Type of site | Portal |
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Owner | Hachette Rusconi S.p.A. |
URL | http://www.CiaoWeb.it/ |
Registration | 1999 |
Launched | 18 December 1999 |
Current status | Not Active |
CiaoWeb was an Italian web portal started up by the FIAT Group with an initial investment of 200 billion Italian Lira (100 million Euro). [1] The project for the development of the portal had been assigned to a group of companies under the control of Ernst & Young and under the responsibility of Alessandro Gadotti, at the time Partner in Ernst & Young. [2] Paolo Ceretti from IFIL then took the responsibility as CEO, and Nino Olivotto took the position of CTO.
The original project was a mix of editorial content and e-commerce based on the potential synergies between the companies of the FIAT Group ( La Stampa, Alpitour, Ferrari, etc.). [3]
In 2000, CiaoWeb became the sponsor of the football team Juventus. [4]
CiaoWeb did not survive the new economy crisis in 2001, [5] and was sold to Hachette Rusconi Interactif (HRI), [6] [7] later on sold to Hearst.
Type of site | Portal |
---|---|
Owner | Hachette Rusconi S.p.A. |
URL | http://www.CiaoWeb.it/ |
Registration | 1999 |
Launched | 18 December 1999 |
Current status | Not Active |
CiaoWeb was an Italian web portal started up by the FIAT Group with an initial investment of 200 billion Italian Lira (100 million Euro). [1] The project for the development of the portal had been assigned to a group of companies under the control of Ernst & Young and under the responsibility of Alessandro Gadotti, at the time Partner in Ernst & Young. [2] Paolo Ceretti from IFIL then took the responsibility as CEO, and Nino Olivotto took the position of CTO.
The original project was a mix of editorial content and e-commerce based on the potential synergies between the companies of the FIAT Group ( La Stampa, Alpitour, Ferrari, etc.). [3]
In 2000, CiaoWeb became the sponsor of the football team Juventus. [4]
CiaoWeb did not survive the new economy crisis in 2001, [5] and was sold to Hachette Rusconi Interactif (HRI), [6] [7] later on sold to Hearst.