CBS buys CNET Networks for $1.8 billion - Valleywag Comments

CBS buys CNET Networks for $1.8 billion

cipals15 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:33:14 PDT

That might be a merge of technologies and database of TV.Com and CBS TV. The users of both site are merge to one site and that is CBS TV. Still, i hope they improve more.

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cipals15

CBS buys CNET Networks for $1.8 billion

GameSpotter — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:07:10 PDT

@Abhi 2.0

Why would they point tv.com to CBS tv? - it's more valuable and offers greater reach and potential as tv.com.

news.com never did make much sense to me - that should definitely redirect to cbsnews

GameSpotter

CBS buys CNET Networks for $1.8 billion

Abhi 2.0 — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:46:03 PDT

@macbeach ... you're right about domain squatting, but can they now "leverage" all them names:

point radio.com to CBS'radio site, tv.com to CBS tv, etc. etc.

Abhi 2.0

CBS buys CNET Networks for $1.8 billion

macbeach — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:24:37 PDT

Also from the WSJ article this puzzler:

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"There are very few opportunities to acquire a profitable, growing, well-managed Internet company like CNET Networks," CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves said.
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He is using English words, but in a form that I am unfamiliar with. Must be some sort of code.

As already mentioned, it will be nice for the domain squatting to finally cease.

macbeach

CBS buys CNET Networks for $1.8 billion

DanLar75 — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:20:49 PDT

He he, I horded stocks 2 weeks ago on the notion that the Yahoo-Microsoft deal would start an avalance..

Was right.

DanLar75

CBS buys CNET Networks for $1.8 billion

joebob2 — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:59:40 PDT

Let's not forget cnet's ever valuable com.com domain.

joebob2

CBS buys CNET Networks for $1.8 billion

jackparsons — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:14:52 PDT

@Abhi 2.0: That's a great point. I've never been able to figure out how (or, for that matter, why) they held on to news.com for so long. CNET is branded well enough that I hardly ever refer to it as "news.com". They probably could have sold it awhile back for a nice cash infusion when it would have done them some good.

The funny thing is that there are now so many acronyms under one umbrella that Ashehole himself seems to have gotten confused: "We'll talk about the transaction and the exciting opportunities that it creates for both NCAA and CNET Networks and we'll answer your questions."

jackparsons

CBS buys CNET Networks for $1.8 billion

Abhi 2.0 — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:04:11 PDT

CBS gets the news.com domain ... isn't there a high chance they'll make it a general news landing page/portal rather than just pure tech news?

Abhi 2.0

CBS buys CNET Networks for $1.8 billion

Dweezil — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:38:17 PDT

Looking forward to the CSI episode about a 13 year old from suburbia get killed for calling people faggot nigger jews on the Pokemon Mystery Dungeons Gamefaqs message board.

Dweezil

CBS buys CNET Networks for $1.8 billion

Nicholas Carlson — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:07:48 PDT

@buzzzkilll: The hedge fund is Jana Partners, I mean to refer to all the activist shareholders who have joined as one. JANA and Sandell Asset Management Corp. ("Sandell"), Paul Gardi of Alex Interactive Media, Spark Capital and Velocity Interactive Group…JANA and Co.

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CBS buys CNET Networks for $1.8 billion

buzzzkilll — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:54:21 PDT

It's Jana Partners, not JANA & Company, fool. Yet another reason to read Valleywag with a skeptical eye.

buzzzkilll

CBS buys CNET Networks for $1.8 billion

jpelline — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:13:53 PDT

Nice premium. Congrats.

jpelline