http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/04/29/urbanspoon-bought-by-iac-will-remain-independent-brand/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/04/29/urbanspoon-bought-by-iac-will-remain-independent-brand/comment-page-1/#comment-229415 amanda Tue, 05 Oct 2010 02:30:12 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=22279#comment-229415 I visted urbanspoon becuase wanted to leave a review of a restaurant warning people of it’s unhealthy satnitation conditions. I found a roach in my soup at this particular restaraunt. they deleted my review and sent an email saying “Incidents like the one you describe are impossible for a restaurant to defend (or disprove) and can profoundly affect their reputation, so we don’t include them.” I feel that their interests are not in the consumers, and are only in the food industry’s. Imagine how many posts like mine get deleted every day and people don’t know about it. It’s dishonest and shameful. I visted urbanspoon becuase wanted to leave a review of a restaurant warning people of it’s unhealthy satnitation conditions. I found a roach in my soup at this particular restaraunt. they deleted my review and sent an email saying “Incidents like the one you describe are impossible for a restaurant to defend (or disprove) and can profoundly affect their reputation, so we don’t include them.” I feel that their interests are not in the consumers, and are only in the food industry’s. Imagine how many posts like mine get deleted every day and people don’t know about it. It’s dishonest and shameful.

]]> http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/04/29/urbanspoon-bought-by-iac-will-remain-independent-brand/comment-page-1/#comment-56614 May 5, 2009 | next media update Thu, 07 May 2009 13:42:36 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=22279#comment-56614 [...] Urbanspoon Bought by IAC, Will Remain Independent Brand XCONOMY It’s an acquisition that is truly surprising to no one, but now it’s official: Seattle-based Urbanspoon, the online restaurant guide, has been bought by New York-based IAC for an undisclosed amount. Urbanspoon will stay an independent brand based in Seattle, and will report to Jay Herratti, who heads up some of IAC’s most prominent Internet brands like Citysearch, InsiderPages, and Evite. IAC has a market cap of $2.4 billion and owns dozens of popular sites, so its resources should come in handy. The deal closed on February 13, but was kept tightly under wraps. Source> [...] [...] Urbanspoon Bought by IAC, Will Remain Independent Brand XCONOMY It’s an acquisition that is truly surprising to no one, but now it’s official: Seattle-based Urbanspoon, the online restaurant guide, has been bought by New York-based IAC for an undisclosed amount. Urbanspoon will stay an independent brand based in Seattle, and will report to Jay Herratti, who heads up some of IAC’s most prominent Internet brands like Citysearch, InsiderPages, and Evite. IAC has a market cap of $2.4 billion and owns dozens of popular sites, so its resources should come in handy. The deal closed on February 13, but was kept tightly under wraps. Source> [...]

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