Marcus "MajorLinux" SummersNot 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
Justin (koavf)🌻🍉🇪🇭🌿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
DrBob, 🧠 MechanicClearly 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.”
PhotoSniperFox#CNET owners #RedVentures decided to destroy CNET by having #AI write articles that took longer to fix than #human-written articles.
Also, the AI could never work out that #plagarism was bad.
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/08/cnet-insiders-say-tech-outlet-softened-coverage-to-please-advertisers/
Also, the AI could never work out that #plagarism was bad.
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/08/cnet-insiders-say-tech-outlet-softened-coverage-to-please-advertisers/
