Ziff Davis to shut down ExtremeTech web site

June 20, 2009 | Dean Takahashi | Comments | |

extremetechIt’s time to mourn another casualty in the media world. Ziff Davis plans to shut down the ExtremeTech web site in the coming week or so. The staff will be let go, and Ziff Davis will circle its wagons around other sites such as PCMag Network, the digital version of PC Magazine, which Ziff stopped publishing in January.

The ExtremeTech.com web site will continue to operate as an archive only. Meanwhile, Jeremy Kaplan is expected to blog about the subjects ExtremeTech covered at PCMag.com. [Update: See the latest explanation about how ExtremeTech will continue onward without much staff]. The site reviewed all sorts of gadgets in a way that showed its experts really knew what they were talking about. It had very in-depth coverage of computers, technology, and chips. It sparred with sites such as Tom’s Hardware and AnandTech, catering to people who built their own computers or wanted the fastest gaming rigs. That market has been hurt by the recession, though hasn’t been completely decimated, so this latest closing seems more like another sign of struggles at Ziff Davis. It’s a shame to see it go.

Next Story: T-Mobile to launch successor to G1 with Google Android software
Previous Story: Who rules real-time search? A look at 11 contenders

Bookmark and Share

Tags:

Photo of Dean Takahashi

About the Author, Dean Takahashi

Dean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.

  • losethos
    My name's Terry Davis. I wrote my own 64-bit PC operating system, LoseThos. If you, Mr. Takahashi are interested in extreme tech, maybe you'll be interested in me :-)
  • neutronbeam
    Sad, sad, sad. I loved extremetech.com and will miss it greatly.
  • No way. I can't believe they are shutting them down. Very sad and will be greatly missed. As a builder and consultant, they were one of the sites I would use to find out about the hardware I was thinking of using, before I had my hands on it. Can't express how sorry I am to see them go.