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CMGI: History, Measurement & Companies

CMGI, Inc. (founded as College Marketing Group) was an American company. During the dot-com bubble, the company had a market capitalization of $41 billion. Between 1995 and 1999, it had the best-performing stock in the United States, returning 4,921%. After the crash of the bubble, the stock price fell 99.9%.

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CMGI topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Measurement and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around CMGI.

Related topics
16
Source areas
2
Connected nodes
18
Extracted relationships
32
Concept neighborhoods
7
Bridge connections
18

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 14 topics
Overview · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1968; 58 years ago (1968)
Industry
Supply chain management
Headquarters
Smyrna, Tennessee
Defunct
January 2, 2025; 19 months ago (2025-01-02)
Fate
Acquired by Steel Partners
Formerly
College Marketing Group · CMG Information Systems · ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How CMGI connects Entity context

The extracted context around CMGI shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, CMGI → America Online, At, BookLink, CEO, CMG, College Marketing Group, David Wetherell, Gail Mathews, Glenn, In, In February, Inc, November, That, The, Ventures, Wetherell Another extracted example is CMGI → CMG Information Systems, College Marketing Group, ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc.. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

CMGI

Top relations

related to history · 17
CMGI → America Online, At, BookLink, CEO, CMG, College Marketing Group, David Wetherell, Gail Mathews, Glenn, In, In February, Inc, November, That, The, Ventures, Wetherell
Formerly · 3
CMGI → CMG Information Systems, College Marketing Group, ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc.
Defunct · 1
CMGI → January 2, 2025; 19 months ago (2025-01-02)
Fate · 1
CMGI → Acquired by Steel Partners
Founded · 1
CMGI → 1968; 58 years ago (1968)
Headquarters · 1
CMGI → Smyrna, Tennessee
Industry · 1
CMGI → Supply chain management
Key people · 1
CMGI → Warren G. Lichtenstein (interim CEO and executive chairman)
Net income · 1
CMGI → $85 million (2024)
Number of employees · 1
CMGI → 1,358 (2019)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

company acquired inc million 2000 1999 steel bubble stock founded college marketing group invested wetherell february name changed dot-com billion

CMGI relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 32 structured relationships around CMGI. Examples in this analysis include CMGI → Defunct → January 2, 2025; 19 months ago (2025-01-02) and CMGI → Fate → Acquired by Steel Partners. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CMGIDefunctJanuary 2, 2025; 19 months ago (2025-01-02)1.00infobox
CMGIFateAcquired by Steel Partners1.00infobox
CMGIFormerlyCollege Marketing Group1.00infobox
CMGIFormerlyCMG Information Systems1.00infobox
CMGIFormerlyModusLink Global Solutions, Inc.1.00infobox
CMGIFounded1968; 58 years ago (1968)1.00infobox
CMGIHeadquartersSmyrna, Tennessee1.00infobox
CMGIIndustrySupply chain management1.00infobox
CMGIKey peopleWarren G. Lichtenstein (interim CEO and executive chairman)1.00infobox
CMGINet income$85 million (2024)1.00infobox
CMGINumber of employees1,358 (2019)1.00infobox
CMGIRevenue$174 million (2024)1.00infobox
CMGITotal assets$485 million (2024)1.00infobox
CMGITotal equity$154 million (2024)1.00infobox
CMGIWebsitesteelconnectinc.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around CMGI bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Became, Ceo and Inc. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • public company
    • Acquired
    • Million
    • Invested
    • Inc
    • Changed
    • February
    • Name
    • Became
    • Billion
    • Booklink
    • Ceo
    • Dot-com
  • CMGI
    • Became
    • Ceo
    • Inc
    • College
    • Founded
    • Group
    • Marketing
    • Wetherell
    • Company
  • cmgi
    • Became
    • Ceo
    • Inc
    • College
    • Founded
    • Group
    • Marketing
    • Wetherell
    • Company
  • ragingbull.com
    • Website
    • Altavista
    • Formed
    • November
    • Group
    • Marketing
    • Wetherell
    • Million
    • Company
  • dot-com bubble
    • Dot-com
    • Billion
    • Changed
    • Name
    • Price
    • Stock
    • Company
  • altavista
    • Billion
    • Com
    • November
    • Website
    • Wetherell
    • Company
  • geocities
    • Invested
    • Million

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For CMGI, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects CMGI with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
CMGIHistory · splits 4 ⟂ 15
CMGIOverview · splits 16 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

CMGI

Nodes19
Edges18
Triples32
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.105263
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around CMGI to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Measurement & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — CMGI · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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