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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1995 |
| Defunct | 2009 |
| Successor | Here Media |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States |
Key people | Tom Rielly, founder/CEO Jon Huggett, CEO Megan Smith, CEO Karen Magee, CEO Lowell Selvin, Chairman Mark Elderkin, founder of Gay.com |
| Products | Gay.com PlanetOut.com The Advocate Out Magazine |
Number of employees | 131 |
| Website | PlanetOutInc.com |
PlanetOut, Inc. is an online media company or entertainment company exclusively targeting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) demographic.
Originally founded as an early internet-based media company by Tom Reilly in 1995,[1] it operated several LGBT-themed web sites, the first being an independent producer Forum on the Microsoft Network (MSN).
- ^ "PlanetOut Merges With Here Networks". AdWeek. June 18, 2009.