It seems the rumors reported earlier today by TechCrunch were spot on, and Wired is the proud new owner of Ars Technica. In a call to Alexandra Constantinople, Executive Director of Communications for Wired, she confirmed that, “the story is accurate, but (Wired) won’t be issuing an official statement until next week.”
This is sure to be the number one story on tech blogger’s minds this weekend as we all ponder the possible ramifications of a shrinking tech blogosphere. Ars Technica has always been known more for their in-depth reporting style, and product reviews that possibly go on longer than the amount of time the designers spent working on the product. Reportedly the site will remain as-is, with all current staff staying in place, so it will be interesting to see how exactly Wired will integrate this new content stream into their existing skein.
The news coming today brings to a close a long week of purchases, and pending purchases, with Plaxo being purchased by Comcast, CBS buying CNET and rumors of Carl Icahn sniffing around the corpse of the MicroHoo deal being the biggest. It seems that everyone is in a spending mood as of late, and it does leave one to ponder what mega-deal may be around the next bend, because I get a sinking feeling this isn’t the end of it.mashable109:http://mashable.com/2008/05/16/confirmed-wired-buying-ars-technica/
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