Who owns Dotdash Meredith?
Dotdash Meredith is owned by IAC (the United States, NASDAQ: IAC), which has owned the brand since 1 December 2020.[1]
Evidence: IAC Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-20, SEC EDGAR, 20 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- IAC Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, New York, New York
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 2017
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Digital publishing
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: IAC
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Dotdash Meredith
Dotdash Meredith publishes People, Better Homes & Gardens, Investopedia, Verywell and Allrecipes, among others. IAC combined its own Dotdash sites with the Meredith magazine group in 2021 for about $2.7 billion, creating one of the largest digital publishers in America.
What IAC's annual report says about Dotdash Meredith
Sentences about Dotdash Meredith from IAC's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Following this acquisition, we refer to the combined entity, which operates the brands and businesses of our former Dotdash financial reporting segment and those of Meredith Holdings Corp., as Dotdash Meredith Inc. ("Dotdash Meredith").
On July 31, 2025, Dotdash Meredith Inc. was rebranded "People Inc." and is referred to as such throughout this report (unless the context requires otherwise).
People Inc. On July 31, 2025, Dotdash Meredith Inc. was rebranded "People Inc." and is referred to as such throughout this report (unless the context requires otherwise).
How often IAC names Dotdash Meredith in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Dotdash Meredith
Where Dotdash Meredith sits in IAC
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by IAC
IAC controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- Allrecipes (1997)
- Angi (1995)
- Care.com (2006)
- Investopedia (1999)
Other brands in digital publishing, and who owns them
The 36 brands in digital publishing on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is Astro, with 4; IAC has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Astro Ulagam | Astro | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Research Exchange | Wiley | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Engadget | Apollo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bossip | Urban One | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Audible | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BOOK☆WALKER | Kadokawa | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| NAVER Blog | NAVER | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| BMC | Springer Nature | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: IAC
IAC is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, New York, United States, founded in 1986. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: IAC.
IAC is Barry Diller's holding company, which has built and then spun off an unusual number of large internet businesses including Expedia, TripAdvisor, Match Group and Vimeo. What it keeps tends to be publishing and marketplaces rather than the travel and dating assets it became known for.
🇺🇸 Dotdash Meredith and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Dotdash Meredith is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Dotdash Meredith?
The parent company of Dotdash Meredith is IAC, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Dotdash Meredith American?
Yes. Dotdash Meredith originated in the United States in 2017 and its owner, IAC, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has IAC owned Dotdash Meredith?
IAC has owned Dotdash Meredith since 1 December 2020.
Is Dotdash Meredith still owned by IAC?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, Dotdash Meredith is still owned by IAC. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] IAC Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-20 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 20 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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