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1. • • IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993.
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   Where did IMDb Come from?

   • IMDb originated in 1990 with a Usenet posting entitled "Those Eyes", by the English film fan and computer programmer Col Needham, [ 25 ][failed verification] about actresses with beautiful eyes. Others with similar interests soon responded with additions or different lists of their own.

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   When did IMDb start?

   • The stated founding date of IMDb is October 17, 1990, when Needham posted his movie-listing software to a USENETfilm discussion group. The site was cooperatively expanded and became an early migrant to the World Wide Web. IMDb.com was incorporated in January 1996 and was purchased by Amazon.com two years later.

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   Where is IMDb based?

   • As a wholly owned subsidiaryof 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 softwareengineer and filmbuff, began what became IMDb with a list of all the films he had seen since 1980.

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   Who owns IMDb?

   • 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.

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   Who founded the Internet Movie Database?

   • The Internet Movie Database, abbreviated IMDb, was founded mainly by Col Needham along with several others at the dawn of the world wide web.

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   Is IMDB owned by Amazon?

   • Since IMDb is owned by Amazon, the website allows the visitor to quickly purchase movies from Amazon with only a few mouse clicks. Needham remains Chief Executive of IMDb, and the site is now based out of Seattle. During that time IMDb became the most popular website for movie information, and by far the most exhaustive.

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   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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   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.

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   Oct 4, 2017 · Needham, an English software engineer and film buff, began what became IMDb with a list of all the films he had seen since 1980. The stated founding date of IMDb is October 17, 1990, when Needham posted his movie-listing software to a USENET film discussion group.

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   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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   The Internet Movie Database, abbreviated IMDb, was founded mainly by Col Needham along with several others at the dawn of the world wide web.

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   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.

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   Apr 25, 2017 · IMDb, the world’s number one movie and TV database, was started by local film-obsessed technology fan Col Needham over 30 years ago and has spanned several generations of technological evolutions.