Pulse2 Technology and Social Media News » Ars Technica http://pulse2.com Sat, 26 May 2012 21:27:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Wired Acquires Technology Blog, Ars Technica http://pulse2.com/2008/05/16/wired-acquires-technology-blog-ars-technica/ http://pulse2.com/2008/05/16/wired-acquires-technology-blog-ars-technica/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 23:36:46 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=3503 Continue reading →]]> Wired & Ars Technica Logos
The digital entity of Wired Magazine, Wired.com has acquired Ars Technica.  Ars Technica is a technology blog that was started in 1998 by Ken “Caesar” Fisher.  Ars Technica has 3 operating revenue sources: affiliate sales commissions, advertising through Federated Media, user subscription fees, and sales of Ars brand merchandise.

Ars Technica focuses on topics such as Technology and Culture, CPU Theory & Praxis, Hardware, Infinite Loop (about Apple), One Microsoft Way (about Microsoft), Open Ended (open source software), Kit (hardware), Nobel Intent (science), and Opposable Thumbs (video games).

The financial details were undisclosed, but TechCrunch speculates that the amount was around the range of $25 million in cash.  Ars Technica receives about 1.5 million monthly unique visitors and 4 million page views. 

CondéNet will take over the advertising sales for Ars Technica.  Ars Technica will be rolled into Wired.

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