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The Weather Channel purchased Weather Underground in 2012. WU doesn't push the sensational stories on their weather pages, but their "News" section is just as m
by adestefan 12y ago
The Weather Channel purchased Weather Underground in 2012. WU doesn't push the sensational stories on their weather pages, but their "News" section is just as much of a joke now.
- jameskilton 12y agoWell as I still see a giant map of my current area and the weather, and all news stories are below the fold, so it still works. As soon as that changes I'll be looking elsewhere I'm sure.
- adestefan 12y agoThe worst leakage is when the winter storm names start showing up in the winter.
- canvia 12y agoI didn't realize that. I guess I need to change weather providers again. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weather_Channel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weather_Channel The Weather Company (TWCC Holdings:[1] consortium owned by NBCUniversal (25%),[2][3] The Blackstone Group, Bain Capital,[4] exact Bain and Blackstone percentages unknown) NBCUniversal being Comcast of course. Thank you for the information.
- bradleyland 12y agoFortunately, the weather aspect of Wunderground hasn't been adversely affected by the purchase. It appears that TWC treats Wunderground as a separate property. They have allowed some level of autonomy. The extra funding has dramatically improved their web presence. Basically Wunderground is TWC's web property that targets weather geeks.