Classmates.com, a nostalgia site that started out that same year, decided to try a different route. Offering a mix of free and paid services, the company gradually–and quietly–built a business which ...

"Your former classmates are trying to contact you! Upgrade now to see their messages!" That's the pitch many of us have seen from Classmates.com as a lure to pony up ...

Last year I ranted about how Classmates.com nickels-and-dimes its users. While every other social networking site (at least that I’ve seen) doesn’t charge its members to read messages, Classmates.com ...

Bellevue, WA, Sept. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Classmates®, a leading online destination for reconnecting with school friends and exploring digitized yearbooks, today announced the launch of the new ...

When Classmates.com told user Anthony Michaels last Christmas Eve that his former school chums were trying to contact him, he pulled out his wallet and upgraded to the premium membership that would ...

In 2008, the social networking site Classmates.com found itself on the receiving end of a class action lawsuit that focused on its membership recruitment tactics. The company has now settled the suit ...

Have you heard? Someone’s suing Classmates.com over those e-mails it’s been blasting the world with for the past decade. My reaction? It’s about damned time. Here’s the scoop: A man from San Diego ...

The site set up to locate long lost pals, Classmates.com, has been hit with a class action privacy lawsuit. It alleges the company violated the law when it decided to make user profiles public to ...

Seattle’s oldest social-media network, Classmates.com, was sold Wednesday to Bellevue-based Intelius Holdings for $30 million, a big drop from the $100 million price tag Classmates carried when it ...

This week’s E-Business Secrets continues my report on the secrets I learned from my private conversations with speakers at the Global eSubscription Symposium, sponsored by the Sandlot Corporation in ...

Classmates.com and floral delivery company FTD have agreed to pay $11 million to resolve allegations the companies engaged in misleading advertising and billing practices. A lawsuit by 22 states ...

The founder of Classmates.com, Randy Conrads, has started a new Web business, RedWeek.com. Seattle-based RedWeek.com, which uses a member-supported model like Classmates.com, puts vacation-resort ...