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Vail Resorts expanding its brand on Internet with acquisitions


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By Denver Business Journal

A division of Vail Resorts Inc. said Wednesday it purchased the ski report website SkiReport.com.

The purchase was made by Vail Resorts subsidiary Mountain News Corp., which already operates the website OnTheSnow.com.

Financial terms weren’t disclosed.

The two websites will be merged for the 2011-12 ski season.

Mountain News (which has nothing to do with any media in the Lake Tahoe Basin) said the merger will boost unique annual visitors to the website to more than 12 million. OnTheSnow has been attracting about 9.6 million unique annual visitors.

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  1. Steve says - Posted: September 15, 2011

    Well I’m sure the ski reports on this site will be fair, balanced, and highly accurate, and show no favoritism whatsoever.

  2. Perry R. Obray says - Posted: September 16, 2011

    During the 2010/11 winter sport season, Vail advertised for numerous internet employment positions. These might be very desirable jobs for for the so called active lifestyle that is associated with much of the Tahoe area.