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Ars Technica bought by Wired publisher

article published on 21 May, 2008

Well known tech site Ars Technica has been purchased by magazine publisher Condè Nast, whose other properties include Wired magazine. Ars Technica will become part of Wired Digital, which is also responsible for Wired.com. The price wasn't disclosed, but is rumored to be $25 million. In a statement to the Ars Technica community on May 19, Editor-in-Chief and co-founder Ken Fisher wrote ... [ read the full article ]

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georgeluv
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_ 		21. May 2008 @ 15:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
slashdot, ars, and cnet are the holy trinity of tech news websites.
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iluvendo
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_ 		21. May 2008 @ 18:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Is the buy out a good thing ?
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"The flimsier the product,the higher the price"
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7thsinger
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_ 		21. May 2008 @ 20:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Corporate chess games. Not much more than that.
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spiesfan
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_ 		22. May 2008 @ 09:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
crud hopefully wired doesn't screw ars up
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expect more adverts, lets not hope the reviews don't turn into, "paid for reviews" by the advertising companies!

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