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Company type	Public (Nasdaq: CNET)
Industry	Internet information provider
Founded	1993
Headquarters	235 Second Street, San Francisco, California, USA; 28 E 28th St, New York, New York, USA
Key people	Neil Ashe, CEO; Shelby Bonnie, co-founder
Revenue	$387.69 million (2006)
Net income	$7.87 million (2006)
Number of employees	2,080 (2006)
Website	cnetnetworks.com

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CNET Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNET) is a publicly-held media company based in San Francisco, California, United States and co-founded in 1993 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie.

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On November 29th, 2007, CNET fired Jeff Gerstmann of gamespot.com, allegedly for giving Kane and Lynch a bad score in his review.

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Websites

CNET.com

CNET.com is CNET's online portal, providing access to CNET's reviews, news, downloads, price comparisons and CNET TV as well as web search powered by search.com. (AKA Jeff Gertsmanns killer)

CNET.com is divided into seven major sections, all of which can be accessed from the home or "Today on CNET" page. These sections are:

Reviews

Product and service reviews by CNET. This section can also include extras such as Internet connection speed tests, opinion articles and buying guides.

News.com

News.com is a news website dedicated to technology. Content is created by both CNET and external media agencies. A daily podcast is available which covers main stories.

Downloads

This section is also available through the download.com and provides a comprehensive library of downloadable software that CNET says is free of spyware.

Tips & Tricks

Tips & Tricks is the learning area of CNET, offering a range of tutorials, guides and tips for technology users.

CNET TV

CNET TV is CNET's Internet video channel offering a selection of on-demand video content including video reviews, first looks and special features.

CNET Shopper.com

CNET Shopper.com is an online tool that aims to find the lowest prices on items from online retailers. While generally reliable, there have been notable errors in pricing information on occasion including a camera worth over a thousand dollars being advertised for only a few dollars.

Blogs

Also available at blogs.cnet.com, this is a round up of all the blogs from CNET personalities and official blogs for CNET and CNET programs.

In addition to CNET.com, which is aimed at North American audiences, there are also regional CNET sites including cnet.com.au (for Australia), cnet.co.uk (for the United Kingdom) and asia.cnet.com (for Asia). Content on regional sites is a mix of locally produced content from regional offices of CNET and content from the US CNET.com site. In addition, content is sometimes sourced from ZDNet.

Download.com

Download.com is a website which allows its users to download utilities and patches from other software vendors, such as WinZip.

CNET TV

CNET TV plays various videos, including CNET video reviews. CNET editors such as Brian Cooley, Molly Wood, and Tom Merritt host shows like Car Tech, The Queue, Buzz Report, Crave, Quick Tips, CNET Top 5, and others, as well as special reports and reviews.

On April 12, 2007, CNET TV aired its first episode of CNET LIVE, hosted by Brian Cooley and Tom Merritt. The first episode featured Justin Kan of justin.tv.^{[citation needed]}

On November 19, 2007, CNET UK launched the UK version of CNET TV. Although the site's design is very different in design to CNET.com's version, it differs by using true 16:9-resolution video, streaming in Adobe Flash at high bit rates. CNET TV UK produces all original content in the form of a weekly music show, Encoded, hosted by Nate Lanxon; and Reel Weekend, a weekly film digest hosted by Ben Howard. The site also features a car tech show, product video reviews, music videos and most of the video content produced by CNET Networks UK's various consumer and business sites.

Other websites

Other CNET websites include GameSpot, GameFAQs, Metacritic, MP3.com, TV.com, and FilmSpot, which operate under the "CNET Networks Entertainment" brand name; Chow, Chowhound, Webshots, UrbanBaby and Consumating, which operate under the "CNET Networks Community" brand; Webware, a blog launched in November 2006 dedicated to web applications.^[1]

CNET owns many domain names, including download.com, upload.com, news.com, search.com, tv.com, mp3.com, chat.com, computers.com, help.com, shopper.com, radio.com, and com.com.

Podcasts

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Screenshot from CNET's podcast page on the iTunes Store.

The network produces several audio and video podcasts. They are related to the core areas of technology: General news, DAPs, Cars, Security, and the ongoing wars between the politicos and the industry. The network has several different brandings on their podcasts. CNET.com, the Network's most viewed site, has more than eight to date.^[2] The other sites in the CNET Network that have podcasts are GameSpot, TV.com, and MP3.com.

Name	Brand	Hosts	Type	Frequency
Buzz Out Loud	CNET.com	Molly Wood, Tom Merritt, (formerly Veronica Belmont)	Audio	Daily
Crave	CNET.com's Crave Blog	Caroline McCarthy (formerly Veronica Belmont and James Kim)	Video	Weekly
Daily Tech News	News.com	Typically Charles Cooper	Audio	Daily
The Buzz Report	CNET.com	Molly Wood (interim host Brian Cooley)	Video	Weekly
Gadgettes	CNET.com	Molly Wood and Kelly Morrison	Audio	Weekly
MP3 Insider	CNET.com	Jasmine France and Donald Bell (formerly Veronica Belmont and James Kim)	Audio	Weekly
The Real Deal	CNET.com	Tom Merritt and Rafe Needleman	Audio	Weekly
Security Bites	CNET.com and News.com	Robert Vamosi	Audio and video (on CNET TV)	Weekly
Car Tech	CNET.com	Brian Cooley, Kevin Massy, and Wayne Cunningham	Audio and video (on CNET TV)	Weekly
The Queue	CNET.com	Rich DeMuro	Video (CNET TV)	Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays
Tech and Politics Rundown	CNET.com and News.com	Charles Cooper and Declan McCullagh	Audio	Weekly
CNET Live	CNET.com	Tom Merritt and Brian Cooley	Video (CNET TV)	Thursdays
Dialed In	CNET.com	Kent German, Bonnie Cha, and Nicole Lee	Audio	Wednesdays
Crossfade TV	Download.com, MP3.com	Kurt Wolff, Mike Tao, Peter Gavin, and Anngie Dehoyos	Video (CNET TV)	Every other week
Studio C	CNET.com, Download.com, and MP3.com	Kurt Wolff, Ariel Nunez, Mike Tao, and Peter Gavin	Audio	Weekly

References

^ Needleman, Rafe (2006-11-29). "Webware.com is live!". Rafe's Blog. Retrieved 2007-09-21.
^ "CNET Podcast Central". Retrieved 2007-11-25.

External links

[1] Needleman, Rafe (2006-11-29). "Webware.com is live!". Rafe's Blog. Retrieved 2007-09-21.

[podcast-2] "CNET Podcast Central". Retrieved 2007-11-25.

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