[Ads-l] Lexico -> Rock Holdings

[Laurence Horn]

That 2018 release reads like a parody--"the nation’s preeminent online
erudition resource" indeed.

On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 11:06 AM Baker, John <JBAKER at stradley.com> wrote:

> I do not have any more information about the Lexico acquisition, but a
> deliberately obfuscatory 2018 press release about Rock Holdings’
> acquisition of Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com is at
> https://pressroom.rocketmortgage.com/2018/11/15/detroit-based-rock-holdings-acquires-dictionary-com-and-thesaurus-com/
> .
>
>
> John Baker
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>
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> Subject: Lexico -> Rock Holdings
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> The Lexico website now goes to dictionary.com, which doesn’t mention (
> https://www.dictionary.com/e/about/<https://www.dictionary.com/e/about> <
> https://www.dictionary.com/e/about/<https://www.dictionary.com/e/about/>>)
> the transition but does say it’s owned by Rock Holdings, Inc.
>
> According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexico<
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexico> <s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexico
> <s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexico>>), this has occurred as of two days
> ago:
>
> ###
> On 26 August 2022, Lexico was closed and redirected to Dictionary.com.[16]
> Oxford Dictionaries Premium was still available.[17]
> ###
>
> Rock Holdings (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Mortgage<
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Mortgage> <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Mortgage<
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Mortgage>>) holds Quicken Loans and
> Rocket Mortgage and acquired Lexico from IAC, another holding company.
>
> Does anyone have any more detailed information?
>
> Benjamin Barrett (he/him/his)
> Formerly of Seattle, WA
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