Posts Tagged ‘NHL’

About.com Attempting to Court Canadian Users with Acquisition of Aboot.ca

By • Aug 6th, 2009 • Category: World

In an effort to bolster their Canadian traffic, About.com announced today that they have acquired the Canadian domain Aboot.ca.  The domain, which is a play on Canadians’ tendency to unconsciously pronounce “about” as “aboot”, was purchased by the New York based company for an astounding $30 million and was previously home to a Neil Peart [...]


In Effort to Increase Ratings, Versus Network to Broadcast Color Bars All Day

By • Dec 10th, 2008 • Category: Television

Philadelphia, PA – In an effort to increase viewer ratings for Versus, its cable television sports channel, the Comcast Corporation has decided to quit airing all of its other programming and just broadcast color bars all day long.


Mike Modano Sets Season’s Goal to Once Again Drink Zima Out of the Stanley Cup

By • Oct 1st, 2008 • Category: Sports

Dallas, TX – With the upcoming NHL season about to begin, veteran Dallas Stars center Mike Modano has made it this season’s goal to once again drink Zima out of the Stanley Cup.