Private company | |
Industry | Media Web search engine Web portal |
Founded | 1996 |
Headquarters | Commack, New York , USA |
Key people | John Colascione, CEO Ralph Cristello, Officer on Board of Managers [1] Tyler Roe was the original CEO of LongIsland.com, through its parent company, Invision.com, Inc. [2] |
Revenue | Not disclosed |
Not disclosed | |
Number of employees | 15 [3] |
Website | www.LongIsland.com |
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LongIsland.com was originally owned and operated by Invision.com, Inc. an IT firm that subsequently merged with IT firm mindShift in September 2007. [6] In 2010, Massachusetts based Mindshift sold the domain during an online auction for $370,000.00. [7] John Colascione owner of Long Island Exchange Inc. and Ralph Cristello owner of Internet Point Inc, were rival bidders, with Cristello ultimately winning the auction. [8] In 2015 the two competitors merged into Long Island Media Inc. [9]
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