United Online

United Online is a U.S. Internet company based in Woodland Hills ( district of Los Angeles ). It is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange since September 2001.

Structure

The activities of United Online are organized into three main business areas:

  • Classmates Media: This includes in particular the subsidiary Classmates Online, Inc., which operates the social networking site Classmates.com, which further sub- companies in Germany under the name StayFriends.de ( StayFriends GmbH ) in Austria under StayFriends.at, is offered in Sweden StayFriends.se ( Klassträffen Sweden AB ) and in France under the name Trombi. These sites together over 50 million registered accounts, including 3.2 million payment accounts (end of 2007), Classmates.com is a market leader in the U.S. and Canada. Furthermore, belongs to this division another social networking site, The Names Database (with Stand end of July 2007, over 33 million users), and based on Internet use customer loyalty bonus card system MyPoints.com.
  • Communications: Includes through its subsidiary United Online Web Services, the Internet access or webmail provider NetZero, Juno, 50megs.com, BlueLight Internet Services, free servers, BizHosting.com, Global server and MySite.com. Photo Site is an amateur photo - hosting site. Another subsidiary, Cyber ​​Target, operates " real-time online market research ". The with NetZero to consolidated Come early search engine Simpli no longer exists; whose technology is used today in Google Adsense. Designed to produce a youthful target audience online payment system Cash Rocket also no longer belongs to the company.
  • E -Commerce and Retail (electronic and classical trade ): This latest range consists of FTD Group ( Florists ' Transworld Delivery ), the parent company of the world's largest flower Mediation Services Interflora, Inc., its subsidiary Continental European Fleurop is.

United Online, excluding the headquarters offices in New York City, Fort Lee (New Jersey), Renton (Washington ), San Francisco, Schaumburg (Illinois ), Erlangen ( Germany ), as well as an offshore development center ( Juno Online Services Development Pvt. ) in Hyderabad ( India). Chairman, President and CEO, Mark R. Goldston.

The Group reported 2007 ( December 31 ), EBITDA of 148.219 million U.S. dollars, of which the Communications Division 113 013 000. The Group employed approximately 900 employees in 2007.

History

The company was formed in June 2001 from the merger of NetZero and Juno Internet Service Provider Online Services. After the IPO, in the same year, a positive earnings after EBITDA was achieved in March 2002, in September 2002, according to GAAP accounting principles. In November, 2002, United Online Internet access and email service providers Bluelight.com of the retail chain Kmart. In April 2004, the webhosting business from About.com was acquired. In August 2004, the company moved its original seat of Westlake Village to Woodland Hills. In November 2004, Classmates.com was bought, took over in March 2005, United Online, the amateur photo - hosting site Photo Site of Homestead Technologies, March 2006 The Names Database, April 2006 for 56 million U.S. dollars MyPoints (the latter founded in 1997 by United Airlines ). The complete takeover of FTD Group was started in April 2008 and completed in August 2008.

Types of business entity Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) Renton (Washington) Schaumburg (Illinois) Westlake Village, California
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