Who founded Zap2it and when was it launched?
Zap2it was founded by Tribune Media Services and debuted in May 2000. It combined TMS-owned listings sites TV Quest and MovieQuest with the recently acquired content site UltimateTV.
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What happened to Zap2it in 2025?
Around the 25th of March 2025, Nexstar Media Group took Zap2it offline permanently. The domain began redirecting to the schedule page for NewsNation, a cable television network owned by Nexstar.
Who owns Zap2it?
Nexstar Media Group has owned Zap2it since 2019, having acquired it from Tribune Media Services, which founded the site in 2000.
Which companies licensed Zap2it TV listings data?
Zap2it syndicated its listings to broadcasters including Disney and Sinclair Broadcast Group, pay television providers including Cox, Dish Network, and Wave Broadband, and publications including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post.
What was the Screener rebrand of Zap2it?
On the 3rd of October 2016, the editorial portion of Zap2it was rebranded as Screener. Tribune Media announced the end of that editorial content in April 2017, and by January 2018 the site had reverted to the Zap2it name with only the TV listings and TV by the Numbers sections remaining.
What was TV Quest and how does it relate to Zap2it?
TV Quest was TMS's first branded online television listings service, launched in 1993 on the AppleLink online service. It later migrated to Apple's eWorld and then to the internet in the mid-1990s, and was one of the predecessor services folded into Zap2it at its May 2000 launch.