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IBM has purchased the parent company of the Weather Channel. -- (link)
Posted by
ML (aka Iadodger)
Jan 29 '16, 11:22
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But not the Weather Channel itself: "But as part of the sale, under a long-term contract, it will license weather data forecasts and analytics now owned by IBM."
(techcrunch.com)
Responses:
This is a complicated deal. NBC Universal is a part owner of the Weather Co. -- nm
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Mop
Jan 29, 11:46
Forecast.io is my new favorite weather site. -- (link)
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Qale
Jan 29, 11:41
Too bad it didn't include storm naming rights. I was looking forward to Winter Storm ty97 -- nm
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Roger More
Jan 29, 11:38
Maybe they can fix that horror show of a website. I switched to wunderground some time ago. -- nm
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Baron Whitlock
Jan 29, 11:36
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I'm pretty sure Weather channel owns wunderground. -- nm
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pmb
Jan 29, 11:39
3
Not anymore. IBM now owns Weather Underground as part of today's purchase. -- nm
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ML
Jan 29, 11:43
They do, but they haven't cocked that one up yet. -- nm
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Baron Whitlock
Jan 29, 11:40
1
don't worry, IBM will muck it all up -- nm
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decline
Jan 29, 11:41
maybe they can put smooth jazz back on the local forecasts
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ML
Jan 29, 11:37
2
Kenny G got paid -- nm
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ty97
Jan 29, 11:40
Terence Fletcher called in too many times complaining about the quality. -- nm
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Baron Whitlock
Jan 29, 11:40
This is so that IBM can fake data dispersed to the public when they start testing their weather machines -- nm
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decline
Jan 29, 11:27
ah, the deal closed. Was wondering why this was news again. -- nm
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ty97
Jan 29, 11:25
2
you knew?!? and didn't tell us? -- nm
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decline
Jan 29, 11:28
1
ha! I found out when the rest of the world did via the press release on 10/28/15 -- nm
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ty97
Jan 29, 11:29
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