May 13, 2012
Ancestry.com Comments on Status of Who Do You Think You Are?
PROVO, Utah, May 13, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ancestry.com
Inc. (Nasdaq:ACOM), the world's largest online family
history resource, today commented on NBC's decision not
to renew the Who Do You Think You Are? television series for
a fourth season.
"We want to thank NBC for their support of this terrific
series, which over the last three years has inspired many
viewers to follow their passion to learn more about who they
are and where they come from," said Tim Sullivan,
President and CEO of Ancestry.com. "We have a great
partnership with the show's producers, Is or Isn't
Entertainment and Shed Media, and we look forward to
exploring other avenues of distribution."
Ancestry.com Inc. (Nasdaq:ACOM) is the world's largest online family history resource, with 1.9 million paying subscribers. More than 10 billion records have been added to the site in the past 15 years. Ancestry users have created more than 34 million family treescontaining approximately 4 billion profiles. In addition to its flagship site, Ancestry.com offers several localized Web sites designed to empower people to discover, preserve and share their family history.
Forward Looking Statements
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involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those anticipated by these
forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties
include our ability to find appropriate opportunities to
publicize our products and services and to satisfy customer
expectations. Information concerning additional factors that
could cause events or results to differ materially from those
projected in the forward-looking statements is contained
under the caption "Risk Factors" in our Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2012, and in discussions in other of our Securities and
Exchange Commission filings. These forward-looking statements
should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any
subsequent date and we assume no obligation to publicly
update or revise these forward-looking statements.
CONTACT: Investors: Ancestry.com Inc. Deborah Crawford (801) 705-7942
dcrawford@ancestry.com
Media: Ancestry.com Inc. Heather Erickson (801) 705-7104
herickson@ancestry.com
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