History
WeatherBug, originally Automated Weather Source, now operates under the name Earth Networks. The company was founded by Bob Marshall, the current CEO, and other partners in 1993. It started in the education market by selling weather tracking stations to public and private schools, and then using the data they contributed for profit. Later, the company began partnering with TV stations, such that broadcasters could use WeatherBug's local data in their weather reports. In 2000, the WeatherBug desktop application was launched, and later, the website.
As of April 2012, WeatherBug is the second most popular weather information service on the Internet, behind only The Weather Channel's Web site, and ahead of the sites run by Weather Underground and Accuweather.
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