Revolution Health Group was a United States-based

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founded in July 2005 by

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. Revolution Health Group was one of three companies in the

Revolution LLC Revolution LLC is an American investment firm based in Washington, D.C., founded in 2005 by AOL co-founder Steve Case, after leaving the AOL Time Warner board. The firm seeks to fund entrepreneurs who are transforming legacy industries with innov ...

group of companies. On October 25, 2007, the company dismissed 60 employees, or a quarter of its work-force, ostensibly as part of a

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. On October 3, 2008, Revolution Health announced that it would

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with Waterfront Media in a deal valued at $300 million.

References

* *{{cite news , url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100303736_pf.html , title=With Merger, Revolution Takes Aim At WebMD , author=Annys Shin , work=Washington Post , date= October 4, 2008 American health websites Internet properties established in 2005 2008 disestablishments in Washington, D.C. Internet properties disestablished in 2008