User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/The first migrations to the Unified Community Platform/@comment-2.126.24.64-20201217173455/@comment-1038387-20201217221717

Wikia -> Fandom was a rebrand, not a buyout. Just like they were Wikicities before that. There was a buyout by TPG Capital the same year (2016), but after the rebrand. The rebrand was in part to make Wikia more appealing to investors.

Brief timeline


 * 2004: founded as Wikicities
 * 2006: change to Wikia
 * 2016: change to Fandom powered by Wikia
 * 2016: investment by TPG
 * 2018: change to Fandom
 * 2018: acquisition of Curse (Gamepedia)