Ask.com closes Dictionary.com deal

Courtesy CNET Tech blog  Fri, 07/04/2008 - 4:52pm

Ask.com, the fourth-ranked search engine, has completed its acquisition of Lexico Publishing Group, which owns Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com.

Ask.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of InterActiveCorp, had announced the all-cash deal in mid-May.

Financial terms of the deal, which closed Thursday, were not released. Lexico, ...


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