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''For the South African media group, see Primedia Broadcasting'' RentPath Inc. is a privately held American media company owned by TPG Capital and Providence Equity Partners LLC. They help millions of consumers find apartments, condos and houses for rent through its network of websites and mobile apps. Their (Rent.com ), (ApartmentGuide.com ), (Rentals.com ), New Home Guide and (Lovely ) brands are their most recognizable, but additional properties such as (RentalHouses.com ) also exist. Organized in 1989 as K-III Communications Corporation by private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the company made a series of acquisitions of niche publications under Bill Reilly's leadership in the 1990s. The firm went public in 1995, selling stock 15 million shares at approximately $12 per share, in a deal that left Kohlberg Kravis Roberts with control of 82.2% of the company's shares.〔via Reuters. ("K-III's Initial Stock Offering" ), ''The New York Times'', October 7, 1995. Accessed October 23, 2008.〕 The firm adopted the Primedia name as of November 18, 1997 to more clearly focus on its core business.〔Staff. ("K-III's New Name To Be 'Primedia'" ), ''The New York Times'', November 1, 1997. Accessed October 23, 2008.〕 Primedia sold a group of 17 outdoor-oriented magazines to InterMedia Outdoors for $170 million in cash, in a deal that included ''Guns and Ammo'' and ''Fly Fisherman''.〔Sorkin, Andrew Ross. ("InterMedia to Buy Primedia’s Outdoor Magazines" ), ''The New York Times'', December 7, 2006. Accessed October 23, 2008.〕 In 2007 Primedia sold its Enthusiast Media division to Source Interlink in a deal that netted Primedia $1.15 billion in cash in exchange for a group of more than 70 magazines, including ''Motor Trend'' and ''Soap Opera Digest'' and 90 consumer web sites. The deal left Primedia to focus on a series of free print and online consumer guides published by its Consumer Source unit.〔via Reuters. ("Magazine Publisher Is Selling Special-Interest Unit for $1.15 Billion" ), ''The New York Times'', May 15, 2007. Accessed October 23, 2008.〕 In 2011, private equity firm TPG Capital bought Primedia for $525 million. In 2013, the company changed its name to RentPath.〔(Primedia Changes Name to RentPath )〕 In 2014, Providence Equity Partners LLC acquired 50% of the company.〔()〕 In July 2015, former CEO of AutoTrader, Chip Perry, was named president and CEO of RentPath. He succeeded Charles Stubbs who has remained on the RentPath board of directors. In November 2015, Chip Perry stepped down as president and CEO of RentPath, to take over as CEO of TrueCar. 〔http://www.autonews.com/article/20151123/OEM02/151129953/chip-perry-truecars-new-ceo-seeks-to-rebuild-dealers-trust〕 RentPath's CFO, Kim Payne, has stepped in as interim president and CEO as of November 2015. 〔http://www.rentpath.com/leadership-team/〕 ==Timeline== *1989 – Founded as K-III Communications, a new venture financed by the investment group Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts and Co. *1989 – Purchased Intertec Publishing, Macmillan Book Clubs (renamed Newbridge Communications), and Gryphon Editions from Macmillan and Webb Publishing from Maxwell Communications *1990 - Acquired Ward's from Thomson Corporation *1990 – Purchased business publications of Andrews Communications *1990 – Acquired Readers Garden, operator of special interest book clubs *1990 – Acquired ''Weekly Reader'' and Funk & Wagnalls from Marshall Field 5th *1991 – Purchased 9 magazines from News Corporation for $600 million. * *''Daily Racing Form'' * *''Soap Opera Digest'' * *''Soap Opera Weekly'' * *''New York'' * *''Seventeen'' * *''Premiere'' * *''European Travel & Life'' * *''Automobile'' * *''New Woman'' *1992 – Acquired medical publisher Krames *1992 - Acquired Films for the Humanities & Sciences *1993 – Acquired three magazines from Wiesner *1993 – Acquired World Almanac from Scripps *1994 – Acquired ''Stagebill'' *1994 – Acquired Katharine Gibbs *1994 – Acquired Haas Publishing, now Consumer Source Inc. *1995 – Went public *1995 – Acquired ''Chicago'' from Landmark Communications *1995 – Acquired McMullen & Yee Publishing, a publisher of automotive magazine〔(K-III acquires Automotive-Truck 'Enthusiast' publisher McMullen & Yee )〕 *1996 – Acquired 14 publications from Cahners Consumer Magazines *1996 – Acquired ''Pro Football Weekly'' *1996 – Acquired Westcott Communications〔http://www.westcott.com/〕 (later renamed Primedia Workplace Learning) *1997 – Acquired Intellichoice *1997 – Sold Krames to Times Mirror *1997 – ''New Woman'' sold to Rodale *1997 – Katharine Gibbs sold to Career Education Corporation *1997 – Acquires Park Avenue Publishing, publisher of ''Lowrider''〔(Spotlight: McMullen Argus Buys Park Avenue Publishing )〕 *1997 – Changed name to Primedia Inc. *1998 – Acquires Cowles Enthusiast Media and Cowles Business Media divisions of Cowles Media Company from McClatchy Newspapers *1998 – ''Daily Racing Form'' sold to private investors *1998 – ''Stagebill'' sold to Fred B. Tarter *1998 – Newbridge Communications sold to Doubleday Direct *1998 – Acquired Sterling/MacFadden's teen magazines and teen publisher Laufer Publishing *1999 – Primedia's education unit (''Weekly Reader'', World Almanac) sold to Ripplewood Holdings *1999 – Acquired Multimedia Publishing *1999 – Sold ''Better Nutrition'', ''Southwest Art'', and ''Vegetarian Times'' to Sabot Publishing〔(Deals-Southwest Art )〕〔(Alberto Move From Lois A Beauty For Tatham )〕 *2000 – Acquired About.com *2001 – Purchased EMAP's US magazines (formerly Petersen Publishing) *2001 – Closed ''Country Journal'' *2002 – ''Modern Bride'' sold to Condé Nast Publications *2002 – ''Pro Football Weekly'' sold to Arkush family *2002 – ''Chicago'' sold to Tribune Company *2002 – ''American Baby'' sold to Meredith Corporation *2003 – ''Volleyball'', ''Teddy Bear and Friends'' and ''Doll Reader'' sold to Ashton International Media *2003 – ''Seventeen'' sold to Hearst Corporation *2003 – ''New York'' sold to Bruce Wasserstein *2003 – ''Tiger Beat'' and ''Bop'' sold to Laufer Media *2003 – ''Kitplanes'' sold to Belvoir Publications〔(KITPLANES Joins AVweb Under Belvoir )〕 *2003 – Simba Information sold to R.R. Bowker〔( R.R. Bowker Acquires Simba Information )〕 *2004 – Sold ''Folio:'' and ''Circulation Management'' to Red 7 Media〔(Primedia Sells Folio, Circulation Management )〕 *2005 – About.com sold to The New York Times Company *2005 – Sold business information segment (ex-Intertec〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Primedia Business Information Profile )〕) to private investors Wasserstein & Co. (later merged with Penton Media) *2005 - Sold Ward's to Prism Business Media *2006 – Sold history magazines to Weider History Group〔(Weider Purchases History Magazines From Primedia )〕 *2006 – Sold Crafts Group to Sandler Capital Management *2006 - Sold Outdoor Group to InterMedia Partners *2007 – Sold Enthusiast Media group (containing the vast majority of Primedia's magazines) to Source Interlink, controlled by Ronald Burkle, for $1.2 billion. *2007 – Sold Gems group to Interweave〔(Interweave Press Buys Primedia's Gems Group )〕 *2007 – Sold ''Climbing'' to Skram Media〔(Primedia Unclips Climbing )〕 *2007 - Sold Films for the Humanities & Sciences to Infobase Publishing *2007 – Sold Channel One News to Alloy Media and Marketing *2008 – Sold ''South Florida Auto Guide'' and ''Wisconsin Auto Guide'' to TargetMedia Partners; closes ''Atlanta Auto Guide'' *2009 – Closes ''Today's Custom Home'' *2011 – TPG Capital acquires company *2012 – Acquires rent.com from eBay for an undisclosed amount. *2014 - Acquires San Francisco startup Lovely for $13 million.〔()〕 *2014 - Providence Equity Partners LLC becomes an equal partner with TPG Capital.〔()〕 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「RentPath」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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