AskMen
Sign in to saveAlso known as askmen.com
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. The site was acquired through IGN Entertainment in 2005 and is currently owned by Ziff Davis, which operates IGN as a subsidiary.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, AskMen is referenced by 306 other articles, and connects out to IGN, Montreal and International Standard Book Number.
It is catalogued under topics including 1999 establishments in Australia, IGN and Internet properties established in 1999.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Website
- Owned by
- Ziff Davis
- Official website
- www.askmen.com
Show 3 more facts
- inception
- 1999-01-01
- Alexa rank
- 6767
- social media followers
- 167362
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- History
- References
- External links
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. The site was acquired through IGN Entertainment in 2005 and is currently owned by Ziff Davis, which operates IGN as a subsidiary.
==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. By 2001, AskMen surpassed the other websites in its category to become the largest men's lifestyle website. In 2005, it was acquired by IGN.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “AskMen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.