Browse: Companies | People | Financial Organizations
Home > Companies > CNET Networks

Exit

Acquired byCBS
Price$1.8B
Date5/08
TermsCash

General Information

Websitecnetnetworks.com
CategoryConsumer Web
Email
Employees2,000
DescriptionTechnology News Network

Offices

People

Special Advisor to the CEO
Founder
Editor In Chief
CFO
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President
Executive Vice President
Show All People

Former People

CEO
Senior Vice President; CFO
VP
Show All Former People

Acquisitions

Total$90M
55BBS.com, 6/08
FindArticles, 11/07 $20M
Webshots, 8/04 $70M
MP3.com, 12/03

Competitors

Tags

reviews, news, blog, media

CNET Networks

CNET Networks is a publicly held media company with a focus on technology. CNET Networks owns many popular websites, including CNET.com, News.com, ZDNet.com, MP3.com, and Download.com. CNET Networks also creates and distributes video content under its CNET TV brand, and maintains a blog network including notable bloggers such as Marc Andreessen and Mark Cuban.

In November 2007, CNET Networks purchased FindArticles, a database of magazine and newspaper articles, for $20.5 million from LookSmart.

Milestones

Videos

Above:

This video was originally posted on Beet.TV

Added: 8/25/08
Above:

This video was originally posted on Beet.TV

Added: 8/25/08
Above:

This video was originally published on Beet.TV

Added: 1/28/09
Above:

This video was originally published on Beet.TV

Added: 12/16/08

Screenshots

Products

CNET Reviews

Websitereviews.cnet.com
StageLive
Tags reviews
CNET Networks screenshot
Above: CNET Reviews Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 2/5/08

Download.com

Websitedownload.com
StageLive
Tags download, content-delivery
CNET Networks screenshot
Above: Download.com Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 2/5/08

News.com

Websitenews.com
StageLive
Tags news
CNET Networks screenshot
Above: News.com Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 2/5/08

Traffic Analytics

Quantcast

Livegraph

Compete

Cnetnetworks

Sources

  1. CBS To Acquire CNET For $1.8 Billion (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. CNET China Acquires 55bbs.com (chinatechnews.com) [edit]
  3. Citation Needed [add]
  4. Citation Needed [add]
  5. Citation Needed [add]
Edit This Page
Last Edited 11/16/09

Revision History RSS Picture

TechCrunch Posts TechCrunch Logo Small Picture

Techmeme Posts Techmeme Logo Small Picture

External Links

Embed Widget

CrunchBase API

Sponsors



Become a Sponsor
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Licensing Policy