Walt Disney Company Tuesday continued to swallow its Internet-based operations back into the parent company.
The latest victim of the Go.com restructuring it seems is Mr. Showbiz.com.
The site, which was one of the first entertainment-related sites, was cancelled apparently because of bad ratings.
"After six years as the Web's best entertainment site, Mr. Showbiz has retired," says the site. "Thanks for riding shotgun - we've had a lot of fun, and hope you had too. But don't despair. Mr. Showbiz will be everywhere. At the way people laugh at a comedy and ogle a hottie. Wherever there is a badly dressed celebrity or an over inflated ego, Mr. Showbiz will be there too."
Visitors are then redirected to ABCNews.com's entertainment pages, which Disney owns.
Go.com was formed after Disney acquired a majority stake in Infoseek. But after the dot-com bust, Disney said it would hand out about 400 pink slips and the Internet Portal
Disney officials could not confirm exactly how many jobs were impacted by the Mr. Showbiz shut down, but Reuters reports estimate there have been 26 jobs cut at ABCNews.com and 125 within the Disney Internet Group.
Other Disney Internet properties that are still alive include Disney.com, DisneyAuctions.com, DisneyStore.com, DisneyVacations.com, Family.com, Movies.com, ESPN.com, Soccernet.com and NFL.com.
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