#redventures — Public Fediverse posts
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Not so much a consolidation this time.
Ziff Davis is buying CNET for just $100 million
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/6/24214374/cnet-zeff-davis-acquisition-digital-media-100-million
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Private equity firms buy up established brands, spew out comtent (sometimes AI-generated noise), flood forums, and game Google to destroy independent research: https://housefresh.com/david-vs-digital-goliaths/
#housefresh #reddit #popularscience #popsci #comtent #giselenavarro #dannyashton #redventures #dotdashmeredith #popsci #rollingstone #rs #buzzfeed #realsimple #google
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Clearly time to cross CNET off the list of reliable tech news and review sources!
“Under Red Ventures, former #CNET employees say the venerated publication’s focus increasingly became winning #Google searches by prioritizing SEO. On these highly trafficked articles, the company crams in lucrative affiliate marketing ads for things like loans or credit cards, cashing in every time a reader signs up.”
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Kotaku: Layoffs Hit GameSpot, Giant Bomb Just Months After Fandom Buys Them https://kotaku.com/giant-bomb-gamespot-metacritic-fandom-layoffs-1850008228 #gaming #tech #kotaku #business2cfinance #perkinsmiller #jonwinkelried #jeffgerstmann #goldmansachs #worldwideweb #digitalmedia #redventures #tpgcapital #danryckert #giantbomb #microsoft #gamespot #websites #comcast #fandom #viacom #amazon #wikis #wikia #jess #ign
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Kotaku: Layoffs Hit GameSpot, Giant Bomb Just Months After Fandom Buys Them https://kotaku.com/giant-bomb-gamespot-metacritic-fandom-layoffs-1850008228 #gaming #tech #kotaku #business2cfinance #perkinsmiller #jonwinkelried #jeffgerstmann #goldmansachs #worldwideweb #digitalmedia #redventures #tpgcapital #danryckert #giantbomb #microsoft #gamespot #websites #comcast #fandom #viacom #amazon #wikis #wikia #jess #ign
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Kotaku: Layoffs Hit GameSpot, Giant Bomb Just Months After Fandom Buys Them https://kotaku.com/giant-bomb-gamespot-metacritic-fandom-layoffs-1850008228 #gaming #tech #kotaku #business2cfinance #perkinsmiller #jonwinkelried #jeffgerstmann #goldmansachs #worldwideweb #digitalmedia #redventures #tpgcapital #danryckert #giantbomb #microsoft #gamespot #websites #comcast #fandom #viacom #amazon #wikis #wikia #jess #ign
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Kotaku: Layoffs Hit GameSpot, Giant Bomb Just Months After Fandom Buys Them https://kotaku.com/giant-bomb-gamespot-metacritic-fandom-layoffs-1850008228 #gaming #tech #kotaku #business2cfinance #perkinsmiller #jonwinkelried #jeffgerstmann #goldmansachs #worldwideweb #digitalmedia #redventures #tpgcapital #danryckert #giantbomb #microsoft #gamespot #websites #comcast #fandom #viacom #amazon #wikis #wikia #jess #ign