AskMen
Website portal
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::summary Website portal ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | AskMen |
| logo | Am askmen logo black.jpg |
| caption | ASKMEN: 40,000 articles available online |
| url | |
| commercial | Yes |
| type | Online men's publication |
| registration | Optional |
| owner | Ziff Davis |
| launch_date | |
| :: |
| name = AskMen | logo = Am askmen logo black.jpg | screenshot = | caption = ASKMEN: 40,000 articles available online | url = | commercial = Yes | type = Online men's publication | registration = Optional | owner = Ziff Davis | launch_date =
AskMen is a free online men's web portal, with international versions in Australia, Canada, the Middle East, the United Kingdom and the United States. It is owned by Ziff Davis and operates through the IGN Entertainment unit.
History
AskMen was founded in August 1999 by Ricardo Poupada, Christopher Bellerose Rovny and Luís Rodrigues (all three graduates of Concordia University's John Molson School of Business in Montreal, Canada). The company secured $500,000 in venture capital in 2000 while its main competitor, TheMan.com, obtained $17 million in financing from Highland Capital. In November 2000, TheMan.com shut down operations, providing an opportunity for AskMen to become the largest men's lifestyle website online.{{cite web |url = http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-3360232.html |title = Latest dot-com bomb: TheMan.com |author = Stefanie Olsen |publisher = CNET News.com |date = 2000-11-01 |access-date = 2006-09-03 By 2001, AskMen surpassed the other websites in its category to become the largest men's lifestyle website.{{cite web |url = http://ca.askmen.com/mediakit/yahoo_nielsen_ratings.html |title = One-year-old AskMen Surpasses Maxim & GQ and Remains Profitable |publisher = PRNewswire |date = 2001-06-04 |access-date = 2006-09-03 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100316201857/http://ca.askmen.com/mediakit/yahoo_nielsen_ratings.html |archive-date = 2010-03-16
In December 2009, the site had an estimated 12 million unique visitors.
In May 2007 AskMen launched a three-book series published by HarperCollins, starting with a book titled From the Bar to the Bedroom.AskMen Presents:
References
References
- "IGN Acquires AskMen.com, The Internet's Leading Men's Lifestyle Web Site".
- (2009-12-15). "CBC News - Technology & Science - AskMen.com: a decade of manliness". Cbc.ca.
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