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CNET Buys Ziff-Davis

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-power-in-fewer-hands dept.

Pointwood writes "CNET buys rival Ziff-Davis for $1.6 billion. The story is here." Will the day come when there are just three major online news sources -- AOL.com, News.com, and MSN.com -- and all the rest (including Slashdot) are just barking dogs chasing their wheels? Or will enough new, independent sources spring up and gain enough readers (and credibility) to keep the biggies from getting too much power?

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  1. A Weblog with a Repetitive Agenda by Junks+Jerzey · · Score: 5

    Arguably, Slashdot is not the useful news source it once was. It is no longer News for Nerds, but a Weblog with a Repetitive Agenda. Every time Microsoft does *anything* it gets a Slashdot headline. I'm not sure what the intention is. To show how big and dumb Microsoft is? To make Linux zealots even more full infuriated? Maybe it's true after all that the best thing about Linux is that it's not from Microsoft...

    The other Slashdot favorite is "Misinterpreted Licenses and Other Knee-Jerk Responses to Corporate Moves." Lets see, we've had a mininterpretation of the Borland C++ license. Then there was the recent report of Corel selling off it's graphics assets, which turned out to be clip art libraries. Must I continue?

    Then there are the attempts to rile the masses by telling them their freedom of speech has been taken away, though we're almost always talking about dumb trivia: "Hustler will be placed on a rack behind the counter instead on the bottom shelf between Pokemon World and Ranger Rick.

    All in all, it's kind of silly.

  2. Yeah yeah by stab · · Score: 5

    The big three you mentioned up there are also incredibly american-biased news sources; something else that is of concern to those interested in independent news reporting.

    Rock on the BBC Website and the BBC World Service!

    Not perfect, but imho a slightly less skewed view of the world than most other reports.

  3. Slashdot by kmcardle · · Score: 5

    and all the rest (including Slashdot) are just barking dogs chasing their wheels?
    I've always viewed /. as the dog that stops, smells the fire hydrant, and then tries to port Linux to it.
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    then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel is just a freight train coming your way

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    then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel is just a freight train coming your way