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Flixster

Flixster, Inc.
A red and white stripe bucket full of popcorn beside the word Flixster, written in white letters with a blue outline.
Type of businessSubsidiary
Type of site
Social networking service
FoundedJanuary 20, 2006 (2006-01-20)
DissolvedFebruary 20, 2018 (2018-02-20) (USA)
October 31, 2019 (2019-10-31) (Internationally)
Founder(s)Joe Greenstein
Saran Chari
ServicesFilm, social networking
Employees75
ParentFandango Media
URLflixster.com
LaunchedJanuary 20, 2006 (2006-01-20)
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Flixster was an American social-networking movie website for discovering new movies, learning about movies, and meeting others with similar tastes in movies. It is currently owned by Fandango Media. The formerly independent site, allowed users to view movie trailers as well as learn about new and upcoming movies at the box office. It was originally based in San Francisco and was founded by Joe Greenstein and Saran Chari on January 20, 2006. It was also the former parent company of Rotten Tomatoes from January 2010 to February 17, 2016.[2] On February 17, 2016, Flixster, including Rotten Tomatoes, was acquired by Fandango.[3]

  1. ^ Anthony D'Alessandro (17 February 2016). "Fandango Acquires Rotten Tomatoes & Flixster - Deadline". Deadline. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  2. ^ Graser, Marc (January 4, 2010). "Flixster buys Rotten Tomatoes". Variety. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  3. ^ Sciretta, Peter (2016-02-17). "Rotten Tomatoes and Flixster Acquired By Fandango". Slashfilm. Retrieved 2016-02-19.

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