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CNET and New York Times Digital Announce Content Relationship.


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 -- CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion.  to Provide NYTimes.com and Boston.com with Award-winning Technology Product Reviews and Online Shopping Functionality

CNET (Nasdaq:CNET) (www.cnet.com), the trusted, unbiased source of information for millions of personal technology buyers around the world, and New York Times Digital, the Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
 division of the New York Times Company, today announced that CNET will provide product review content and shopping functionality for both the NYTimes.com (www.nytimes.com) and Boston.com (www.boston.com) Web sites. The CNET content, which will complement each site's own personal technology coverage, will be introduced by New York Times Digital in the fall. For NYTimes.com, the new content will be part of the Technology section redesign re·de·sign  
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NYTimes.com and Boston.com provide high-quality news and information to a worldwide audience. Both sites will present co-branded pages with CNET that will feature reviews of technology products in top categories such as digital cameras, digital music, notebook and desktop computers, cell phones, handhelds and home video, as well as CNET's user opinions. In addition, visitors to both NYTimes.com and Boston.com will have the ability to shop directly for these products, with shopping pages powered by CNET.

"Technology is one of our most popular content areas," said Catherine Levene, vice president of product, business development and strategy for New York Times Digital. "We're always looking for Looking for

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 new ways to enhance the user experience of our Web sites, and we know our audience will value the high quality, in depth content from CNET. Our journalism and CNET's reviews combined will further extend our reach into the important personal technology marketplace."

"This alliance is a perfect fit with our business growth strategy," said Candice Meyers, senior vice president of CNET. "Introducing the value of CNET content to new audiences is a key goal for us, and by partnering with journalism leaders like The New York Times and The Boston Globe, we are gaining great visibility before an extremely high-quality audience."

About New York Times Digital

New York Times Digital is the digital business unit of The New York Times Company (NYSE NYSE

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) and includes market leaders NYTimes.com and Boston.com, and an archive distribution business. NYTD's mission is to provide a high-quality, worldwide online audience with trusted editorial content from The New York Times and The Boston Globe.

About CNET (www.cnet.com)

CNET, a property of CNET Networks, Inc., is dedicated to helping people buy and use personal technology to enhance and enrich their lives. Providing expert and unbiased advice, CNET's award winning editorial staff reviews thousands of products each year. CNET's goal is to give people confidence in buying tech products, comfort in using them, and cachet cachet /ca·chet/ (ka-sha´) a disk-shaped wafer or capsule enclosing a dose of medicine.

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 in owning them. And, with an extensive directory of more than 200,000 products and price comparisons, CNET also gives consumers the most up-to-date and efficient shopping resource on the Web.

About CNET Networks, Inc.

CNET Networks, Inc. (www.cnetnetworks.com) is a premier global interactive content company that informs, entertains, and connects large, engaged audiences with content in the personal technology, games and entertainment, and business technology categories. Known for its editorial expertise, the company combines its award winning content with the power of interactive technology to provide its users an intuitive, dynamic and relevant environment. The company's content portfolio features top brands including CNET, ZDNet, TechRepublic, GameSpot, and mySimon, as well as Computer Shopper Computer Shopper could referr to the following publications:
  • Computer Shopper (UK magazine) - a home computer magazine published in the United Kingdom
  • Computer Shopper (US magazine) - a home computer magazine published in the United States
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 magazine, and CNET Channel. With a strong presence in the US, Asia and Europe, CNET Networks has operations in 12 countries.
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