Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD) is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, New York, United States that owns 5 consumer brands across 2 categories, and has 4 recorded transactions.[1]
Ziff Davis published computer magazines from the 1980s, went through bankruptcy and several owners, and rebuilt itself as a digital media and internet services group. It now owns several of the technology sites that replaced the magazines it used to print.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Ziff Davis acquired CNET from Red Ventures. CNET was among the first technology news sites, was owned by CBS for over a decade, and had drawn criticism shortly before the sale for publishing articles generated by artificial intelligence without labelling them clearly. Press reports put the price near $100 million; neither party disclosed a figure.
Ziff Davis acquired Mashable, which had been started by a nineteen-year-old in Scotland, grown into a large digital publisher, and sold in 2017 for a fraction of its peak valuation. Neither party disclosed the price.
Ziff Davis acquired Humble Bundle, which sells collections of games at a price the buyer chooses and splits the money between developers, charity and the platform. The price was not disclosed, and the charitable model has continued under the new owner.
Ziff Davis, then owned by j2 Global, acquired IGN from News Corp. IGN had been assembled from a network of console-specific sites in the 1990s, and its review scores carry enough weight to be quoted in publishers marketing. The price was not disclosed.
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Ziff Davis owns 5 consumer brands tracked here, including Humble Bundle, Mashable, IGN, PCMag and CNET.
Yes. Ziff Davis is headquartered in New York, New York, United States and was founded in 1927.
Ziff Davis is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as ZD on the NASDAQ.
The most recent completed acquisition recorded here is CNET on 1 October 2024.
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