Healthline

Healthline Media, Inc. is an American website and provider of health information headquartered in San Francisco, CA. It was founded in 2006, and established as a standalone entity in January 2016.[4]

For the bus rapid transit line in Cleveland, see HealthLine.

Healthline Media
Type of site
Private
Founded1999 (1999)[1] (as YourDoctor.com)
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California & New York, New York, United States
OwnerHealthline Media
Key peopleDavid Kopp, CEO[2]
ProductsHealth information services
Employees279 (2018)
URLwww.healthline.com
Alexa rank 212 (March 2020)[3]

As of March 2020, it had a global ranking by Alexa of 212.[3]

Overview

Healthline Media was founded in 1999 as YourDoctor.com, by endocrine specialist James Norman.[5] In 2006, the company was re-launched as Healthline Networks.[6]

By 2013, it had over $21 million in revenue and 105 employees, with offices in New York City and San Francisco.[6] Deloitte ranked Healthline Media as one of the top 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.[7]

In January 2016, Healthline raised $95 million in growth equity financing through Summit Partners.[8] Under the terms of the agreement, Healthline's media business was established as a standalone entity with David Kopp as CEO. The firm acquired health news website Medical News Today and reference website MediLexicon in May 2016.[9]

Healthline.com

Healthline Media's website publishes health and wellness information, and is a competitor to WebMD.[5][10] In 2009, Kim Komando, a technology columnist with USA Today, listed Healthline.com as a top health information website.[11]

The company also provides health-related content and tools to more than 40 other sites.[12] In 2010, Healthline Media signed an agreement to provide medical and health-related content to Yahoo! Health.[12] Other partners include AARP.com and DoctorOz.com.[5] Healthline Networks software also powers Aetna's patient portal.[13]

References
  1. "YourDoctor.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WHOIS. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  2. "Executive Team". Healthline Networks.
  3. "healthline.com Site Overview". www.alexa.com. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  4. "Healthline". CrunchBase.
  5. Roush, Wade. "Healthline Battles WebMD With Personalized Medical Search Tools, Body Maps". Xconomy. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
  6. "Healthline Networks, Inc". InsideView. Archived from the original on December 18, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  7. "Technology Fast 500". Deloitte. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013.
  8. Healthline Media Raises Growth Financing from Summit Partners http://www.summitpartners.com/news/healthline-media-raises-growth-financing-from-summit-partners
  9. Healthline Media Grows Digital Reach with Acquisition of #1 Website for Medical News Information http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/04/prweb13368746.htm
  10. Tedeschi, Bob (January 23, 2006). "This Site Knows a Cold Isn't a Rock Band". The New York Times. Retrieved January 23, 2006.
  11. Komando, Kim (July 30, 2009). "Online Tools Help Cope With Serious Illness". USA Today. Retrieved July 30, 2009.
  12. Helft, Miguel (April 1, 2010). "Yahoo Teams Up with Healthline". Bits (blog). The New York Times. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  13. Kolbasuk McGee, Marianne. "Aetna Taps Healthline for Patient Portal". Information Week. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
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