Photo Release -- Ancestry.com Launches New Web Site Newspapers.com
29 Novembro 2012 - 7:05PM
Ancestry.com Inc. (Nasdaq:ACOM), the world's largest online family
history resource, today announced the launch of Newspapers.com, a
powerful and affordable new web site designed to offer a
historically rich collection of more than 800 U.S. newspapers
dating from the late 1700s into the early 2000s.
A photo accompanying this release is available at
http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=16000
Comprising more than 25 million pages, Newspapers.com offers a
trove of historical and present-day newspapers ranging from the New
York Times to treasured small town and local newspapers throughout
the United States.
Interested users will find centuries of amazing news articles
and photos now captured online when browsing hundreds of years of
breaking news headlines, searching for information about an
ancestor or reading how the media addressed moments in history like
the day Charles A. Lindbergh flew over the Atlantic, the opening of
Disneyland or news from the fronts during World War I and World War
II.
"We're extremely excited about the launch of Newspapers.com
because it offers historical value for people of all ages and areas
of interest," said Brian Hansen, General Manager of Newspapers.com.
"Searching newspapers is like searching the Facebook footprint of
the past. Not only can you find information on births, marriages
and deaths, but you can also get a glimpse into what life was like
during a specific era. We hope our users have fun making their own
discoveries in this great newspaper collection that will continue
to grow over time."
The search capabilities on Newspapers.com are specifically
designed for newspapers enabling users to easily search by
keywords, location, time period and newspaper name. From the 1784
Newport Mercury newspaper to a 2009 edition of The Gettysburg
Times, users may find old advertisements or job listings, laugh at
comics, retrieve family history clues or learn about famous events
through the eyes and words of the time period.
The user experience is also enhanced by an image viewer that
serves up crisp, high-quality images of the newspapers. Once
discovered, newspaper images can easily be clipped, saved and
shared via social outlets such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and
Google+.
Within this growing newspaper collection are a myriad photos and
stories that provide unique perspective on history. Examples
include:
- Abraham Lincoln – Abraham Lincoln's death is
noted as "Our Great Loss" in the April 16, 1865 edition of the New
York Times
- Interesting People – The first baby picture of
John Jacob Astor VI, whose father perished on the Titanic, is
posted among other photos including one of Andrew Carnegie in the
1914 New York Times section labeled "Interesting People Seen
Through the Camera's Eye"
- Price Changes – See how costs have changed
over time, for example the New York Times cost one cent back in
1852, a paper that today costs $2.50 for its weekday edition
- Marilyn Monroe – A Parade article featuring an
exclusive interview with Marilyn Monroe in 1952 talked about how
the famous actress saw herself
- Man on the Moon – In 1969, the first U.S.
astronaut on the moon as highlighted in the Iowa Estherville Daily
News
- St. Valentine's Day Massacre – The day after
the 1929 St. Valentine's Day massacre in Chicago, articles all
across America followed the story including The Daily
Independent
In addition to the historical view this newspaper collection
provides, it also peers into the pop culture of American history.
Learn about Lita Grey's marriage to Charlie Chaplin on November 24,
1924 in the Ohio Zanesville Times Signal. Skim vintage
advertisements, such as those by Sears, offering customers the
opportunity to trade in old tires for a credit toward new ones in a
1952 advertisement in the Arizona Sun Times. Read your favorite
comic strip from years ago, like Peanuts, Hi and Lois and even a
1947 Lil' Abner comic strip where Daisy Mae laments not being a
comic strip character.
Newspapers.com provides an affordable glimpse into the past with
a yearly subscription rate of $79.95 for subscribers and $39.95 for
Ancestry.com or Fold3.com members. Newspapers.com also offers a
7-day free trial that can be activated at www.newspapers.com.
About Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com Inc. (Nasdaq:ACOM) is the world's largest online
family history resource, with approximately 2 million paying
subscribers. More than 11 billion records have been added to the
site in the past 16 years. Ancestry users have created more than 41
million family trees containing more than 4 billion profiles. In
addition to its flagship site, Ancestry.com offers several
localized Web sites designed to empower people to discover,
preserve and share their family history.
The Ancestry.com, Inc. logo is available at
http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=13617
The photo is also available via AP PhotoExpress.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking
statements.Such forward-looking statements include the benefits we
expect subscribers to obtain from the Newspapers.com collection and
our ability to grow the collection. Risks and uncertainties include
our inability to attract subscribers; our ability to satisfy
customer's expectations as to the content of the collection, now
and in the future; and our ability to make the products and
services easy to use. Information concerning additional factors
that could cause results to differ materially from those projected
in the forward-looking statements is contained under the caption
"Risk Factors" in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended September 30, 2012, and in discussions in other of our SEC
filings. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon
as representing our views as of any subsequent date and we assume
no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking
statements for any reason, whether as a result of new information,
future events, or otherwise.
CONTACT: Heather Erickson
(801) 705-7104
herickson@ancestry.com
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