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Bridget Stachowski, Public Relations Director, the About Group
212.204.1984
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212.204.2617
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Press Releases
Calorie Count iPhone Application Offers First Speech Recognition Tool to the Health and Wellness Industry, Along With Redesigned Food-Logging Platform
Innovative New App Features Provide Superior Searching and Log-In Capabilities NEW YORK, NY (August 16, 2011)– Calorie Count (www.caloriecount.com), a free award-winning online health and wellness Web site with more than 2.9 million members, has launched a new version of… Read More
The About Group Announces Executive Changes to Better Position Itself for Future Growth
Veteran About Executive Darline Jean Named President and Chief Executive Officer NEW YORK, July 26, 2011— Darline Jean has been named president and chief executive officer of the About Group, a unit of The New York Times Company, beginning September… Read More
Free Health and Wellness iPhone Application from Calorie Count Now Offers a Barcode Scanner
NEW YORK (July 7, 2011) — Calorie Count (www.caloriecount.com), a free award-winning online health and wellness Web site with more than 2.8 million members, today announced the launch of a new barcode scanning feature for the popular Calorie Count iPhone… Read More
About.com Celebrates 15th Anniversary as a Leading Provider of High Quality Content
NEW YORK (June 27, 2011) — About.com (http://www.about.com) today celebrates its 15th anniversary of providing users with a platform where independent subject matter Guides offer solutions to the needs of everyday life on nearly 900 popular topics. These topics, which… Read More
About.com’s East Coast Region Sales Manager, Trish Conheeney Wins min’s 2011 ‘Sales Executive of the Year’ Award
NEW YORK (June 22, 2011) — About.com announced today that Trish Conheeney, East Coast Region Sales Manager, received min’s 2011 ‘Sales Executive of the Year’ award in the Sales Team Leader, Web & Mobile category. Started in 2005, these awards… Read More
About.com Reveals Key Findings of its Spring 2011 “American Moms” Study
NEW YORK (June 17, 2011) — According to an “American Moms” study released today by About.com, Moms prefer ads that provide coupons and discounts on products and services that can be useful and relevant to their families. The study also… Read More
Consumers and Brands Both Benefiting From Daily Deals Web Sites, According to ConsumerSearch.com Survey
NEW YORK (June 8, 2011) — Deal-of-the-day Web sites like Groupon and LivingSocial continue to earn buzz and increased cultural relevance, but do consumers really believe that these kinds of sites – and the discounts companies offer through them —… Read More
Award-Winning Health and Wellness Site CalorieCount.com Announces Launch of Free Mobile Application for Android
NEW YORK (May 16, 2011) – Calorie Count (www.caloriecount.com), a free Web site that helps users solve the everyday challenges of losing weight and living a healthy lifestyle, today launched its Calorie Count app for Android mobile devices. The free… Read More
ConsumerSearch.com Unveils New Mobile Web Site, Providing Consumers Instant Access to Information to Make Better Shopping Decisions
NEW YORK (May 4, 2011) — ConsumerSearch.com, an award-winning Web site that analyzes expert and user-generated consumer product reviews and recommends the best products to buy based on the findings, today launched its mobile Web site, giving shoppers access to… Read More
About.com to Expand Expert Premium Content
NEW YORK (April 8, 2011) — About.com (http://www.about.com) announced today that it will greatly expand the existing premium content offering on its platform this year to further help users solve the large and small needs of everyday life. As part… Read More