Editing WebMD (section)

== Company ==
WebMD is financed by advertising, third-party contributions, and sponsors. Some of the sponsors have influence over the content on WebMD.<ref>[http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/702211.html "Web sites for medical information,"] ''News and Observer,'' September 13, 2007 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203184228/http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/702211.html|date=February 3, 2009}}</ref> In 2013, the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' reported that WebMD, "has struggled with a fall in advertising revenue with pharmaceutical companies slashing marketing budgets as several blockbuster drugs go off patent." In response, WebMD began investing in changes to its site in order to entice users who use its site seeking specific information to linger on the site reviewing other material.<ref>{{cite news|title=WebMD CEO Redmond leaving; company reports narrower loss|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/05/07/webmd-ceo-redmond-leaving-company-reports-narrower-loss/|newspaper=y 7, 2013|first1=Pallavi|last1=Ail|first2=Adithya|last2=Venkatesan|access-date=August 30, 2013|archive-date=December 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212023134/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-05-07/lifestyle/sns-rt-us-webmd-resultsbre94610c-20130507_1_affordable-care-act-health-plan-revenue|url-status=live}}</ref>

WebMD offers services to physicians and private clients. They publish ''WebMD the Magazine'', a patient-directed publication distributed bimonthly free of charge to 85 percent of physician waiting rooms.<ref>[http://www.writenews.com/2005/042205_webmd_magazine.htm "WebMD Corporation Launches Print Magazine,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907025826/http://www.writenews.com/2005/042205_webmd_magazine.htm |date=September 7, 2008 }} ''The Write News'', April 22, 2005</ref> [[Medscape]] is a professional portal for physicians and has training materials, a drug database, and clinical information on 30 medical specialty areas and more than 30 physician discussion boards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.medscape.com/public/about|title=About Medscape|website=www.medscape.com|access-date=January 10, 2018|archive-date=January 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111110306/https://www.medscape.com/public/about|url-status=live}}</ref> WebMD Health Services provides private health management programs and benefit decision-support portals to employers and health plans.

The WebMD Health Network operates WebMD Health and other health-related sites including: Medscape, [[MedicineNet]], [[eMedicine]], eMedicineHealth, [[RxList]], OnHealth, and theheart.org. These sites provide similar services to those of WebMD. MedicineNet is an online media publishing company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=12510|title=About Us - MedicineNet.com|website=medicinenet.com|access-date=April 6, 2008|archive-date=April 2, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402020526/http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=12510|url-status=live}}</ref> Medscape offers up-to-date information for physicians and other healthcare professionals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medscape.com/pages/public/about/about|title=Medscape - About Us<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=medscape.com|access-date=April 6, 2008|archive-date=May 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506205658/http://www.medscape.com/pages/public/about/about|url-status=live}}</ref> RxList offers detailed information about pharmaceutical information on generic and name-brand drugs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rxlist.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=64467|title=About Us - RxList.com|website=rxlist.com|access-date=April 6, 2008|archive-date=April 21, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421011215/http://www.rxlist.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=64467|url-status=live}}</ref> eMedicineHealth is a consumer site offering similar information to that of WebMD. It was first based on the site created for physicians, dentists and other healthcare professionals called eMedicine.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emedicinehealth.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=60176|title=About Us - eMedicineHealth.com|website=emedicinehealth.com|access-date=April 6, 2008|archive-date=April 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412163225/http://www.emedicinehealth.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=60176|url-status=live}}</ref>

WebMD China is operated by an unaffiliated online publishing group, and is not part of the WebMD Health Network.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webmd.cn/about/|title=About Us - WebMD|website=webmd.cn|access-date=May 3, 2017|archive-date=June 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623141023/http://webmd.cn/about/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://seekingalpha.com/article/4090748-webmd-got-locked-china-market|title=How WebMD Got Locked Out of the China Market|date=July 26, 2017|newspaper=Seeking Alpha}}</ref>