Comments on: Breaking: Condé Nast/Wired Acquires Ars Technica

By: GigaOm Buys A Mobile Blog - The Beginning Of The Blog Rollup?

GigaOm Buys A Mobile Blog - The Beginning Of The Blog Rollup? — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:05:55 +0000

[...] that will accelerate over the next 12-18 months. larger blogs lacking the stomach for competition will sell to large media corporations. The more competitive large blogs who want to see this thing [...]

By: SAI raises funding, followed by more hacking around with blog valuations » VentureBeat

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:27:51 +0000

[...] million visitors a month, according to comScore, but may get more like 4.5 million, according to a TechCrunch report on the sale. If the latter number is true, then how can SAI be worth nearly half as much as Ars, [...]

By: Complete List of Q2 2008 Web / Internet / Tech Acquisitions » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:47:04 +0000

[...] Technica is a technology blog. Press Release TechCrunch | [...]

By: Voodoo Ventures - Idea Fuel Blog : Blog Archive : Calacanis is out, and I know why.

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:24:52 +0000

[...] Nast takes out Ars Technica. - May [...]

By: Startup Meme » Blog Archive » Paid Content gets Acquired by Guardian Media Group for $30 million

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:45:43 +0000

[...] this year we have witnessed the acquisition of Ars Technica, a much bigger but technology focused blog to Conde Nast for a reported $25 million. Prior to all [...]

By: Infotron » Blog Archive » Guardian Media Group Acquires Paid Content For $30 Million

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:38:57 +0000

[...] getting kind of lonely out here as an independent blogging startup. In May Ars Technica was picked up by Wired. Today Kara Swisher and Marshall Kirkpatrick report that blog network Paid Content’s parent [...]

By: Guardian Media Group Acquires Paid Content For $30 Million | All tech stuff

Guardian Media Group Acquires Paid Content For $30 Million | All tech stuff — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:20:18 +0000

By: Guardian Media Group Acquires Paid Content For $30 Million

Guardian Media Group Acquires Paid Content For $30 Million — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:08:50 +0000

By: asiaman

asiaman — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:24:07 +0000

I hope now they improve some of their functionality!

By: Celebrity Baby Blog is Acquired: People.com’s Gain Is FM Publishing’s Loss

Fri, 30 May 2008 23:28:17 +0000

[...] blog from its advertising network. Last year, it lost Digg to Microsoft, and earlier this month it lost Ars Technica to Condé Nast. Now, Time Inc. (my former employer) has snapped up Celebrity Baby [...]

By: Dan Blank: Publishing, Innovation & the Web » Blog Archive » News of the Week 5/27/08

Tue, 27 May 2008 12:37:21 +0000

[...] Condé Nast/Wired Acquires Ars Technica "This is also another lost customer for Federated Media Publishing, which sells advertising for Ars Technica (Digg left Federated Media last year to accept a very lucrative Microsoft deal that will pay out over $100 million over three years). CondéNet will now take over advertising sales." [...]

By: mojaam

mojaam — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:20:53 +0000

It’ll be interesting to see if they will change the digg button on every article to Reddit now.

By: May 19, 2008 | next media update

May 19, 2008 | next media update — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:41:34 +0000

[...] CondeNast Buys Tech News Site Ars Technica TECHCRUNCH Condé Nast has acquired popular technology blog Ars Technica . The site will become part of Wired Digital (which in turn is under CondéNet) . Wired Digital assets include Wired.com and Reddit (acquired in 2006). The acquisition price will not be disclosed, but our sources say it is in the $25 million range, which is what Condé Nast paid for Wired.com in 2006. ArsTechnica, based in Boston, was founded in 1998 by Ken Fisher, and the rather esoteric name is a Latin phrase, meaning the “Art of Technology”. It has been known for its serious yet edgy coverage of tech news and issues. Comscore says the total monthly pageviews is around 4 million. Source> [...]

By: rianjs.net » On the Condé Nast Ars Technica acquisition

rianjs.net » On the Condé Nast Ars Technica acquisition — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:24:00 +0000

[...] the blogosphere this week has been the acquisition of Ars Technica by Condé Nast. TechCrunch broke the story on Friday, but there was no official word from Ars until yesterday due to an embargo. Anyway, in [...]

By: Rian

Rian — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:05:07 +0000

Your numbers are low. Ars is getting ~40M pageviews with ~5M readers per month as outlined by Ken in his official announcement news post yesterday.

By: Linkzz 2.0 » Blog Archive » Blog Ars Technica kupiony za $25 milionów

Linkzz 2.0 » Blog Archive » Blog Ars Technica kupiony za $25 milionów — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:14:58 +0000

[...] TechCrunch właśnie poinformował o kupieniu blogu Ars Technica (bardzo duży i popularny blog IT) przez właściciela wired.com czyli CondéNet. Źródła Arringtona donoszą, że wartość transakcji to 25 milionów dolarów! [...]

By: ethority blog » The Purchasing Continues - Condé Nast buys Ars Technica

ethority blog » The Purchasing Continues - Condé Nast buys Ars Technica — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:55:09 +0000

[...] changed hands. The techblog from Massachusetts was sold to the publishing house Condé Nast for approx. 25 Million Dollars. The publisher from New York is no blank page in the field of digital media, as they bought [...]

By: Ars Technica is acquired by Cond’e Nast (Wired). « Zayne Humphrey’s Blog.

Mon, 19 May 2008 23:59:20 +0000

[...] a final community note, we know that many of you learned of this from TechCrunch or one of the many blogs following them, as Mike Arrington scooped the entire Internet on Friday [...]

By: WebbAlert - May 19, 2008 | TechTV Update

WebbAlert - May 19, 2008 | TechTV Update — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:23:31 +0000

[...] ArsTechnica is now part of the Conde Nast family, along with Wired and Reddit. The founders and employees are staying on for the transition. [...]

By: The Future of Newspapers | InvestCyte

The Future of Newspapers | InvestCyte — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:37:04 +0000

[...] as News.com and Gamespot, is being aquired by CBS for 1.8 billion, Ars Technica, a techie blog, by CondeNast for a reported $25 million. Both are tech sites and as such possibly more desirable and not [...]

By: Ars Technica Becomes Condé Nast Property « blixity

Ars Technica Becomes Condé Nast Property « blixity — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:42:07 +0000

[...] by Condé Nast, a multinational publishing company owned by the Newhouse family. As scooped by TechCrunch last Friday: For the price of $25 million, Ars Technica will now be part of Condé Nast’s [...]

By: While We Were Gone…

While We Were Gone… — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:20:43 +0000

[...] site that most geeks have come to love. They won’t disclose what was paid for the site, but TechCrunch says is in the $25 million [...]

By: CondeNast compra ArsTechnica

CondeNast compra ArsTechnica — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:01:05 +0000

[...] dueña de Wired y de Reddit, acaba de comprar ArsTechnica uno de los mejores sites de tecnología que hay en el [...]

By: Weblog bought for 25 Million Dollars - Weblog von Nils Maier

Weblog bought for 25 Million Dollars - Weblog von Nils Maier — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:47:49 +0000

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By: CondéNast compra Ars Technica

CondéNast compra Ars Technica — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:51:53 +0000

[...] Technica supone un nuevo cliente perdido para Federated Media Publishing, que vende la publicidad de la revista. CondéNast será el que [...]