BNET Industries
Market Cap:$336.2M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$98.6M
- Public
- US
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The Knot Inc. is a lifestage media company connecting engaged couples, newlyweds, and first-time parents with the community, products, and inspiration they need to navigate the most intense years of their lives. Our flagship brand, The Knot, is the authority on all things weddings, with fresh advice and ideas on the #1 wedding website, TheKnot.com, and in our magazines, books, and television programs. A sister site, WeddingChannel.com, packages stylish planning information with a patented registry search tool -- it's the only place online where wedding guests can search multiple retailers to find and purchase the perfect gift from a couple's registry. Both brands also deliver what brides need most: extensive listings of local wedding planning services. And we don't just leave the couple at the altar! After the wedding, our members face a whole new adventure (and discover that wedded bliss includes things like shopping for insurance!). That's when they turn to our newlywed brand, The Nest, for smart tools, down-to-earth advice, and an avid community that's focused on everything from picking a good red wine to getting along with in-laws to shopping for a new house. Our latest addition, The Bump, is all about...well, making babies! Created for first-time parents, this bustling website and local purse-size guide deliver the expert answers, real mom opinions, and local resources needed to survive pregnancy and the first six sleepless months. ...
Cofounder, Chairman and CEO
David LiuNumber of Employees 472
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals: 519130
Recent Events
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Big Wins of 2009
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The Knot Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results
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The Knot Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
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The Knot Inc. Announces Launch of Flagship Site in Australia at
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The Knot, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Matt for Jeetil Patel – Deutsche Bank. Matt for Jeetil Patel – Deutsche Bank I wanted to start out with a discussion about the gross margin profile of the business. As I understand it the recent e-commerce acquisition has had...
The Knot, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. We will now begin the question-and-answer Session. Operator Instructions Our first question comes from the line of Jeetil Patel with Deutsche Bank. You have the floor. Jeetil Patel - Deutsche Bank Thanks, Two questions. First of all, on the national ad side, it seems like...
The Knot, Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from Jeetil Patel - Deutsche Bank Securities. Jeetil Patel - Deutsche Bank Securities On the registry side, what are your retail customers or partners doing in terms of spending activity to potentially drive the registry business or are they kind...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Janet Scardino | President and Chief Marketing Officer |
| Armando Cardenas Molazco | CTO |
| Armando Cardenas-Nolazco | Chief Technology Officer |
| Carley Roney | Editor In Chief and Cofounder |
| Carley Rooney | Editor-in-Chief |
| Carol Koh Evans | Chief Operating Officer |
| John Mueller | Chief Financial Officer |
| Koh Carol | Chief Operating Officer |
| Richard Szefc | Chief Financial Officer |
| Rob Fassino | Vice President, Business Integration |
| Nic Di Iorio | Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Technology Group |
| Mary Ellen | Director, Marketing |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Liu | Cofounder, Chairman and CEO |
| Eileen Naughton | Board of Directors |
| Ira Carlin | Board of Directors |
| Joseph Brehob | Board of Directors |
| Lanny Baker | Board of Directors |
| Lisa Gersh | Board of Directors |
| Matthew Strauss | Board of Directors |
| Peter Sachse | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Knot, Inc. | Cofounder, Chairman and CEO | Current |
| Baby Animal Nesting | Cofounder, Chairman and CEO | Current |
| The Knot, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| The Nest | President and Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Hummer Winblad Venture Partners | President and Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Runtime, Inc. | Founder | Former |
| Runtime, Inc. | Director of Production | Former |
| AOL LLC | Former | |
| New York University | B.F.A. In Film and Television | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Knot, Inc. | President and Chief Marketing Officer | Current |
| Stockhouse Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Stockgroup Information Systems Inc. | Director | Current |
| Emerson College | B.S. In Communications | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Knot, Inc. | CTO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Knot, Inc. | Chief Technology Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Knot Guide to Wedding | Editor-In-Chief | Current |
| Partyspot | Editor-In-Chief | Current |
| The Knot, Inc. | Editor In Chief and Cofounder | Current |
| The Knot Guide to Wedding | Founder | Current |
| The Knot Guide to Wedding | Board of Directors | Current |
| Partyspot | Board of Directors | Current |
| Smithsonian | President | Former |
| Runtime, Inc. | President | Former |
| New York University | MA In Cultural Studies | Former |
| New York University | Bfa | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Knot, Inc. | Editor-in-Chief | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Animal Nesting | Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| The Knot, Inc. | Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| Massive, Ltd. | General Manager | Current |
| Columbia Business School | MBA | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Knot Guide to Wedding | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Baby Animal Nesting | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| The Knot, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Partyspot | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Genius Products, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Genius Products, Inc. | Executive Vice President | Former |
| Jefferies LLC | Senior Vice President of Media and Entertainment Investment Banking | Former |
| Genius Products, Inc. | Principal Financial Officer | Former |
| Kimberly-Clark Corporation | Former | |
| Sg Cowen & Co., LLC | Former | |
| SG Cowen Securities Corporation | Former | |
| Harvard University | M.B.A. | Former |
| University of Minnesota | B.S. In Business Administration | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Knot, Inc. | Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Knot, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| The Nest | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| The Knot, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Knot, Inc. | Vice President, Business Integration | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Knot Guide to Wedding | Executive Vice President & Managing Director, Technology Group | Current |
| Technology Group | Managing Director | Current |
| Baby Animal Nesting | Executive Vice President & Managing Director, Technology Group | Current |
| The Knot, Inc. | Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Technology Group | Current |
| The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. | Chief Technology Officer | Former |
| McCann Erickson Worldwide | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Young & Rubicam Inc. | Vice President | Former |
| McCann Erickson Worldwide | Director of Information Technology | Former |
| Young & Rubicam Inc. | Director of Global Network Services | Former |
| McCann Ltd | Former | |
| Polytechnic University | M.S. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Knot, Inc. | Director, Marketing | Current |
Eileen Naughton is president of TIME, the flagship magazine of Time Inc. and the world's largest news magazine, with a worldwide circulation of 5.4 million and an audience of 31 million readers. Ms. Naughton is responsible for TIME's global publishing operations, including brand management, business development, circulation and advertising sales for the magazine and its website, TIME.com. She also oversees LIFE's book and magazine businesses. LIFE will relaunch as a weekly magazine in October 2004 as a weekend magazine supplement in newspapers across the United States, with an initial circulation of 12 million readers. Prior to her tenure at TIME, Ms. Naughton served as vice president of investor relations for AOL Time Warner, from August 2000 to January 2002. Ms. Naughton served as president of Time Inc. Interactive from 1999-2000, and oversaw the operations and development of online strategies for Time Inc.'s core brands. Ms. Naughton began her career at Time Inc. in 1989, and was general manager of Fortune from 1993 to 1997. She served as vice president and director of finance at Time Inc. from 1997 to 1999. Ms. Naughton is also a member of the New School University's Board of Trustees. She serves on the Board of Directors for Volunteers of America of New York, a national organization that provides programs for society's neediest. She is a board member of FRAXA, The Fragile X Research Foundation, which is dedicated to funding research aimed at finding a treatment or cure for Fragile X Syndrome. Ms. Naughton is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where she received an M.B.A. degree from The Wharton School and an M.A. degree from the Lauder Institute of International Studies in 1987. She received a B.A. in international relations in 1979 from the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Naughton lives in New York City with her husband Craig Chesley and their three children.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Siite | President, Time | Current |
| The New School | Board of Directors | Current |
| Baby Animal Nesting | Board of Directors | Current |
| Fraxa | Board Member | Current |
| The Knot Guide to Wedding | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Knot, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Partyspot | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Time Group Inc. | President | Former |
| Fortune | General Manager | Former |
| The Lauder Institute | M.A. Degree | Former |
| Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania | M.B.A. Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Animal Nesting | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Knot Guide to Wedding | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Knot, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Partyspot | Board of Directors | Current |
| ValueClick, Inc. | Member of Mediaplex's Board of Directors | Current |
| Universal McCann | CEO | Former |
| MIT Media Laboratory | Architect | Former |
| Grey Advertising | Former | |
| Universal McCann | Chairman | Former |
| Thunderhouse | Chairman | Former |
| Hebrew University of Jerusalem | B.A. In Physics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Knot, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Lanny Baker is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Monster Worldwide, Inc., the parent company of the leading global online careers property, Monster (R). Mr. Baker is responsible for overseeing Monster Worldwide's global finances and fiscal management policies. Prior to joining Monster Worldwide in 2005, Mr. Baker was a Managing Director in the Equity Research department at Smith Barney and closely covered dozens of companies, including The Knot, as a leading internet research analyst. Lanny Baker also served as a media analyst at Morgan Stanley and worked in media research for Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a former Chairman of the Media and Entertainment Analyst of New York Investment Society. Lanny earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale College.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Knot, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Partyspot | Board of Directors | Current |
| TMP Worldwide | CFO | Former |
| Monster Worldwide, Inc. | CFO & Senior Vice President | Former |
| Yale College | Bachelor of Arts Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| NBC Weather Plus Network LLC | Interim CEO, The Weather Channel | Current |
| The Weather Channel Inc. | Interim CEO | Current |
| Strategic Initiatives | President | Current |
| Oxygen Media, LLC | President & COO | Current |
| Oxygen-Network | Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| Oxygen-Network | Co-Founder | Current |
| Oxygen Media, LLC | Co-Founder | Current |
| Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) Foundation | Chairman | Current |
| The Knot, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Knot Guide to Wedding | Director | Current |
| Houston Wedding Planning Resources | Board of Directors | Current |
| Baby Animal Nesting | Board of Directors | Current |
| Long Island Wedding Planning Resources | Board of Directors | Current |
| Partyspot | Board of Directors | Current |
| Oxygen, Inc. | President | Former |
| Seiler & Company, Llp | Partner | Former |
| Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman Llp | Founding Partner | Former |
| Debevoise & Plimpton Llp | Attorney | Former |
| Carsey-Werner LLC | Principal Engineer | Former |
| Rutgers School of Law | Editor, Computer and Technology Law Journal | Former |
| Rutgers School of Law | J.D. | Former |
| State University of New York at Binghamton | B.A., Political Science and Economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Knot, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Knot, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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