The Weather Company
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For the television network formerly owned by The Weather Company, see The Weather Channel. For the Australian company, The Weather Company Pty. Ltd., see Weatherzone.
The Weather Company LLC is a weather forecasting and information technology company that owns and operates weather.com (the website for The Weather Channel), and Weather Underground. From 2016 to 2023, The Weather Company was a subsidiary of the Watson & Cloud Platform business unit of IBM.[2] In February 2024, Francisco Partners completed the acquisition of The Weather Company, which operates as a standalone company.[3]
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Information technology Weather forecasting |
Founded | July 18, 1980; 43 years ago (1980-07-18) (as The Weather Channel) October 21, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-10-21) (as the Weather Company) |
Headquarters | 1001 Summit Blvd NE, Brookhaven, , U.S.[1] |
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Owner | Francisco Partners (2024–present) |
Parent | Landmark Communications (1980–2008) NBCUniversal, Bain Capital, The Blackstone Group (2008–2016)
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Subsidiaries | Weather Underground WSI Corporation |
Website | www |
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