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This
note considers US-based internet and print publishing
group CNET Networks.
It covers -
holdings
CNET online holdings include -
- News.com
- FindArticles
- Download.com
- GameSpot
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TV.com
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MP3.com
- Chow
- food site
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bNet - guidance for small business and entrepreneurs
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UrbanBaby
studies
There have been no major studies of CNET or Halsey Minor.
The latter is profiled in Robert Reid's Architects
of the Web - 1,000 Days That Built The Future of Business
(New York: Wiley 1997)
landmarks
1992 CNET founded by Halsey Minor
1994 Ziff family sells 95%
of Ziff-Davis Publishing to Forstmann
Little for US$1.4bn
1994 Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures, Inc takes 20% stake
in CNET
1994 Ziff-Davis launches ZDNet, Interactive Week
and Family PC
1995 Softbank buys 70% of Ziff-Davis,
Inc. (publishing arm of Ziff-Davis Communications) from
Forstmann Little for US$2.1bn, changes name to Ziff-Davis,
Inc. and buys COMDEX for US$800m
1995 buys Ziff-Davis Publishing for US$2.1bn
1996 IPO of CNET
1997 CNET launches Computers.com and Snap!Online
1998 NBC takes stake in Snap!, forms
NBCi as joint venture with CNET
1998 CNET launches Shopper.com
1998 Softbank floats 26% of Ziff-Davis Inc.
1999 Harte-Hanks buys Ziff-Davis
Market Intelligence for US$106m
1999 CNET buys GDT of Switzerland
1999 sells most of stake in Vignette
2000 CNET buys mySimon for US$678m
2000 buys Digital Media Services, Inc. (DMS) for US$18m
2000 buys Quote Desk Software for US$11.6m
2000 buys Apollo Solutions, Inc. for US$11.6m
2000 ZDTV (later renamed TechTV) sold to Vulcan Ventures
for US$320m
2000 Ziff-Davis Inc magazine unit sold to Willis Stein
& Partners for US$780m
2000 CNET rebadged as CNET Networks
2000 Ziff-Davis acquired by CNET Networks Inc. for US$1.6bn
2001 CNET abandons broadcast tv operations
2001 sells stake in NBCi back to NBC
2001 CNET acquires TechRepublic from Gartner for US$21.6m
2002 acquires Silicon.com in UK
2003 Vivendi sells MP3.com to
CNET
2004 CNET buys EDventure Holdings
2004 buys photosharing site WebShots
2004 acquires Fengniao and ZOL in China
2007 LookSmart sells FindArticles to CNET for US$20.5m
2007 sells WebShots to American Greetings for US$45m
2008 CBS announces US$1.8bn deal to buy CNet Networks
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