Creation and ownership The portal was established by the
ComArch Management IT corporation (listed on
Warsaw Stock Exchange) and the
RMF FM radio network. The Interia S.A. company was almost wholly owned by
RMF FM parent company, the German multimedia conglomerate
Bauer Media Group, represented by Witold Woźniak. Bauer bought 96,6% of its
shares in September 2008 and controlled 99% of its vote. In 2020, the company has been purchased by
Cyfrowy Polsat S.A., owned by
Zygmunt Solorz, the second richest person in Poland.
Spam redirection Due to its availability and relaxed internal policy, the free hosting service Interia has become a popular spam redirector in 2009. Spammers frequently linked to its free sub-domains in their
spam campaigns to avoid having their messages easily detected as junk and automatically blocked. Although, there are many legitimate webpages as well as services listed at Interia (or perhaps because of it), spammers signed up for its free accounts in volumes similar to GeoCities (Yahoo!-owned service), although their perennial favorite seemed to be Google's Blogspot based in the US. The redirect pages created by spammers at Interia link only to
spamvertising. == Audience ==