Amazon Acquires IMDb

Announced April 27, 1998 — $55M

What happened

Acquired by Amazon; became/was integrated as IMDb.

Amazon's acquisition history

2nd of 124 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

42 of 124 Amazon deals

Amazon's average disclosed price

$882.9M

Amazon's largest disclosed deal

Tracked acquisitions in 1998

36 across all acquirers

When did Amazon acquire IMDb?

Amazon acquired IMDb on April 27, 1998. This was Amazon's 2nd publicly tracked acquisition out of 124 we have on record.

How much did Amazon pay for IMDb?

Amazon paid $55M for IMDb.

What does IMDb do?

Acquired by Amazon; became/was integrated as IMDb.