded, it acquired other web sites such as Starport.com and Explorezone.com. It also acquired Sienna Software (the company which produced the Starry Night software) and Space News.[5] Despite some growth, Space.com was never able to achieve what Dobbs had hoped for and in 2001, he returned to CNN.[6] He remains on its board and still owns a minority stake.

Space.com has enjoyed the participation of several key space-related public figures, Neil Armstrong, Alexei Leonov, Eugene A. Cernan, and Thomas Stafford.[citation needed] In 2003, for its coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, it received the Online Journalism Award for Breaking News by the Online News Association.[citation needed]

In May 2004, Space.com's parent company changed its name from Space.com to Imaginova[citation needed] and in 2009 sold Space.com and other properties to Purch, an online publishing company.[7]

In 2018, Space.com and other Purch consumer brands were sold to Future.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Space.com - About Us and Our People". Space.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  2. ^ "Space.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WHOIS. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  3. ^ "Space.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  4. ^ Auletta, Ken (2006-12-04). "MAD AS HELL: Lou Dobbs's populist crusade". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2007-01-17.
  5. ^ "GANNETT ACQUIRES EQUITY STAKE IN SPACE.com – Editor & Publisher". Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  6. ^ "Lou Dobbs to Step Down As CEO At SPACE.Com". Space.com. 2001-04-10.
  7. ^ Alex Knapp (2014-07-17). "Space.com Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary". Forbes.
  8. ^ "UK-Based Future Acquires Purch for $132.5 Million". Folio. 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  9. ^ "Space.com". Future. Retrieved 2018-12-18.

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