Some background: there was a month-long bidding war between answers.com and IAC (ask.com) for about.com[1]. I wonder how things went since IAC's offer[2]. Did Answers upped their offer? Did it went personal and they left the table? One can wonder.

[1] http://money.cnn.com/2012/08/27/technology/times-about/?hpt=...

[2] http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/21/us-nyt-about-sale-...