Ziff Davis
American publisher and Internet company
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| March 2025 | Ziff Davis acquired The Skimm. |
| February 20 2025 | 404 Media reported that Ziff Davis had quietly removed Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion language and information from its website. |
| August 2024 | Ziff Davis acquired CNET from Red Ventures for $100 million. |
| May 21 2024 | IGN Entertainment acquired Gamer Network from ReedPop, including GamesIndustry.biz, Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, VG247, Dicebreaker, and shares in OutsideXbox, Digital Foundry, and Hookshot media properties. |
| February 2024 | Ziff Davis voluntarily recognized the IGN Creators Guild union. |
| February 6 2024 | IGN employees publicly announced their intention to unionize as the IGN Creators Guild with NewsGuild-CWA. |
| 2023 | Ziff Davis acquired Lifehacker from G/O Media for an undisclosed sum. |
| September 2021 | Shareholders approved the spin-off transaction, with Ziff Davis taking on the primary company name and 'ZD' ticker symbol. |
| June 2021 | The Ziff Davis Creators Guild finalized its first contract. |
| April 2021 | J2 Global announced plans to spin off its cloud services business as Consensus, with Ziff Davis becoming the primary name and ticker symbol of the media business. |
| 2020 | Ziff Davis acquired RetailMeNot for $420 million, an aggregator of coupon offers across multiple website properties. |
| 2019 | Ziff Davis acquired Spiceworks, a professional network for the information technology industry. |
| November 2018 | Employees from Mashable, PCMag, AskMen, and Geek.com formed a union with the NewsGuild of New York. |
| 2017 | Ziff Davis acquired Mashable, a digital media platform, for $50 million and announced plans to implement longer content and restructure the platform. |
| December 2016 | Ziff Davis completed the acquisition of Everyday Health. |
| October 2016 | Ziff Davis entered into an agreement to acquire Everyday Health. |
| 2015 | Ziff Davis acquired Offers.com, an online source of offers, deals, coupons, and promotions. |
| 2014 | Ziff Davis acquired eMedia Communications from Reed Business Information. |
| December 2014 | Ziff Davis acquired Ookla, owner of Speedtest.net. |
| 2013 | Ziff Davis acquired NetShelter, a display advertising network for consumer electronics and technology publishers. |
| 2013 | Ziff Davis acquired TechBargains.com, a deal aggregation site for consumer electronics. |
| February 4 2013 | Ziff Davis acquired IGN Entertainment from News Corporation, subsequently discontinuing 1UP.com, UGO.com, and GameSpy.com to focus on IGN and AskMen brands. |
| November 16 2012 | Great Hill sold Ziff Davis to J2 Global for $175 million in an all-cash deal, with the purchase price approximately 2.9 times the estimated 2013 revenue. |
| November 12 2012 | Ziff Davis Inc. was acquired by cloud computing services company J2 Global for $167 million in cash. |
| June 4 2010 | Former Time Inc. executive Vivek R. Shah, backed by Great Hill Partners, acquired Ziff Davis Inc. to build a new digital media company. |
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