About ninemsn
ninemsn is Australia's number one interactive media company, capturing the largest online audience in Australia, with 8.23 million (as at March 2007) people visiting the site each month. This means that 75 percent of active online Australian’s use ninemsn regularly to get the news, information and communication services they want.
Formed in 1997, ninemsn is a 50:50 joint venture between the Microsoft Corporation and Australia's leading media company, Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL).
Through its joint-venture parent companies, ninemsn delivers well-known and respected content from the stable of Nine Network television programs and Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) magazines, while also providing access to Australia's most popular communication services such as MSN Hotmail, Windows Live Spaces, Windows Live Messenger and Live Search.
ninemsn derives the bulk of its revenue from online advertising and has the leading position in the competitive online advertising market. ninemsn has expanded its vision to the other key screen for Australian consumers and marketers – the mobile phone, with strategic investments in the mobile marketing and content industry, including mobile marketing pioneers 5th Finger and content aggregator, HWW.
ninemsn is introducing mobile services that will continue to bring people closer to the information, communication tools and services which they want on their phones and PCs. Already available is the ability to send and receive Hotmail and Instant Messages and content from some of Australia's best loved brands such as National Nine News, Getaway and Cleo.
Based in Sydney and with offices in Melbourne, ninemsn has a staff of over 170.
