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  2. Mar 23, 2012 · By the late 1990s, IMDb was popular enough to catch the attention of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, who purchased the site from Needham for an undisclosed amount. Since IMDb is owned by Amazon, the website allows the visitor to quickly purchase movies from Amazon with only a few mouse clicks.

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › IMDbIMDb - Wikipedia

    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.

  4. Oct 4, 2017 · The stated founding date of IMDb is October 17, 1990, when Needham posted his movie-listing software to a USENET film discussion group. The site was cooperatively expanded and became an early migrant to the World Wide Web .

  5. Where does the information on IMDb come from? In short, the information in IMDb comes from various sources! While we actively gather information from and verify items with studios and filmmakers, the bulk of our information is submitted by people in the industry and visitors like you!

  6. 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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  7. Oct 17, 2023 · 17 October 1990: The day Bristol native Col Needham posted his movie-listing software to the Internet and IMDb was born. It all started with the overwhelmingly human urge to make lists.

  8. Aug 10, 2021 · IMDb CEO Col Needham shares insights about the history of IMDb, how the site has adapted to changing viewing habits, and the top 5 films he believes everyone should watch. In 1998, IMDb was among Amazon's first acquisitions.

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