A&E Buys Genealogy-Flavored Web Site.(A and E Television Networks acquires Genealogy.com)(Brief Article) From: Multichannel News | Date: February 26, 2001| Author: FORKAN, JIM | COPYRIGHT 2001 Reed Business Information. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

NEW YORK -- A&E Television Networks last week purchased the Web site Genealogy.com and now its executives are exploring how to integrate that Internet destination for family-tree research and software with its cable-network, Web and print assets.

Americans are showing a growing interest in tracing their family heritage, particularly among those in the 35-and-over age bracket, network executives said. And that meshes nicely with the demographic profile of AETN's cable net...