http://www.thestandard.com/node/106592/comments comments feed. en http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/05/16/report-ars-technica-bought-wired-publisher <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/">Ars Technica</a>, a website that <a href="http://arstechnica.com/site/about.ars">specializes</a> in &quot;original news and reviews, analysis of technology trends, and expert advice&quot; has been sold to Condé Nast, <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/16/breaking-conde-nastwired-acquires-ars-technica/">reports TechCrunch</a>. If the news is true (<i>The Standard</i> is still trying to confirm) this is a potential blow to <a href="http://www.federatedmedia.net/">Federated Media</a>, as noted by TechCrunch:</p> <blockquote><p><i>&quot;This is also another lost customer for Federated Media Publishing, which sells advertising for Ars Technica (Digg <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/25/microsoft-now-selling-diggs-ads/">left</a> Federated Media last year to accept a very lucrative Microsoft deal that will pay out over $100 million over three years). CondéNet will now take over advertising sales.&quot;</i></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </p></blockquote> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/14/industry-standards-top-25-b-z-list-blogs">The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail">10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/05/16/report-ars-technica-bought-wired-publisher#comments Ars Technica Conde Nast Wired Breaking News Fri, 16 May 2008 14:13:05 -0700 Ian Lamont 106592 at http://www.thestandard.com