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The ''International Business Times'' is an online news publication,〔 comprising seven national editions and four languages. The publication, sometimes called ''IBTimes'' or ''IBT'', offers news, opinion, and editorial commentary on business and business-related stories.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Talking Business News )〕 It was ranked by Alexa as the fifth-most visited site among business newspapers as of September 2015, and has an audience of over 55 million people every month. ''IBTimes'' was launched in 2005; it is owned by IBT Media,〔 and was founded by Etienne Uzac and Johnathan Davis. Its headquarters are in a former ''Newsweek'' office in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Braving bad juju International Business Times moves into Newsweek's old newsroom )〕 ==History== Founder Etienne Uzac, a native of France, came up with the idea for the global business news site while a student at the London School of Economics. He found that the strongest business newspapers had a focus on the U.S and Europe and planned to provide broader geographic coverage. Uzac recruited Johnathan Davis to join him in the enterprise.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Company Timeline )〕 In late 2005 Uzac and Davis moved to New York to launch the site, with Uzac primarily focused on business strategy while Davis coded the site and wrote the first articles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Company Timeline )〕 In May 2012, the company announced that Jeffery Rothfeder had been appointed as the publication's new Editor-in-Chief, while Davis, who previously served as Executive Editor, will manage the company's content strategy across all platforms as the Chief Content Officer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Marketwatch )〕 On August 4, 2013, IBT Media, the owner of ''IBTimes'', announced its purchase of ''Newsweek'' and newsweek.com from IAC/InterActiveCorp. The purchase does not include ''The Daily Beast''.〔 〕 Peter S. Goodman became the editor in 2014. By October 2011, the site ranked among the top 400 U.S websites,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The top 500 sites in United States )〕 and the top 900 global websites.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alexa Site Info )〕 By March 2015, the site ranked among the top 550 U.S websites, and the top 1,050 global websites.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Site Overviewibtimes.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Business Times」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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