January 10, 2012

Dear Friends,

Three years ago, I founded Academic Earth with the goal of connecting people around the globe with high quality learning opportunities from world-class educators.

Today, I am delighted to announce that Academic Earth has been acquired by Ampush Media, an accomplished and rapidly growing online media and technology company with extensive experience in higher education. Ampush Media has worked closely with us for more than a year and has proven to be the ideal partner to help further the pursuit of Academic Earth’s founding mission.

This partnership provides the expertise and resources to improve our learning platform, including significant investments of new content and feature development. I will continue to serve on Academic Earth’s advisory board as we collectively endeavor to take the site to the next level.

I am grateful for your support, and, as always, welcome your suggestions on how we can continue to make Academic Earth an outstanding educational resource.