Amit Chowdhry | October 25, 2011 | 404 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under CBS, CBS Corp, CBS Corporation, CNET, CNET Networks Inc, Gdgt.com, Peter Rojas, Ryan Block

CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS) subsidiary CNET.com is reportedly in acquisition talks for GDGT.com. GDGT.com was founded by Peter Rojas and Ryan Block. Talks between the CNET and GDGT started two years ago, but a deal fell through. Now the two companies are at it again.

Amit Chowdhry | April 8, 2010 | 869 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under AOL Ventures, Betaworks, Gdgt.com, Jason Calacanis, Lerer Media Ventures, Peter Rojas, Ryan Block, Spark Capital, True Ventures

Gdgt.com has raised $3.165 million from several investors. Gdgt.com was founded by former Engadget writers Peter Rojas and Ryan Block. Their investors include Spark Capital, Jason Calacanis, True Ventures, Betaworks, AOL Ventures, Lerer Media Ventures, and several other angel investors.
Gdgt.com previously raised $500,000 from Betaworks and True Ventures. Gdgt currently has about 17,000 products in their database. [paidContent]
Amit Chowdhry | September 5, 2008 | 810 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Engadget, Gdgt.com

Engadget was co-founded by former Gizmodo editor, Peter Rojas. Ryan Block, Engadget’s former editor-in-chief stepped down on July 22, 2008 and left Engadget to be run by Joshua Topolsky.
Gdgt.com is a new and upcoming consumer electronics website that is started by Peter Rojas and Ryan Block. Gdgt.com is still under construction, but there is a weekly podcast available on the site.
Gdgt is not going to be a gadget blog according to Alley Insider. Insider believes that Gdgt will possibly be a social network since the site is soliciting users to create user names.