Ask.com Acquires Dictionary.com and More.
Posted in News, Press on May 15th, 2008 by Michael – Be the first to comment
Ask.com acquires Dictionary.com, other Internet reference sites in search of better answers
Ask.com has bought a stable of Internet reference sites that includes Dictionary.com in its latest effort to distinguish itself from online search leader Google Inc. and other much larger rivals.
Besides Dictionary.com, Ask is picking up Thesaurus.com and Reference.com in its acquisition of Lexico Publishing Group LLC. Terms of the deal, set to be announced Thursday, aren’t being disclosed. read more »
