iVillage

iVillage is an online network that focuses on women-interested categories, including entertainment, beauty, fashion, food, and health.

iVillage, bought out by NBC Universal for over $600 million, is a online network geared towards women. It consists of iVillage.com, Astrology.com, gardenweb.com, www.ivillage.co.uk and gurl.com. It targets teens, young women and mothers with unique content, community forums and other interactive tools. iVillage is a leading online destination for women with over 30 million unique visitors a month. As of December 2007, iVillage records almost 4 billion page views annually. Competitors include Yahoo Shine, [Sugar Publishing](http://crunchbase.com/organization/sugar) and [Glam Media](http://crunchbase.com/organization/glammedia).