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67-645: The BlackBerry 9630 has the following features: Research In Motion (RIM) released BlackBerry OS 5.0 for the Tour in North America in April 2010, with the following improvements: . CNET 's Bonnie Cha criticised the BlackBerry Tour for lacking Wi-Fi and for not allowing applications to be downloaded to the memory card, but also praised its high-resolution display and QWERTY keyboard and concluded that it

134-577: A Chicago publishing house. Ziff's first venture in magazine publishing was Ziff's Magazine , which featured short stories, one-act plays, humorous verse, and jokes. The title was changed to America's Humor in April 1926. Bernard George Davis was the student editor of the University of Pittsburgh 's humor magazine, the Pitt Panther , and was active in the Association of College Comics of

201-589: A circulation of 100,000 in 1929. The magazine's title became Aeronautics in June 1929 and the publishing company's name became Aeronautical Publications, Inc. The title was changed back to Popular Aviation in July 1930. The magazine became Flying in 1942 and is still published today by the Bonnier Corporation . The magazine celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2017. The company histories normally give

268-604: A display advertising network oriented towards consumer electronics and technology publishers, from ImPowered. Also in 2013, Ziff Davis acquired TechBargains.com, a deal aggregation site for consumer electronics. In 2014, Ziff Davis acquired eMedia Communications from Reed Business Information . In December 2014, Ziff Davis acquired Ookla, owner of Speedtest.net . In 2015, Ziff Davis acquired Offers.com an online source of offers, deals, coupons, coupon codes, promos, free trials, and more. In October 2016, Ziff Davis entered into an agreement to acquire Everyday Health . The deal

335-419: A domestic content management system. The common CMS lets oversea editions get content from Ziff Davis' owned-and-operated markets and re-purpose it for their own editions. To establish itself in foreign markets, Ziff Davis asks its local partner to hold events. Popular past events include IGN Convention Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar. In November 2018, employees from Mashable, PCMag, AskMen, and Geek.com formed

402-490: A few issues. Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel was the art director of the comics line; other notable creators who worked for Ziff-Davis Comics included John Buscema , Sid Greene , Bob Haney , Sam Kweskin , Rudy Lapick , Richard Lazarus , Mort Leav , Paul S. Newman , George Roussos , Mike Sekowsky , Ernie Schroeder , and Ogden Whitney . In 1953, the company mostly abandoned comics, selling its most popular titles—the romance comics Cinderella Love and Romantic Love ,

469-514: A machine to write articles, and for using human bylines on some AI-generated content until caught by independent investigators. CNET reviewed those articles in January 2023 after many were found to contain serious errors and plagiarized material. CNET reporters said Red Ventures pushed them to give more favourable coverage to advertisers and work on sponsored content. Subsequently, 10% of CNET staff were laid off. Employees unionized in response to

536-439: A major publisher of computer and Internet-related publishing. It acquired PC Magazine in 1982, and the trade journal MacWEEK in 1988. In 1991, the company initiated ZiffNet, a subscription service that offered computing information to users of CompuServe . This grew into the news website ZDNet , launched in late 1994. In 1995 it initiated the magazine Yahoo! Internet Life , initially as ZD Internet Life . The magazine

603-456: A new user interface and the renaming of CNET TV as CNET Video. Red Ventures announced in September 2020 that it would acquire CNET from ViacomCBS for $ 500 million. The transaction was completed on October 30, 2020. In November 2022, CNET began publishing articles written with artificial intelligence and edited by humans. CNET was criticized for failing to disclose that it was using

670-438: A number of other pulp magazines and, later, digest-sized fiction magazines during the 1940s and 1950s, and continued to publish Amazing and Fantastic until 1965. Ziff-Davis published comic books during the early 1950s, operating by their own name and also the name Approved Comics . Eschewing superheroes , they published horror , crime , sports, romance , and Western comics , though most titles did not last more than

737-593: A result of the dot-com crash, the company ended the Gamecenter Alliance network in January 2001. On February 7, Gamecenter itself was closed in a redundancy reduction effort, as GameSpot was the more successful of the two sites. Around 190 jobs were cut from CNET during this period, including "at least 20" at Gamecenter , according to the San Francisco Chronicle . Discussing the situation, Tom Bramwell of Eurogamer reported, "It

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804-532: A robust reviews section that it was led by Juan Garzon. After Red Ventures' acquisition, the company announced the closing of CNET en Español on November 11, 2020, leaving the largest tech site in Spanish in the US out of the market. In March 2014, CNET refreshed its site by merging with CNET UK and vowing to merge all editions of the agency into a unified agency. This merge brought many changes, foremost of which would be

871-473: A separate company known as Consensus. Following the split, J2 rebranded as Ziff Davis, Inc. In 2023, Ziff Davis acquired Lifehacker for an undisclosed sum from G/O Media . On February 6, 2024, employees at IGN publicly announced their intention to unionize as the IGN Creators Guild with NewsGuild-CWA . Ziff Davis voluntarily recognized the union later that month. On May 21, 2024, it

938-450: A technology-themed television network . From 1999 through 2000, as part of an effort to restructure Ziff-Davis Inc, SoftBank would sell ZDTV to Paul Allen 's Vulcan Inc. which would later be renamed to TechTV , and spin off ZD and ZDNet. It also sold its magazine division to Willis Stein & Partners L.P. for $ 780 million. In July 2000, CNET Networks agreed to acquire Ziff-Davis Inc. for $ 1.6 billion in stock. The combined company

1005-493: A union with the NewsGuild of New York. The Ziff Davis Creators Guild finalized its first contract in June 2021. In 2019, Ziff Davis acquired Spiceworks , a professional network for the information technology industry. In 2020, Ziff Davis acquired RetailMeNot for $ 420 million, an aggregator of coupon offers across multiple website properties. In April 2021, J2 Global announced plans to spin off its cloud fax business as

1072-420: Is deleted on its website, CNET creates an internal copy and another to Wayback Machine . The writer, if still employed by CNET, is also alerted 10 days in advance. Google said deleting articles to optimize for search engine rankings is not a good practice. In January 2024, Axios reported that Red Ventures was exploring a sale of the website, with a goal of attaining at least $ 250 million for it. The site

1139-403: Is free of spyware , but independent sources have confirmed that this is not the case. While Download.com is overall a safe place to download programs, precautions should be taken before downloading from the site, as some downloads do contain malware. In January 2023, Misplaced Pages editors began the process of downgrading CNET's reliability rating as a source following the revelation that CNET

1206-561: Is now an independent company named Ziff Davis Enterprise Group (ZDE). On March 5, 2008, Ziff Davis Media Inc. announced it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in order to restructure its debt and operations. and emerged, after a court supervised corporate restructuring in July 2009. In conjunction with this announcement they also stated that they are discontinuing their print copy of PC Magazine. According to BtoBonline , Ziff Davis Media made an agreement with an ad hoc group of noteholders, who will provide $ 24.5 million to fund

1273-399: Is thought [...] that very few if any of the website's staff will move sideways into jobs at GameSpot , now the company's other gaming asset." The Washington Post later noted that Gamecenter was among the "popular video-game news sites" to close in 2001, alongside Daily Radar . In January 2013, CNET named Dish Network 's "Hopper with Sling " digital video recorder as a nominee for

1340-619: The CES "Best in Show" award (which is decided by CNET on behalf of its organizers), and named it the winner in a vote by the site's staff. However, CBS abruptly disqualified the Hopper, and vetoed the results because the company was in active litigation with Dish Network. CNET also announced that it could no longer review any product or service provided by companies that CBS are in litigation with (which also includes Aereo ). The new vote subsequently gave

1407-658: The Clear Channel -owned KNEW (910) in the San Francisco Bay Area , WBPS (890) in Boston , and XM Satellite Radio . CNET Radio offered technology-themed programming. After failing to attract a sufficient audience, CNET Radio ceased operating in January 2003 due to financial losses. In July 1999, CNET, Inc. acquired the Swiss -based company GDT, later renamed to CNET Channel. In 1998, CNET, Inc. granted

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1474-575: The 2000 sale of Ziff Davis to SoftBank , a publicly traded Japanese media and technology company. In April 2001, CNET acquired TechRepublic , which provides content for IT professionals from Gartner , for $ 23 million in cash and stock. In May 2002, CNET Networks acquired Smartshop, an automated product catalog and feature comparison technology company, for an undisclosed amount. On July 14, 2004, CNET Networks announced that it would acquire photography website Webshots for $ 70 million ($ 60 million in cash, $ 10 million in deferred consideration), completing

1541-420: The April 1938 issues. Radio News was published until 1972. The magazine Popular Electronics , derived from Radio News , was begun in 1955 and published until 1985. Amazing Stories was a leading science fiction magazine and Ziff Davis soon added a new companion, Fantastic Adventures (FA). In 1954 FA was merged into the newer magazine Fantastic , founded in 1952 to great initial success. ZD published

1608-524: The Best in Show award to the Razer Edge tablet instead. Dish Network's CEO Joe Clayton said that the company was "saddened that CNET's staff is being denied its editorial independence because of CBS' heavy-handed tactics." On January 14, 2013, editor-in-chief Lindsey Turrentine addressed the situation, stating that CNET's staff were in an "impossible" situation due to the conflict of interest posed by

1675-507: The CEA, stating that "making television easier to watch is not against the law. It is simply pro-innovation and pro-consumer." Shapiro felt that the decision also hurt the confidence of CNET's readers and staff, "destroying its reputation for editorial integrity in an attempt to eliminate a new market competitor." As a result of the controversy and fearing damage to the show's brand, the CEA announced on January 31, 2013, that CNET will no longer decide

1742-583: The CES Best in Show award winner due to the interference of CBS (the position has been offered to other technology publications), and the "Best in Show" award was jointly awarded to both the Hopper with Sling and Razer Edge. With a catalog of more than 400,000 titles, the Downloads section of the website allows users to download popular software. CNET's download.com provides Windows , Macintosh , and mobile software for download. CNET claims that this software

1809-592: The East. During his senior year he attended the association's convention and met William B. Ziff. When Davis graduated in 1927 he joined Ziff as the editor of America's Humor . Ziff, who had been an aviator in World War I , created Popular Aviation in August 1927 that was published by Popular Aviation Publishing Company of Chicago, Illinois. Under editor Harley W. Mitchell it became the largest aviation magazine, with

1876-557: The URLs of Ziff Davis. Ziff Davis Media Inc. gained thereby the online content licensing rights to 11 publications, including PC Magazine , CIO Insight , and eWEEK , webpage of industry insider Spencer Katt. In July 2007, Ziff Davis Media announced the sale of its enterprise (B2B or business-to-business) division to Insight Venture Partners . The sale included all B2B publications, which include eWeek , Baseline, and CIOinsight, and all related online properties. The enterprise division

1943-617: The Western Kid Cowboy , and the jungle adventure Wild Boy of the Congo —to St. John Publications . Ziff-Davis continued to publish one title, G.I. Joe , until 1957, a total of 51 issues. From 1958, under the direction of sole owner Bill Ziff Jr., a polymath with a photographic memory , Ziff-Davis became a successful publisher of enthusiast magazines, purchasing titles like Car and Driver , and tailoring content for enthusiasts as well as purchasing agents ("brand specifiers");

2010-459: The Ziff Davis, Inc. name and "ZD" ticker symbol , essentially converting the Ziff Davis purchase into a reverse merger . The William B. Ziff Company , founded in 1920, was a successful Chicago advertising agency that secured advertising from national companies such as Procter & Gamble for virtually all African American weekly newspapers. In 1923, Ziff acquired E. C. Auld Company,

2077-502: The acquisition brought both GameSpot and Gamecenter under CNET, Inc.'s ownership. Later that year, The New York Times described the two publications as the " Time and Newsweek of gaming sites". The paper reported that Gamecenter "seem[ed] to be thriving" amid the dot-com crash , with its revenue distributed across online advertising and an affiliate sales program with CNET's Game Shopper website, launched in late 1999. Following an almost $ 400 million loss at CNET as

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2144-470: The acquisition of Ziff Davis Inc. as the "first step in building a new digital media company that specializes in producing and distributing content for consumers making important buying decisions." On November 12, 2012, Ziff Davis Inc., was acquired by cloud computing services company J2 Global for $ 167 million cash. According to an October 2015 Fortune article, Ziff Davis comprised 30% of parent company J2 Global's $ 600 million annual revenue in 2014 and

2211-479: The acquisition that same month. In October 2007, it sold Webshots to American Greetings for $ 45 million. In August 2005, CNET Networks acquired Metacritic , a review aggregation website , for an undisclosed amount. In 2005, Google representatives refused to be interviewed by all CNET reporters for a year after CNET published Google's CEO Eric Schmidt 's salary and named the neighborhood where he lives, as well as some of his hobbies and political donations. All

2278-443: The business, serial purchased logicbuy.com, geek.com, computershopper.com, toolbox.com, and Focus Research. Focus Research was a major provider of online research to enterprise buyers and high-quality leads to IT vendors, operating ITManagement.com, ITSecurity.com, VOIP-News.com and InsideCRM.com. It was later renamed to Ziff Davis B2B Focus and operated as a stand-alone unit within Ziff Davis. On November 16, 2012, Great Hill sold

2345-407: The cancellation of Official PlayStation Magazine . They cited a lack of interest in the magazine (and its demo disk) due to digital distribution. OPM had begun in 1997. In 2001, the new company Ziff Davis Media Inc. , a partnership of Willis Stein & Partners and James Dunning (former Ziff Davis CEO, chairman, and president), made an agreement with CNET Networks Inc. and ZDNet to acquire

2412-510: The company primarily owns technology- and health-oriented media websites, online shopping -related services, internet connectivity services, gaming and entertainment brands, and cybersecurity and martech (marketing technology) tools. Previously, the company was predominantly a publisher of hobbyist magazines. The company was founded by William B. Ziff Company publisher Bill Ziff Sr. with Bernard Davis. Upon Bill Ziff's death in 1953, William B. Ziff Jr. , his son, returned from Germany to lead

2479-513: The company to J2 Global, a provider of cloud services. The purchase price was $ 175 million, approximately 2.9 times the estimated 2013 revenue. J2 Global actually paid $ 167 million in an all-cash deal. On February 4, 2013, Ziff Davis acquired IGN Entertainment from News Corporation . Soon afterward, Ziff Davis announced the discontinuation of the 1UP.com , UGO.com , and GameSpy.com sites in order to "[focus] on our two flagship brands, IGN and AskMen". In 2013, Ziff Davis acquired NetShelter,

2546-427: The company was able to attract advertising money that other, general-interest publications were losing. In 1958, Ziff-Davis began publishing a magazine, HiFi and Music Review , for the growing hobby of high fidelity equipment. Ultimately, the magazine evolved into Stereo Review . ZD also became a prolific publisher of photography and boating magazines during this period, and such magazines as Modern Bride ; after

2613-434: The company's operations and help plan the restructuring. In June 2010, Boston private equity firm, Great Hill Partners, purchased Ziff Davis, with online media executive Vivek Shah. At the time, Ziff Davis properties consisted of PCMag.com, ExtremeTech, GearLog, GoodCleanTech, DLtv, AppScout, CrankyGeeks, Smart Device Central and TechSaver.com, and reached over 7 million users a month. Shah, with intentions of revitalizing

2680-638: The company. In 1958, Bernard Davis sold Ziff Jr. his share of Ziff Davis to found Davis Publications, Inc.; Ziff Davis continued to use the Davis surname as Ziff-Davis. Throughout most of Ziff Davis' history, it was a publisher of hobbyist magazines, often ones devoted to expensive, advertiser-rich technical hobbies such as cars, photography, and electronics. Since 1980, Ziff Davis has primarily published computer-related magazines and related websites, establishing Ziff Davis as an Internet information company. Ziff Davis had several broadcasting properties, first during

2747-435: The founding date as 1927. This is when B.G. Davis joined and Popular Aviation magazine started. However, it was not until 1936 that the company became the " Ziff-Davis Publishing Company ". ( Popular Aviation , April 1936, was the first issue by Ziff-Davis Publishing.) Davis was given a substantial minority equity interest in the company and was appointed a vice-president and director. He was later named president in 1946. Davis

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2814-533: The information had been gleaned from Google searches. In September 2006, CNET acquired Chowhound , an online food community. On October 10, 2006, Shelby Bonnie resigned as chairman and CEO , in addition to two other executives, as a result of a stock options backdating scandal that occurred between 1996 and 2003. This would also cause the firm to restate its financial earnings over 1996 to 2003 for over $ 105 million in resulting expenses. The Securities and Exchange Commission later dropped an investigation into

2881-982: The leading technology magazine business. Ziff Davis sold the majority of its consumer magazines to CBS and its trade magazines to News Corporation in 1984, keeping its computer magazines. In 1979, Ziff Davis expanded into broadcasting, after an acquisition of television stations originally owned by greeting card company Rust Craft . Ziff Davis's stations included NBC affiliates WROC-TV in Rochester, New York and WRCB-TV in Chattanooga, Tennessee , CBS affiliates WEYI-TV in Saginaw, Michigan , WRDW-TV in Augusta, Georgia and WSTV-TV in Steubenville, Ohio (which changed its name to WTOV-TV and its network affiliation to NBC after Ziff Davis assumed control of

2948-684: The mid-1970s, and later with its own technology network ZDTV , later renamed to TechTV , that was sold to Vulcan Ventures in 2001. Ziff Davis' magazine publishing and Internet operations offices are based in New York City , Massachusetts , and San Francisco . On January 6, 2009, the company sold 1UP.com to Hearst 's UGO Entertainment and announced the January 2009 issue of the long-running Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine would be its last. Former Time Inc. executive Vivek R. Shah , with financial backing from Boston private equity company Great Hill Partners, announced on June 4, 2010,

3015-537: The practice. Neil Ashe was named as the new CEO. In December 2006, James Kim , an editor at CNET, died in the Oregon wilderness. CNET hosted a memorial show and podcasts dedicated to him. On March 1, 2007, CNET announced the public launch of BNET, a website targeted towards business managers. BNET had been running under beta status since 2005. In 2008 programmer Chris Wanstrath , who worked on GameSpot and Chowhound, left CNET to start GitHub . On May 15, 2008, it

3082-468: The right to Asiacontent.com to set up CNET Asia and the operation was brought back in December 2000. In January 2000, the same time CNET, Inc. became CNET Networks, it acquired comparison shopping site mySimon for $ 736 million. In October 2000, CNET Networks acquired ZDNET for approximately $ 1.6 billion. In January 2001, Ziff Davis reached an agreement with CNET Networks to regain the URLs lost in

3149-447: The sale of Fantastic and Amazing in 1965, their editor Cele Goldsmith Lalli began working on the bridal magazines, becoming a notable and influential editor in that field before retirement. During the 1970s and 1980s, the company's success increased with this strategy, and a rapidly expanding interest in electronics and computing. With titles such as PC Magazine , Popular Electronics , and Computer Shopper , Ziff Davis became

3216-429: The scandal and layoffs, saying AI-generated content posed a danger to their professional reputations. A former staffer demanded that her byline be removed from the site, in order to protect her reputation if her articles were revised by AI. In August 2023, CNET had deleted thousands of old articles from their website in an effort to raise the search engine optimization rankings on Google Search . Before an article

3283-614: The site received between 50,000 and 75,000 daily visitors by late 2000. In May 2000, CNET founded the Gamecenter Alliance network to bring Gamecenter and four partner websites, including Inside Mac Games , under one banner. Nielsen//NetRatings ranked Gamecenter the sixth-most-popular gaming website in the United States by mid-2000. On July 19, 2000, CNET, Inc. made public its plan to buy Ziff-Davis and its ZDNet Internet business for $ 1.6 billion. Because ZDNet had partnered with SpotMedia—parent company of GameSpot —in late 1996,

3350-495: The site's owner, had its initial public offering (IPO) in July 1996. In 1998, CNET, Inc. was sued by Snap Technologies, operators of the education service CollegeEdge, for trademark infringement relating to CNET, Inc.'s ownership of the domain name Snap.com, due to Snap Technologies already owning a trademark on its name . CNET produced another television technology news program called News.com that aired on CNBC beginning in 1999. From 2001 to 2003, it operated CNET Radio on

3417-499: The situation, and promised that she would do everything within her power to prevent a similar incident from occurring again. The conflict also prompted one CNET senior writer, Greg Sandoval, to resign. The decision also drew the ire of staff from the Consumer Electronics Association , the organizers of CES; CEO Gary J. Shapiro criticized the decision in a USA Today op-ed column and a statement by

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3484-732: The station), and ABC affiliate WJKS-TV in Jacksonville, Florida (which would also switch to NBC soon after its acquisition was finalized). These stations would be sold to other owners by the mid-1980s—most of these would become owned by a new ownership group, "Television Station Partners", the exceptions being WRCB (which would be sold to Sarkes Tarzian ) and WJKS (which was acquired by Media General ). Ziff Davis first started technology-themed publications during 1954, with Popular Electronics and, more briefly, Electronics World . This resulted more or less directly in its interest in home-computer magazines. From that time, Ziff Davis became

3551-543: Was a 'feature-rich and well-performing smartphone'. CNET CNET (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally. CNET originally produced content for radio and television in addition to its website before applying new media distribution methods through its internet television network, CNET Video , and its podcast and blog networks. Founded in 1992 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie, it

3618-615: Was a photography enthusiast and the editor of the Popular Photography magazine started in May 1937. In early 1938, Ziff-Davis acquired the magazines Radio News and Amazing Stories . These were started by Hugo Gernsback but sold as a result of the Experimenter Publishing bankruptcy in 1929. Both magazines had declined since the bankruptcy but the resources of Ziff-Davis rejuvenated them starting with

3685-562: Was acquired by Ziff Davis . After leaving PepsiCo , Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie launched c/net, a 24-hour cable network about computers and technology in 1992. With help from Fox Network co-founder Kevin Wendle and former Disney creative associate Dan Baker, CNET produced four pilot television programs about computers, technology, and the Internet. CNET TV was composed of CNET Central , The Web , and The New Edge . CNET Central

3752-510: Was announced that CBS Corporation would buy CNET Networks for US$   1.8 billion. On June 30, 2008, the acquisition was completed. Former CNET Networks properties were managed under CBS Interactive at the time. CBS Interactive acquired many domain names originally created by CNET Networks, including download.com , downloads.com, upload.com, news.com, search.com, TV.com , mp3.com , chat.com, computers.com, shopper.com, com.com, and cnet.com. It also held radio.com until CBS Radio

3819-590: Was completed in December of that year. In 2017, Ziff Davis acquired Mashable , an American entertainment, culture, tech, science and social good digital media platform, for $ 50 million. Following its acquisition of Mashable, Ziff Davis announced that it would implement longer, more in-depth content to boost the site's search traffic and restructure the platform to reduce costs. In 2018, Ziff Davis had 117 million readers, reaching 115 countries with 60 international editions. Most of Ziff Davis' international editions are partnerships with local publishers, all of whom use

3886-590: Was completed in the third quarter of 2024. France websites: Japan websites: CNET launched a website to cover video games , CNET Gamecenter , in the middle of 1996. According to the San Francisco Chronicle , it was "one of the first Web sites devoted to computer gaming news". It became a leading game-focused website; in 1999, PC Magazine named it one of the hundred-best websites in any field, alongside competitors IGN and GameSpot . According to Gamecenter head Michael Brown,

3953-559: Was considered the eighth-largest internet company. Since 2004, Ziff Davis has annually hosted a trade show in New York City known as DigitalLife. DigitalLife showcases the newest technology in consumer electronics, gaming and entertainment. Unlike E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) or the Worldwide Developers Conference , DigitalLife is open to the public. In November 2006, Ziff Davis announced

4020-565: Was created first and aired in syndication in the United States on the USA Network . Later, it began airing on USA's sister network Sci-Fi Channel along with The Web and The New Edge . These were later followed by TV.com in 1996. Media personality Ryan Seacrest first came to national prominence at CNET, as the host of The New Edge and doing various voice-over work for CNET. CNET online launched in June 1995. CNET, Inc.,

4087-409: Was increasing 15% to 20% each year. Analyst Gregory Burns of Sidoti & Company calculated that Ziff Davis is worth $ 1.9 billion. In April 2021, J2 Global announced that it would spin off its cloud services business as Consensus; the transaction was approved by its shareholders in September 2021, with J2 Global consisting primarily of its media business and VPN services , and subsequently taking on

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4154-463: Was introduced, claiming that CNET and CBS Interactive knowingly distributed LimeWire. On September 19, 2013, CBS Interactive launched a Spanish language sister site under the name CNET en Español. It focuses on topics of relevance primarily to Spanish-speaking technology enthusiasts. The site offered a "new perspective" on technology and is under the leadership of managing editor Gabriel Sama. The site not only offered news and tutorials, but also had

4221-459: Was meant to accompany and complement the site Yahoo! . Owner William Bernard Ziff Jr. had wanted to give the business to his sons—Daniel, Dirk and Robert—but they did not want the responsibility. In 1994, he announced the sale of the publishing group to Forstmann Little & Company for US$ 1.4 billion. It was then sold to SoftBank a year later. In 1998, Ziff Davis started the ZDTV channel,

4288-517: Was profitable at the time. The approximate halving of CNET's value under Red Ventures' ownership is attributed to interest rates, a slower ad market, and the reputational damage to CNET caused by the AI scandals. On August 6, 2024, the New York Times reported that Red Ventures had reached an agreement to sell CNET to Ziff Davis for $ 100 million, subject to regulatory approval. The acquisition

4355-517: Was publishing content generated by artificial intelligence . In response to the decision, CNET claimed it maintained high editorial standards, stating, "It is important to clarify that CNET is not actively using AI to create new content. While we have no specific plans to restart, any future initiatives would follow our public AI policy." Ziff Davis Ziff Davis, Inc. is an American digital media and internet company. Founded in 1927 by William Bernard Ziff Sr. and Bernard George Davis ,

4422-467: Was sold to Entercom in 2017. In 2011, CNET and CBS Interactive were sued by a coalition of artists (led by FilmOn founder Alki David) for copyright infringement by promoting the download of LimeWire , a popular peer to peer downloading software. Although the original suit was voluntarily dropped by Alki David, he vowed to sue at a later date to bring "expanded" action against CBS Interactive. In November 2011, another lawsuit against CBS Interactive

4489-578: Was the flagship brand of CNET Networks and became a brand of CBS Interactive through that unit's acquisition of CNET Networks in 2008. Following acquisition by Red Ventures on October 30, 2020, the website faced criticism for the decline in quality of its editorial content and its factual unreliability due to the use of generative AI in the creation of its articles, as well as concerns over its journalistic integrity after it began increased publication of biased reviews and sponsored content to benefit its advertising partners. On October 1, 2024, CNET

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