Techdirt
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| Web address | techdirt.com |
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| Slogan | Easily digestible tech news |
| Commercial? | yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Owner | Floor64, Inc. |
| Created by | Mike Masnick |
| Editor | Mike Masnick |
| Launched | 1997 |
| Alexa rank |  12,808 (April 2013[update])[1] |
| Current status | Active |
Techdirt is a blog that reports on technology trends, and related business and economic policy issues, often focusing on copyright and patent reform. The website was started in 1997 by Mike Masnick and it was originally based on the weblog Slash. Techdirt has been named among the favorite blogs of PC Magazine[2] and has been praised for its "sharp, pithy analysis of current tech issues".[3] The content on the blog is based on reader submissions as well as the editorial staff's picks. The website makes use of MySQL, Apache, and PHP and is hosted at ActionWeb.[4]
The series Favorite Techdirt Posts of the Week allows for a handpicked reader to post a summary of one's favorite posts by Techdirt contributors to the site over a past week. Among the handpicked readers who have contributed to this series are:
- Jesse Townley, General Manager of Alternative Tentacles[5]
- Marietje Schaake, European Parliament MEP for the Netherlands[6]
- Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon[7]
- Evan Noynaert, Assistant Professor at Missouri Western State University[8]
- Glyn Moody, writer[9]
- Peter Friedman, professor at Case Western Reserve University school of law[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Techdirt.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- ^ Heater, Brian; Griffith, Eric (December 29, 2008). "Our Favorite Blogs". PC Magazine. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
- ^ Hof, Rob (October 11, 2006). "The Dirt on Techdirt's New Blogger Community". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
- ^ "About Techdirt". Techdirt. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
- ^ Townley, Jesse. "Jesse Townley's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week". techdirt. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ Schaake, Marietje. "European Parliament Member Marietje Schaake's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week". techdirt. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ Wyden, Ron. "Senator Ron Wyden's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week". techdirt. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ Noyneart, Evan. "Evan Noynaert's Favorite Techdirt Posts of the Week". techdirt. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ Moody, Glyn. "Glyn Moody's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week". techdirt. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ Friedman, Peter. "Peter Friedman's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week". techdirt. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
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