Jupitermedia
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| Jupitermedia, Inc. | |
|---|---|
| Type | Public (NASDAQ: JUPM) |
| Founded | Westport, Connecticut (1994) |
| Headquarters | Darien, Connecticut |
| Key people | Alan Meckler, CEO/Director |
| Industry | Internet |
| Revenue | 116.57M |
| Website | www.jupitermedia.com |
Jupitermedia, Inc. NASDAQ: JUPM, is a U.S.-based corporation, established in 1994, and headquartered in Darien, CT. The company is a global provider of original information, images and digital content for information technology, business and creative professionals. JupiterMedia has two divisions: Jupiterimages and JupiterWeb.
[edit] History
In 1994, Alan Meckler, then CEO of Mecklermedia, created MecklerWeb as an addendum to his offerings in print (Virtual Reality World, CDrom World, and Internet World) and conferences (Internet World, Virtual Reality World). In 1996, as advertising-supported publishing emerged as a viable business model on the Web, the Website was renamed iWorld and began to publish content for the nascent Internet industry. As the Internet World conference prospered, iWorld set out on a strategy of acquiring successful Websites that were focused on technology content, such as Webopedia, SearchEngineWatch and WebReference. In 1997, the online division was renamed internet.com, after acquiring rights to the domain name from The Internet Company.
In 1998, Mecklermedia Corp. was acquired by Penton Media and the online assets were spun off into a separate company called internet.com LLC. Internet.com went public on the NASDAQ in the second half of 1999 (trading as INTM). In 1999, internet.com Corp. launched the Search Engine Strategies conference and in 2000, it acquired Earthweb and incorporated it into the JupiterWeb network. In 2002, the company purchased the Jupiter Research business from Jupiter Media Metrix and renamed itself from INT Media to Jupitermedia, with a new stock ticker symbol JUPM. In 2004, the company started acquiring image assets and developed Jupiterimages as a separate division. In 2005, it sold SearchEngineWatch to Incisive Media. In 2006, Jupitermedia sold its JupiterResearch division to MCG Capital Corporation. In 2007, the company operates as two divisions, JupiterImages and Jupiter Online Media.
