IGN Entertainment parent News Corp. has sold Rotten Tomatoes to competitor movie listings and reviews site Flixster, reports Business Insider. The sale, terms for which weren’t disclosed, moves Rotten Tomatoes out of IGN’s network of entertainment and videogame sites. Business Insider says Kara Swisher, writer for another News Corp. property Wall Street Journal, had reported a coming deal. Swisher had said the move would be in line with News Corp’s strategy of trading assets not core to its business for investment in startups like Flixster. The combined assets of Rotten Tomatoes and Flixster are estimated to be a reach of 30 million monthly visitors worldwide and content on more than 250,000 films. Read more at Business Insider.
Rotten Tomatoes Leaves IGN Family
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