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IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. Since 1998, it has been owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017.
- IMDB.COM. Amazon bought the Internet Movie Database back in 1998. Individual pages within the database now have the option to click to buy a DVD or Blu-ray of the film from Amazon.
- ALEXA.COM. Not to be confused with Amazon's digital assistant with the same name, Alexa is an analytics provider. Thus, it's used primarily to rank the popularity of websites.
- AUDIBLE. Arguably the most popular repository of audiobooks online, Audible became part of the Amazon empire back in 2008 in a deal that cost Amazon $300 million.
- BOX OFFICE MOJO. The website Box Office Mojo has been charting the box office performance of movies since 1999, and in July 2008, IMDb (which, we've discussed, is owned by Amazon) bought the service.
Aug 12, 2024 · As a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com, IMDb is based in Seattle, but the office of Col Needham, the founder and CEO, remains in Bristol, England, where the Web site was founded. Needham, an English software engineer and film buff, began what became IMDb with a list of all the films he had seen since 1980.
May 8, 2023 · Founder and CEO Col Needham shares the origin story of IMDb and how it became one of Amazon’s first acquisitions 25 years ago.
- Malia Karlinsky
Colin Needham (born 26 January 1967) [1] is a British computer engineer who is known as the founder and CEO of IMDb. [2] He has been general manager of IMDb since its acquisition by Amazon in 1998. [3] [4]
Feb 21, 2023 · In 1996, Needham and his associates incorporated IMDb as its own business and moved to imdb.com, with entries for over 65,000 films and a lofty mission “to capture any and all information ...
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Learn about Col Needham, the British film fan who created IMDb, the world's most popular and authoritative source for information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities. IMDb is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon since 1998 and has offices around the world.
