Red Ventures is an American media company that owns and operates brands such as Lonely Planet, CNET, ZDNet, The Points Guy, Healthline, and Bankrate.[1] Red Ventures focuses on news, advice, and review websites.[2] The company's corporate headquarters is located in Fort Mill, South Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina.[3]
Red Ventures was founded on September 29, 1999,[4] in Fort Mill, South Carolina by Ric Elias and Dan Feldstein.[5] Before its 2020 acquisitions, the company had grown into an international presence with more than 100 brands, 3,000 employees, and operations in the United Kingdom and Brazil.[6]
In 2015, the company got a $250 million investment from Silver Lake.[7] That same year, it doubled the size of its headquarters[8] and bought postal services company Imagitas from Pitney Bowes.[9]
Red Ventures acquired Bankrate Inc. for $1.24 billion in cash in a deal announced July 3, 2017.[10][11]
On September 14, 2020, Red Ventures agreed to purchase the CNET Media Group from ViacomCBS for $500 million.[12] On December 1, 2020, Red Ventures bought Lonely Planet from Tennessee-based NC2 Media.[13]
In 2021, the company had 4,500 employees and 751 million readers per month.[14][15]
In 2023, The Verge described the business model of the company as "publish[ing] content designed to rank highly in Google search for "high-intent" queries and ... monet[izing] that traffic with lucrative affiliate links".[16] Stories are aimed at people who are likely to buy something ("high-intent"), with a particular focus on financial content such as credit cards, as the media company gets payments in the hundreds of dollars for each customer that buys a credit card.[16][17] Red Ventures also aims to get paid for guiding readers to buy drugs and medical consultations.[17]
The characterization came after the website Futurism found several articles published by Red Ventures properties, including CNET, were quietly written by artificial intelligence software,[18] with the stories containing numerous inaccuracies and instances of plagiarism.[19] Red Ventures announced layoffs at CNET a few weeks after the reports from The Verge and Futurism, which the company says were unrelated.[20][21]
Futurism additionally highlighted undisclosed AI-generated, SEO-focused content produced by Red Ventures's education division (internally RV EDU). This content promotes schools with which Red Ventures maintains affiliate agreements, such as University of Phoenix (a for-profit college owned by Apollo Global Management) and Liberty University (founded by conservative activist and Baptist pastor Jerry Falwell). Websites operated by RV EDU include BestColleges.com, TheBestSchools.org, NurseJournal.org, ComputerScience.org, and Psychology.org, "as well as numerous sites with domain names that imply they're nonprofits".[22]
In July 2023, Elias announced that AI-generated content, both editorial content and targeted advertisements, would be a major part of the company's business model moving forward.[23]
Following CNET publishing AI-generated stories containing errors and plagiarized content, as well as incorrect attributions to human writers, the Wikipedia community downgraded CNET's reliability, such that all content since the Red Ventures acquisition should not be considered reliable.[24][25] Employees unionized in response to layoffs and the risk to their professional reputations.[26][24][27][28] Red Ventures subsequently attempted to sell CNET for $250 million; the approximate halving of CNET's value under Red Ventures' ownership is attributed to interest rates, a slower ad market, and potential buyers expressing concern at the reputational damage of the AI scandals.[26][29]
In 2015, Red Ventures acquired MyMove (formerly Imagitas),[30] in large part due to their exclusive partnership with USPS. In 2011, Imagitas formed a 10 year exclusive partnership with the USPS to facilitate the official Change of Address process, which roughly 40 million people use each year.[31] This partnership has been heavily criticized by users on the internet,[32][33] primarily due to the predatory nature of the user experience deployed on the USPS site. Users are forced to provide their data, in exchange for deals and advertisements, without the option to opt-out. Critics of the experience claim that it is intentionally done by MyMove and is misleading for consumers, who are led to believe they need to provide this information in order to change their address, or update their voter registration form.
In May 2023, Red Ventures agreed to pay the United States $2.75 million to resolve a whistleblower's allegations that they violated the False Claims Act[34] by underpaying on contracts connected to the USPS change-of-address process.[35]
Zell MillerSenator Amerika Serikat dari GeorgiaMasa jabatan24 Juli 2000 – 3 Januari 2005Ditunjuk olehRoy BarnesPendahuluPaul CoverdellPenggantiJohnny IsaksonGubernur Georgia ke-79Masa jabatan14 Januari 1991 – 11 Januari 1999WakilPierre HowardPendahuluJoe Frank HarrisPenggantiRoy BarnesWakil Gubernur Georgia ke-8Masa jabatan14 Januari 1975 – 14 Januari 1991GubernurGeorge BusbeeJoe Frank HarrisPendahuluLester MaddoxPenggantiPierre Howard Informasi pribadiLahirZell …
Les vecteurs ligne d'une matrice. L'espace des rangées de cette matrice est l'espace vectoriel généré par ses vecteurs ligne. Les vecteurs colonne d'une matrice. L'espace des colonnes de cette matrice est l'espace vectoriel généré par ses vecteurs colonne. En algèbre linéaire, l'espace colonne (aussi appelé espace des colonnes ou image) d'une matrice A est l'espace engendré par toutes les combinaisons linéaires de ses vecteurs colonne. L'espace colonne d'une matrice est l'image d…
هذه المقالة يتيمة إذ تصل إليها مقالات أخرى قليلة جدًا. فضلًا، ساعد بإضافة وصلة إليها في مقالات متعلقة بها. (ديسمبر 2020) باول كوتور معلومات شخصية الميلاد 15 أبريل 1833[1] شوديير أبالاش تاريخ الوفاة 30 نوفمبر 1913 (80 سنة) [1] مواطنة كندا الحياة العملية المهنة سياسي…
Perbandingan RNA (kiri) dengan DNA (kanan). Hipotesis dunia RNA merupakan hipotesis yang mengusulkan bahwa kehidupan yang didasari asam ribonukleat (RNA) mendahului kehidupan yang berdasarkan asam deoksiribonukleat (DNA), RNA, dan protein. RNA dapat menyimpan informasi genetik (seperti DNA) dan juga mengatalis reaksi kimia (seperti protein enzim). RNA telah mendukung kehidupan pra-seluler dan merupakan salah satu tahap utama dalam evolusi kehidupan seluler. Pranala luar The RNA world (2001) Diar…
American college football season 2010 San Diego State Aztecs footballPoinsettia Bowl championPoinsettia Bowl, W 35–14 vs. NavyConferenceMountain West ConferenceRecord9–4 (5–3 MW)Head coachBrady Hoke (2nd season)Offensive coordinatorAl Borges (2nd season)Offensive schemePro-styleDefensive coordinatorRocky Long (2nd season)Base defense3–3–5Home stadiumQualcomm Stadium(Capacity: 54,000)Seasons← 20092011 → 2010 Mountain West Conference fo…
Esta é uma lista de vice-governadores do estado da Paraíba no pós-Estado Novo. Ordem Lista de vice-governadores da Paraíba Início do seu mandato Fim do seu mandato Cidade onde nasceu Unidade federativa Notas de rodapé Referências 01 José Targino Pereira da Costa Assumiu em 1947 31 de janeiro de 1951 Araruna Paraíba [nota 1][nota 2] [1] 02 João Fernandes de Lima 31 de janeiro de 1951 31 de janeiro de 1956 Mamanguape Paraíba [nota 3][nota 4] [2] 03 Pedro Moreno Gondim 31 de …
Pemandangan Jalan Letnan Jenderal Suprapto dari jembatan penyeberangan orang menuju Halte Transjakarta Cempaka Timur. Jalur cepat dari Jalan Letjen Suprapto. Sepeda motor, bus, truk, dan sepeda harus berada di jalur lambat yang berada di kiri foto. Monumen Perjuangan Senen yang terletak di depan Stasiun Pasar Senen yang terletak di Jalan Letnan Jenderal Suprapto. Jalan Letnan Jenderal Suprapto adalah nama salah satu jalan utama Jakarta. Nama jalan ini diambil dari nama salah satu pahlawan revolu…
Đây là Danh sách các sao có nhiệt độ cao nhất được tính bằng K. Những ngôi sao có nhiệt độ cao hơn 60,000 K sẽ được thêm vào. Danh sách Danh sách này không đầy đủ; bạn có thể giúp đỡ bằng cách mở rộng nó. Tên sao Nhiệt độ (K) Khối lượng (M☉) Độ sáng (L☉) Phân loại sao Khoảng cách (Năm ánh sáng) Nguồn WR 102 210,000 16.1 380,000 Sao Wolf–Rayet 8,610[1] [2][3] WR 142 2…
Museum Louvre, Paris, Prancis, salah satu museum terbesar dan paling terkenal di dunia. British Museum di London. Museum adalah institusi permanen, nirlaba, melayani kebutuhan publik, dengan sifat terbuka, dengan cara melakukan usaha pengoleksian, mengkonservasi, meriset, mengomunikasikan, dan memamerkan benda nyata kepada masyarakat untuk kebutuhan studi, pendidikan, dan kesenangan. Karena itu ia bisa menjadi bahan studi oleh kalangan akademis, dokumentasi kekhasan masyarakat tertentu, ataupun …
Иммиграция в Бутан является давней и насущной проблемой, как в политических и социальных, так и в правовых аспектах страны. Законы об иммиграции в Королевство Бутан и получении в нём гражданства были провозглашены как самим Друк Гьялпо, или Драконовым Королем — правите…
This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: Punk Rock Is Dead – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) 2005 studio album by Michale GravesPunk Rock Is DeadStudio album by Michale GravesReleasedDecember 20, 2005Recorded2005GenreHorror punk, punk…
Swedish actress Maritta MarkeMarke in 1927.BornAsta Margit Svensson30 June 1905Äsperöd, SwedenDied8 December 1983 (aged 78)Stockholm, SwedenOccupationActressYears active1931-1975 (film & TV) Maritta Marke (born Asta Margit Svensson; 30 June 1905 – 8 December 1983) was a Swedish film and stage actress.[1] She also sang in operettas. She was married to the actor Leif Amble-Næss in 1938 with whom she had a son Lars Amble. She had previously been married to the conductor Håkan…
Un Soldat US tirant au RPK chinois sur le pas de tir de la FOB McHenry durant la Guerre d'Irak (2003-2011). La couleur rouge du Catalpa de ses crosse,poignée et garde-main permet de l'identifier aisément. Le fusil-mitrailleur Type 86 est une copie chinoise sans licence du fusil-mitrailleur russe RPK. Caractéristiques du fusil-mitrailleur Type 86 Munition : 7,62 × 39 mm Cadence de tir : 600 coups/min Portée efficace : 600 m Alimentation : chargeur cintré de 30,40 ou 50 c…
British subscription television service This article is about a pay-TV operator in Europe. For the pay-TV operator of a similar name based in Hong Kong, see Now TV (Hong Kong). This article is missing information about operations in Germany (Wow) and Italy (Now), and former operation in Austria (Sky Ticket). Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page. (April 2020) NowOther namesNow TV (2012–2021)Original author(s)Sky GroupDeveloper(s)Sky G…
2002 NATO summit meeting in Rome, Italy Rome summit2002 Rome SummitHost countryItalyDatesMay 28, 2002Venue(s)Pratica di Mare Air Base The 2002 Rome summit was an exceptional (and thus unnumbered) NATO summit of NATO and Russia at the level of Heads of State and Government. NATO Allies and the Russian Federation created the NATO-Russia Council (NRC), which replaced the NATO–Russia Permanent Joint Council (PJC), established in 1997 as part of the Founding Act of Mutual Relations, Cooperation, an…
2022 Pro Wrestling Noah event Noah Departure 2022Promotional poster featuring Hayata and Shuji KondoPromotionCyberFightBrand(s)Pro Wrestling NoahDateAugust 5, 2022CityTokyo, JapanVenueKorakuen HallAttendance616[1]Pay-per-view chronology ← PreviousDestination 2022 Next →Grand Ship In Nagoya Noah Departure 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on August 5, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Korakuen Hall. The e…
KMWIJenisPerusahaan swasta Perseroan Terbatas (PT)IndustriOtomotifDidirikan2018PendiriSukiatKantorpusatCiteureup, Jawa Barat, IndonesiaWilayah operasiIndonesiaTokohkunciReiza Treistanto (Presiden direktur)ProdukKendaraan, kendaraan niagaSitus webwww.kmwi-astra.com PT Kreasi Mandiri Windor Indonesia (KMWI) adalah perusahaan manufaktur kendaraan Indonesia. Ia merupakan anak perusahaan PT Astra Otoparts Tbk.[1] Sejarah Garis produksi di pabrik KMWI. Pada 11 Juni 2018, PT Astra Otoparts Tbk …
Sporting event delegationHungary at the1976 Winter OlympicsIOC codeHUNNOCHungarian Olympic CommitteeWebsitewww.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)in InnsbruckCompetitors3 (2 men and 1 woman) in 1 sportFlag bearerVajda László (figure skating)Medals Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0 Winter Olympics appearances (overview)192419281932193619481952195619601964196819721976198019841988199219941998200220062010201420182022 Hungary competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Fi…
Luciana Maria Dionizio Informações pessoais Nome completo Luciana Maria Dionizio Data de nascimento 24 de julho de 1987 (36 anos) Local de nascimento Belo Horizonte, Brasil Informações profissionais Posição Goleira Clubes profissionais Anos Clubes Jogos e gol(o)s Corinthians Atlético Mineiro Ferroviária Seleção nacional 2013- Brasil 37 (0) Medalhas Jogos Pan-Americanos Ouro Toronto 2015 Equipe Luciana Maria Dionizio (Belo Horizonte, 24 de julho de 1987) é uma futebolista pro…
Italian football manager (born 1976) Simone Inzaghi Inzaghi with Inter Milan in 2023Personal informationFull name Simone Inzaghi[1]Date of birth (1976-04-05) 5 April 1976 (age 47)Place of birth Piacenza, ItalyHeight 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)Position(s) StrikerTeam informationCurrent team Inter Milan (head coach)Youth career1992–1994 PiacenzaSenior career*Years Team Apps (Gls)1994–1999 Piacenza 30 (15)1994–1995 → Carpi (loan) 9 (0)1995–1996 → Novara (loan) 23 (4)1…
Lokasi Pengunjung: 3.12.152.250