CBS Aquiring CNET For $1.8 Billion

by Scott Beale on May 15, 2008 · 4 comments

CBS Buys CNET

Today CBS announced that it plans to aquire CNET for $1.8 Billion, which includes websites like News.com, ZDNet, Download.com and Webware.

Marshall Kirkpatrick has a great write-up on this breaking story on ReadWriteWeb.

image by Andrew Mager

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1 Marshall Kirkpatrick May 15, 2008 at 11:15 am

Thanks Scott, I ‘m glad you liked that write up. Hope you are well, M

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2 Andrew Mager May 15, 2008 at 1:10 pm

Nice logo!

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