Walt Disney Internet Group Acquires iParenting Media

  • December 6, 2007
The Walt Disney Internet Group has acquired iParenting Media, operator of an Internet community for parents and parents-to-be at www.iParenting.com.

The acquisition adds to Disney's stable of family-targeted Web properties within Disney Online, including Disney Family.com, FamilyFun.com and Wondertime.com. iParenting's content and services will be integrated into Disney's network of family targeted sites. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

iParenting's portfolio features an array of professional and user-generated content, including thousands of articles and expert Q&A's and hundreds of community message boards.

In addition, the network includes the iParenting Media Awards (www.iParentingMediaAwards.com), the only certified product review and awards program in the industry. The iParenting Media Awards recognize the best products in the children's media and juvenile product industries. Disney will continue the awards program as an impartial resource for parents and consumers.

--Tanya Irwin

Next story loading loading..