Ziff Davis, Inc is an American digital media and internet company.
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23 Facts About Ziff Davis
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Since 1980, Ziff Davis has primarily published computer-related magazines and related websites, establishing Ziff Davis as an Internet information company.
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Ziff Davis had several broadcasting properties, first during the mid-1970s, and later with its own technology network ZDTV, later renamed to TechTV, that was sold to Vulcan Ventures in 2001.
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Ziff Davis' magazine publishing and Internet operations offices are based in New York City, Massachusetts, and San Francisco.
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Bernard George Ziff Davis was the student editor of the University of Pittsburgh's humor magazine, the Pitt Panther, and was active in the Association of College Comics of the East.
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Ziff Davis, who had been an aviator in World War I, created Popular Aviation in August 1927 that was published by Popular Aviation Publishing Company of Chicago, Illinois.
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Ziff Davis was a photography enthusiast and the editor of the Popular Photography magazine started in May 1937.
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Ziff Davis sold the majority of its consumer magazines to CBS and its trade magazines to News Corporation in 1984, keeping its computer magazines.
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In 1979, Ziff Davis expanded into broadcasting, after an acquisition of television stations originally owned by greeting card company Rust Craft.
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Ziff Davis first started technology-themed publications during 1954, with Popular Electronics and, more briefly, Electronics World.
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From that time, Ziff Davis became a major publisher of computer and Internet-related publishing.
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In 1998, Ziff Davis started the ZDTV channel, a technology-themed television network.
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Since 2004, Ziff Davis has annually hosted a trade show in New York City known as DigitalLife.
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In November 2006, Ziff Davis announced the cancellation of Official PlayStation Magazine.
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In July 2007, Ziff Davis Media announced the sale of its enterprise division to Insight Venture Partners.
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In May 2013, Ziff Davis acquired NetShelter, a display advertising network oriented towards consumer electronics and technology publishers, from ImPowered.
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In June 2014, Ziff Davis acquired eMedia Communications from Reed Business Information.
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In December 2017, Ziff Davis acquired Mashable, an American entertainment, culture, tech, science and social good digital media platform, for $50 million.
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In 2018, Ziff Davis had 117 million readers, reaching 115 countries with 60 international editions.
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The common CMS lets oversea editions get content from Ziff Davis' owned-and-operated markets and re-purpose it for their own editions.
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In September 2019, Ziff Davis acquired Spiceworks, a professional network for the information technology industry.
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In November 2020, Ziff Davis acquired RetailMeNot for $420 million, an aggregator of coupon offers across multiple website properties.
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