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Ziff Davis

Ziff Davis
Company nameZiff Davis Media
Company typePrivate (formerly public)
IndustryMagazine Publishing/Internet Information Provider
Founded1927
Founder(s)William B. Ziff, Sr.
Bernard G. Davis
HeadquartersNew York, New York
Key peopleLance Ulanoff
ProductsMagazines, Websites, Podcasts, Video Podcasts
Revenue(-)$187.6 million (2005)
Employees~500
ParentZiff Davis Holdings Inc.

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Ziff Davis Inc. (ZD) is an American publisher and Internet company. It was founded in 1927 in Chicago by William B. Ziff, Sr. and Bernard G. Davis. Throughout most of its history, it was a publisher of hobbyist magazines, often ones devoted to expensive, advertiser-rich hobbies such as cars, photography, and electronics. However, since 1980, Ziff Davis has primarily published computer and technology related magazines, and its growing number of websites, spun off from its magazines, have established Ziff Davis as an Internet Information company.

Ziff Davis had several broadcasting properties, first in the mid-1970s, and later with its own technology network ZDTV, later renamed to TechTV, that was sold to Vulcan Ventures in 2001. Ziff Davis' magazine publishing and Internet operations offices are based in New York City, San Francisco and Woburn (Massachusetts).

The company (Ziff Davis Media) announced that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on March 5, 2008 and emerged, following a court supervised corporate restructuring in July 2009.

On January 6, 2009, the company sold 1up.com to UGO Entertainment, a division of Hearst Corporation and announced the January 2009 issue of the long-running EGM magazine as the final one.

Former Time Inc. executive Vivek Shah, with financial backing from Boston private equity firm Great Hill Partners, announced on June 4, 2010 the acquisition of Ziff Davis Inc. as the "first step in building a new digital media company that specializes in producing and distributing content for consumers making important buying decisions."

Ziff Davis Video

This video contains an excerpt from The 1UP Show that was aired on January 20, 2006. News about this preview was announced back in January, but now it is available straight from 1UP themselves. The excerpt contains commentary and discussion of Kingdom Hearts II as well as Gameplay footage of Port Royal, Land of the Dragons, etc. There are no spoilers so need to worry. [Provided by Ziff Davis Media Inc.]
4.60 min. | 4.20 user rating		 EGM RIP download: www.attackslug.com LYRICS: "Our website is decimated. Our new owners failed to recognize the talent we had, which comes as no surprise since their own website values lowest-common-denominator pandering over quality content. We will do our best to do what we can, despite the fact that they gutted us. This fucking sucks." wait what the fuck just transpired EGM's dead, 1up is fired Hearst owned, no integrity required UGO design is so fucking tired ya damn right i'm heated took the heart and soul and tossed em on the street kid no one quite sums it up like Jeff Green did if you subscribe you should feel fucking cheated and Ziff Davis? don't even get me started everyone should already know you are retarded mismanaged this plan is not going to save you we are more interested in seeing what will Shane do Andrew, Milkman, it won't be the same dude previews, reviews, not without the same crew any way your gonna spin it this blows i wanna stay home and watch the 1up show now we all know that Ziff Davis is dumb never thought that they'd cut the losses and run where did it go (EGM) now look what we're left with a couple of magazines, that are at best are shit paid exclusives you know who the shoe fits i don't mean Dan, man i'm taking bout reviewed hits construe this the fallout has just begun print media doomed is the true megaton less competition if you are in the same crop don't think you are safe cause you're owned by Gamestop in the malls, want you to buy used <b>...</b>
3.98 min. | 4.57 user rating		 The debut episode of season 2 of 1up's Broken Pixel's!! All rights go to Ziff Davis, UGO, 1up, and Gamevideos.
10.03 min. | 4.73 user rating		 some people didn't like the last beat, so i threw this together today additional lyrics: EGM rest in peace ziff davis fester please just read the press release distressfully express my grief yo, they rise up from the ashes Rebel FM is in my stereo blastin until all my neighbors are beggin for some asprin anything from ziff will now end up in the trash bin i'm not bitter i've got twitter what are we gonna read up on the shitter memories will never ever be faded 1up and EGM NEVER FUCKIN DUPLICATED
3.02 min. | 4.95 user rating		 At the 1993 Winter Consumer Electronic Show it was a pleasure running into Electronic Gaming Monthly's former Senior Editor Ed Semrad and Martin Alessi. I caught them checking out the Turbo Technologies booth. EGM had been my all-time favorite video gaming magazine from the late 80s until Sendai Publishing was sold off to Ziff Davis in the mid 90s. I just had to get Mr. Semrad and Mr. Alessi's John Hancock on my January '93 issue of EGM :)
0.50 min. | 5.0 user rating
While at TGS, a few people from Ziff Davis Media gathered round and discussed what they saw. Some notables include the PS3's online features. This includes: - Multiple Browser Windows - Single Log-in - Friends List - Messaging - Inviting Friends to Games - Watching Videos, Music, Photos from the PS3's Harddrive on the PSP Wirelessly
6.05 min. | 4.16 user rating		 This is Ziff-Davis' 3D Winbench 2000. This benchmark suite was used primarily during the late '90s to test 3D cards. It came before 3DMark, and was championed by Computer Gaming World. It tests a 3D card's capabilities and verifies that it produces correct output and then runs a number of performance tests. I had to artificially slow the recordings down because even limited to 60fps with vsync they just zoomed by and were over in seconds. :) Without Vsync, the X850 tore through each test at over 900 fps. I ran this on my Voodoo1 back in '97 or so (earlier version) and it was almost a slideshow on that card. There are some rendering issues that I think were caused by FRAPS because when I was watching the tests run, I didn't notice the errors that are in the video.
4.47 min. | 5.0 user rating		 LOTS OF TECH NEWS TODAY! For the full quality version and Interesting Links Visit: sweetgeek.tv DESCRIPTION: Griffin talks about Ziff Davis closing PC Magazine down then gets started with the prep'd geek news talks about OS X (10.6) Snow Leopard releasing Q1 2009. He then talks about Mark Cuban and the SEC Insider Trading alleging. Griffin then talks about Facebook releasing their App Verification Program then moves on to talk about Microsoft lowing the price of the Zune which now has checkers, Sudoku and Space Battle games now. Griffin then talks about how you can get a free medium pizza from Papa John's on Facebook and ends up talking about the Verizon Wireless' release of the Blackberry Storm this Friday the 21st. QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you like these Social Media things like Papa John's is doing with Facebook? Do you plan on becoming a fan to get a free pizza? Do you like these Social Media ad campaigns? If you like us, tell a Friend to visit, sweetgeek.tv Our YouTube Channel http Also, follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com
6.12 min. | 4.4 user rating		 Heather plays the Overbearing Corporate VP in an industrial video for Toshiba Tecra Notebooks produced by Ziff Davis Enterprise.
0.47 min. | 1.0 user rating		 Ziff Davis National Sales Meeting 2000
5.83 min. | 5.0 user rating

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Windows Phone 7 US launch and more Microsoft news from around the Web - ZDNet (blog) Tweet this news
ZDNet (blog)--In the late 1990s, she penned the award-winning "At The Evil Empire" column for ZDNet, and more recently the Microsoft Watch blog for -Ziff Davis-. Got a tip? ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:46:14 GMT+00:00
Hearst TV Digital Exec Koepele Joins Ziff Davis - paidContent.org Tweet this news
paidContent.org--Eric Koepele is leaving his post running digital ad sales for Hearst TV to join -Ziff Davis-. This is the third high-profile media vet to join -Ziff Davis- ... - Date : Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:22:41 GMT+00:00
Report: Microsoft and Adobe brass in blood oath to kill iPhone? - ZDNet (blog) Tweet this news
ZDNet (blog)--In the recent past, he founded -Ziff---Davis-' Storage Supersite, served as news editor for -Ziff Davis- Internet and held several executive editorial positions ... - Date : Sun, 07 Nov 2010 05:48:00 GMT+00:00
Wake Up, You iPhone-Owning Sleepyhead - Technologizer Tweet this news
Technologizer--Until late 2006, Miller was the Chief Content Officer for -Ziff Davis- Media. From 1991 to 2005, Miller was editor-in-chief of PC Magazine, ... - Date : Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:10:52 GMT+00:00
Fix for buggy iPhone 4 proximity sensor being tested (updated) - ZDNet (blog) Tweet this news
ZDNet (blog)--In the recent past, he founded -Ziff---Davis-' Storage Supersite, served as news editor for -Ziff Davis- Internet and held several executive editorial positions ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:56:39 GMT+00:00
Get out your decoder rings: More Microsoft codenames - ZDNet (blog) Tweet this news
ZDNet (blog)--In the late 1990s, she penned the award-winning "At The Evil Empire" column for ZDNet, and more recently the Microsoft Watch blog for -Ziff Davis-. Got a tip? ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:09:51 GMT+00:00
IncrediBooth is just like going to the boardwalk - ZDNet (blog) Tweet this news
ZDNet (blog)--In the recent past, he founded -Ziff---Davis-' Storage Supersite, served as news editor for -Ziff Davis- Internet and held several executive editorial positions ... - Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:30:39 GMT+00:00
Survey Analytics and Ziff Davis Enterprise Partner in the Feedback Management ... - PR Newswire (press release) Tweet this news
PR Newswire (press release)--SEATTLE, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Survey Analytics today announced that it has partnered with -Ziff Davis- Enterprise, a leader in innovative enterprise IT ... - Date : Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:04:53 GMT+00:00
Microsoft: Office 2011 for Mac will be 32-bit only - ZDNet (blog) Tweet this news
ZDNet (blog)--In the late 1990s, she penned the award-winning "At The Evil Empire" column for ZDNet, and more recently the Microsoft Watch blog for -Ziff Davis-. Got a tip? ... - Date : Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:37:09 GMT+00:00
Corporate Watch - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal---Ziff Davis-, which was started in the 1920s as a publisher of magazines for hobbyists, became a deal-making cautionary tale as it was sold three times in six ... - Date : Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:11:05 GMT+00:00

Television stations :
Current DMA# Market Station Years Owned Current Affiliation/Owner
47. Jacksonville, Florida WJKS-TV 17
(now WCWJ)		 1979-82 The CW affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group
66. Saginaw - Flint, Michigan WEYI-TV 25 1979-83 NBC affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting
80. Rochester, New York WROC-TV 8 1979-83 CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group
86. Chattanooga, Tennessee WRCB-TV 3 1979-82 NBC affiliate owned by Sarkes Tarzian, Inc.
115. Augusta, Georgia WRDW-TV 12 1979-83 (?) CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television
159. Steubenville, Ohio - Wheeling, West Virginia WSTV-TV/
WTOV-TV 9		 1979-83 NBC affiliate owned by Cox Enterprises



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