June 1996
The Knot receives initial funding from America Online. |
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September 1996
The Knot launches on America Online (AOL keyword: knot). |
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July 1997
The Knot launches on the Web at www.theknot.com. |
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April 1998
The Knot receives multimillion-dollar investment from Silicon Valley powerhouse
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. |
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November 1998
The Knot launches a full-service online gift registry, the first of its kind. |
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January 1999
The Knot Complete Guide to Weddings in the Real World hits bookstores. |
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April 1999
The Knot receives a $15 million strategic investment from e-commerce leader
QVC. |
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July 1999
The Knot Gift Registry expands its wide-ranging selection of gift items to more
than 10,000 products. |
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December 1999
The Knot raises $35 million in an initial public offering. |
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January 2000
The Knot rolls out wedding areas across several AOL brands. |
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January 2000
The Knot Ultimate Wedding Planner hits bookshelves. |
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February 2000
The Knot acquires Weddingpages, Inc. |
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May 2000
The Knot exceeds one million monthly first-time visitors. |
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June 2000
The Knot kicks off a 12-week interactive wedding-planning series with NBC's
TODAY show. |
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July 2000
The Knot surpasses one million registered members. |
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September 2000
The Knot announces strategic marketing and retailing partnerships with Linens
'n Things and Fortunoff. |
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November 2000
The Knot becomes the premier wedding content provider to MSN. The Knot inks
two-book deal with Chronicle Books. |
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January 2001
The Knot Guide to Wedding Vows and Traditions hits bookstores
nationwide. |
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February 2001
The Knot debuts revamped WEDDINGPAGES® magazines in 30 U.S. cities. |
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August 2001
The Knot celebrates two million registered members milestone. |
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October 2001
The Knot announces content distribution deal with Yahoo! |
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October 2001
The Knot signs strategic services and marketing partnership with UNIGLOBE Wings
Travel to provide honeymoon travel booking services to Knot members. |
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January 2002
The Knot Book of Wedding Gowns launches in bookstores. |
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February 2002
The Knot receives $5 million strategic investment from The May Department
Stores Company and announces marketing alliance to promote the online gift
registries of The May Department Stores. |
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January 2003
The Knot brings Real Weddings from The Knot to the television screen on
The Oxygen Network. |
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February 2003
The Knot renews its content distribution partnerships with America Online &
MSN. |
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April 2003
The Knot partners with ABC's THE VIEW for four-week Fantasy Wedding
Series. |
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May 2003
The Knot launches PromSpot.com, marking extension of its lifestages media
services model. |
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June 2003
The Knot enters strategic marketing alliance with online invitation site,
Evite.com. |
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June 2003
The Knot launches broadband area "The Knot Video Runway," first
subscription-based feature on TheKnot.com. |
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July 2003
The Knot achieves four-millionth registered member milestone. |
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August 2003
The Knot announces profitability milestone. |
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September 2003
The Knot's "Bridal Fashion Preview" televised special airs on The Oxygen
Network. |
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October 2003
The Knot becomes a Scripps Howard News Service regular; Carley Roney's weekly
column syndicated to 70+ newspapers nationwide. |
