PlanetOut Inc.

PlanetOut Inc.
Company typePublic
Founded1995
Defunct2009
SuccessorHere Media
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Key people
Tom Rielly, founder/CEO
Jon Huggett, CEO
Megan Smith, CEO
Karen Magee, CEO
Lowell Selvin, Chairman
Mark Elderkin, founder of Gay.com
ProductsGay.com
PlanetOut.com
The Advocate
Out Magazine
Number of employees
131
WebsitePlanetOutInc.com

PlanetOut, Inc. is an online media company or entertainment company exclusively targeting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) demographic.

Originally founded as an early internet-based media company by Tom Reilly in 1995,[1] it operated several LGBT-themed web sites, the first being an independent producer Forum on the Microsoft Network (MSN) and as an information provider on America Online.

  1. ^ "PlanetOut Merges With Here Networks". AdWeek. June 18, 2009.