Comments on: Ziff Davis Media Takes A Dip In The Deadpool

By: ogman

ogman — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:53:59 +0000

There’s a good explanation of what is actually going on here: http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntr.....Id=1002446

Pretty much sound like this changes nothing.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:01:12 +0000

Yeah, I’m sure ZDM will be out of the deadpool. It has too many well-known properties not to be able to do something reasonable with them.

By: Peter Harrington

Peter Harrington — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:34:07 +0000

1up seems to be the only thing they have going for them, which is kinda of sad, because its not exactly growing by leaps and bounds

By: Melissa Chang

Melissa Chang — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:24:18 +0000

It’s actually a common misconception that ZDNet is part of Ziff Davis Media - it isn’t. It used to be, but was sold off in a previous restructuring of debt. (ZDNet is now owned by CNET). Also, Ziff Davis Media and Ziff Davis Enterprise are two different companies now…another thing that not many people realize.

I am not so sure that Ziff Davis is going to stay in the deadpool…its debt was crippling, but if it can emerge from Chapter 11, it might be able to make some headway.

By: Kiyama

Kiyama — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:21:18 +0000

1up’s new review grading system is a huge improvement, and 1up Yours and the 1up Show are fantastic podcasts…here’s hoping they survive.

By: rod / techwatching.com

rod / techwatching.com — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:16:19 +0000

I would agree with Jimmy D, that much of the content produced from ZD was very weak - their strategy always seemed to be to produce as much as possible with the hope that saturation of markets would lead to customers. That being said, of late their blogs seem to have picked things up… good insights and reportage.

No blog network needs 225 million in financing however. Corporately, ZD should have spun off the blog network into its own entity and traded ownership in the subsidiary against their debts. Or something.

By: bs

bs — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:02:50 +0000

theres a blog entry on techcrunch pg 2 that triggers phishing filters

its really annoying

By: Jimmy D

Jimmy D — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:46:12 +0000

ZDnet was terrible! PC Magazine was perpetually dumbed down with tons of advertisements and their idea of a motherboard review was 2 paragraphs parroting info contained in press releases. I hope CNet is next to go down!

By: Posties.us

Posties.us — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:30:36 +0000

Fold everything under news.com - niche sites are too abundant and easily duplicated if you ask me.

By: Matt K.

Matt K. — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:29:11 +0000

Saw this on digg.
It’s sad to see it go.
But Ziff was half way between the new media and the old media.

As far as I know, Ziff will continue operations as normal.