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• Outsell Cites IDG, Thomas, Alibaba.com, CNET and Hearst Business Media as Pacesetters in Its New Market Analysis: Leaders in the B2B Print to Electronic Revenue Shift

  - 2009-03-10

  BURLINGAME, Calif. & LONDON -- International Data Group IDG, Thomas Publishing, Alibaba.com, CNET and Hearst Business Media rise to the top as e-media companies, according to ...

  Tags: Alibaba.com, CNET Networks Inc., Hearst Corp., International Data Group, Outsell Inc.

• Tech Legal Week: Apple Multi-Touch Patent, Microsoft Trade Secrets, More

  BNET - 2009-02-02

  Apple gets a big multi-touch patent; Microsoft accueses an ex-employee of trade secret theft; EU refuses to give Intel any more time on antitrust action; IBM and Apple settle over Mark Papermaster joining the latter; yet another class action targets iPhone performance; and China says it really does plan to...

  Tags: Lawsuit, Patent, CNET Networks Inc., Multi-touch, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., European Union, Erik Sherman

• Last.fm Lays Off Around 20 Staff, Part Of CBS/CNET Integration

  Content Next - 2008-12-11

  Last night, Last.fm staff in London were celebrating their Christmas party at a venue complete with hot tub. Through today's hangover, they heard about 20 percent are being disposed of as parent CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) restructures in a cost-cutting move. CBS, which splashed out $280 million in May...

  Tags: CNET Networks Inc., CBS Corp., Integration, Companies, CBS, CBS Interactive, CNET, Countries, UK & Europe, Entertainment, Music, Robert Andrews

• CBS Interactive To Merge CBSNews.com and CNET Newsrooms; Some Layoffs

  Content Next - 2008-12-11

  CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), under pressure to cut costs after what now seems like an even more costly acquisition of CNET, is announcing some more restructuring tomorrow, we have learned from reliable sources late tonight, and as part of it, will be merging CBSNews.com and CNET newsrooms. Not clear:...

  Tags: Layoff, CNET Networks Inc., CBS Corp., Workforce Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Companies, CBS, CBS Interactive, CNET, Rafat Ali

• @ UBS Media Week: Moonves: CBS Wouldn't Buy CNET In This Market; ''Highly Doubt' Any Acquisitions

  Content Next - 2008-12-10

  CBS (NYSE: CBS) CEO Leslie Moonves raved about the value of the CNET acquisition and the integration since the merger with CBS Interactive, but told investors he wouldn't make the same deal today. "The CNET deal was in May.?Life was very different. We would not be doing that acquisition...

  Tags: Acquisition, CNET Networks Inc., CBS Corp., UBS AG, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Companies, CBS, CBS Interactive, CNET, Staci D. Kramer

• BNET Gets Extra Attention as Part of "CBSI"

  BNET - 2008-07-06

  BNET readers know us as an online publication designed especially for business managers and owned by CNet Networks. Last Monday, CNet was acquired by the venerated Columbia Broadcasting System, or CBS. BNET, along with other former CNet properties, like our business technology partners, ZDNet and TechRepublic, are...

  Tags: Michael Mattis, CBS Corp., CNET Networks Inc.

• Fitch: CBS' 'BBB' IDR & Stable Outlook Unaffected by CNET Acquisition

  - 2008-05-15

  NEW YORK -- Today's announcement by CBS Corporation CBS to acquire CNET Networks, Inc. CNET for approximately $1.8 billion does not affect its current ratings or Stable Outlook, according to Fitch Ratings. Fitch currently rates CBS as follows with a Stable Outlook: --Long-term IDR 'BBB'; --Senior unsecured...

  Tags: Better Business Bureau, CBS Corp., CNET Networks Inc., Fitch Ratings

• Media Execs Have to Adapt to their Audiences

  BNET - 2008-05-15

  Not long ago, nor so far away, there once existed a very different media world. Editors and producers trusted their instincts about content decisions; advertisers trusted their instincts as to where to place their ads. Needless to say, that world has passed away, in favor of a...

  Tags: Instinct, CNET Networks Inc., Media, Data, Internet, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, David Weir

• CNET Networks Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-02-06

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions We’ll pause for just a moment to compile the Q&A. Your first question comes from Imran Khan with JP Morgan. Imran Khan – JP Morgan Two questions, first I was trying to get a better sense if you have seen any impact or...

  Tags: Monetization, Revenue, CNET Networks Inc., Call Transcript, Earnings, Seeking Alpha

• The FCC Auction: Your Top Questions Answered

  - 2008-01-23

  Tomorrow the FCC will begin auctioning several chunks of the public airwaves. With the latest government figures indicating that the number of mobile wireless high-speed subscribers in America grew by more than 600 percent in 2006, and every indication that the Mobile Internet will continue to boom, the auction is...

  Tags: Government, Jessica Stillman, Wireless, Federal Government, CNET Networks Inc., Auction, FCC