Yearly Archives: 2006

About.com Survey Finds More Americans Strive for Greater Happiness in the New Year

NEW YORK (Dec. 29, 2006) — Americans may not have been as happy as they wanted to be in 2006, according to a survey by Insight Express for About.com Health (http://health.about.com). Eighty percent of respondents see the New Year as… Read More >

About.com Health Appoints Medical Director and Establishes Medical Review Board

NEW YORK (Dec. 13, 2006) — About.com, one of the Web’s leading producers of original content, announces the establishment of a medical review board comprised of physicians from prominent medical institutions who will review content on the site’s Health Channel…. Read More >

About.com and Adams Media Introduce the About.com Book Series

NEW YORK (Nov. 1, 2006) — About.com, a leading provider of original content on the Web, and Adams Media today introduced the first four titles of a 24-part series of informative “how-to” books (www.about.com/books). The series begins with the release… Read More >

About.com Teams With Healthology To Offer Expanded Health Video Content

NEW YORK (Oct. 17, 2006) – About.com announced today that it has teamed with Healthology to offer visitors to About.com Health (http://health.about.com) access to more than 1000 physician-generated videos on key topics including asthma, heart disease and cholesterol, depression, cancer,… Read More >

About, Inc. to Acquire Calorie-Count.com

NEW YORK (Sept. 14, 2006) – About.com, a top 10 content site and a part of The New York Times Company, announced today that it has acquired Calorie-Count.com, a site that offers weight loss tools and nutritional information, from AeroDiet.com,… Read More >

About.com Launches Podcast Series Focused on Heartburn, Acid Reflux; Six-part Program Provides Tips to Consumers on Coping with Heartburn and Acid Reflux

NEW YORK (Aug. 16, 2006), BUSINESS WIRE — About.com has launched a six-part podcast series to educate consumers on how to cope with heartburn and acid reflux disease. The series, sponsored by AstraZeneca, is featured at http://heartburnpodcast.about.com/. It will provide… Read More >

About.com’s Health Channel Obtains HON Foundation’s Code of Conduct Certification; Receipt Reinforces Site’s Commitment to Consumer Health Offering

NEW YORK (Aug. 2, 2006), BUSINESS WIRE — About.com today announced that About Health (health.about.com) has received Health On the Net Foundation’s Code of Conduct certification (HONcode(C)). Health On the Net (HON) is a not-for-profit medical information portal and its… Read More >

The New York Times Company Reports 2006 Second-Quarter Results

NEW YORK (July 18, 2006), BUSINESS WIRE — The New York Times Company announced today that 2006 second-quarter diluted earnings per share (EPS) were $.42, compared with $.42 in the second quarter of the prior year. Second-quarter net income was… Read More >

Newest “Guide Sites” on About.com offer practical advice on topics ranging from the iPod to Kidney Disease

New York (July 10, 2006) — About.com, the top 10 content Web site and largest publisher of original content on the Web, announced today it has added several distinctive special interest sites to its ever-expanding offerings. About.com provides practical consumer… Read More >

About.com’s French Cuisine Expert, Debra F. Weber, Receives the Culinary Trust’s Julia Child Endowment Fund Scholarship

NEW YORK (June 28, 2006) – About.com’s Guide to French Cuisine, Debra F. Weber, has been awarded The Culinary Trust’s Julia Child Endowment Fund Scholarship for research in France. Specifically, this scholarship will enable Debra to explore the country’s “taste… Read More >