Dan Farber Appointed Editor-in-Chief of CNET News.com.Jai Singh, CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. News.com Founding Editor, Industry Veteran, and Editor-in-Chief of CNET.com to Leave March 10, 2008SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- CNET (www.cnet.com), where people go to discover the latest in technology and consumer electronics information, and a property of CNET Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CNET), today announced that Dan Farber has been appointed editor-in-chief of CNET News.com. CNET also announced that Jai Singh, senior vice president and editor-in-chief of CNET.com will be leaving the organization March 10, 2008. With more than 20 years of experience as an editor and journalist, Farber is one of the industry's most well-known and well-respected voices in the world of technology and new media. As editor-in-chief, Farber will lead CNET News.com in their award-winning coverage of the technology industry. "CNET News.com has a tradition of great journalism and pioneering new media. I'm looking forward to working with the CNET News.com team," said Farber. Previously, Farber was vice president of editorial at ZDNet, where he built ZDNet into one of the biggest voices in business technology. Farber also co-developed the ZDNet Blog Network (1) An organization that hires people to write blogs. It sells advertising and owns the blogs. Examples of such commercial blog networks are www.engadget.com and www.b5media.com. See blog. (2) An organization that serves as an advertiser intermediary for bloggers. , with more than 30 bloggers including some of the most authoritative and well-respected voices in the IT community. He joined ZDNet in 1996, and led the development of ZDNet's worldwide network of more than 70 technology-focused sites. Prior to joining ZDNet, Farber served as vice president and editor-in-chief at Ziff-Davis' flagship computing news publications, PC Week and MacWeek. He was also a founding editor at MacWorld and part of the editorial staffs of PC World and PC Magazine. "I am thrilled to have Dan as the editorial voice of CNET News.com," said Joe Gillespie, executive vice president of CNET. "Under Dan's leadership, ZDNet became a place where today's hottest issues around business technology are reported and debated, and I know he'll bring that same energy to CNET News.com and it will continue to be the place people come to learn about and discuss a world gone digital." Jai Singh departs after more than 12 years with CNET, where he oversaw the editorial direction of news, reviews, downloads, and CNET TV CNET TV is a group of technology-themed television shows produced in the United States in the mid to late 1990's. It was CNET Networks' first project. Shows CNET Central Hosted by Richard Hart and Gina St. . During his tenure, CNET News.com grew from a little-known news organization, to one of the most well-respected media outlets covering technology today, with many of the industry's most talented reporters under its roof. CNET News.com has been honored with more than 100 prestigious journalism awards, including the coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. National Magazine Award from the Society of Professional Journalists
The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ, formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi , and has broken countless stories, most recently Microsoft's investment in FaceBook, the Google Android An open platform for cellphones from the Open Handset Alliance (OHA). Based on Linux, Android includes a library of Java classes for building mobile applications. Android and GPhone phone software story, and Amazon's debut of the Kindle A portable e-book device from Amazon.com that provides wireless connectivity to Amazon for e-book downloads as well as Wikipedia and search engines. Using Sprint's EV-DO cellphone network, dubbed WhisperNet, wireless access is free. It also includes a built-in dictionary. e-book reader. "It's truly been an honor to work with a group of committed, dedicated and focused editorial staff that takes such pride in the product," said Singh. "Jai has been instrumental to the success of CNET.com, from building a world-class news organization to overseeing CNET's product reviews process. Jai's departure is the end of an era at CNET and we will all miss him," said Gillespie. About CNET CNET (www.cnet.com) is where people go to discover the latest in tech and consumer electronics. Driven by a trusted voice and a passionate community, CNET creates an open environment for people to find and use the best products to fit their lifestyle. The powerful combination of CNET's award-winning news, lab-tested product reviews, safe and spyware-free downloads, and user-generated content The production of content by the general public rather than by paid professionals and experts in the field. Mostly available on the Web via blogs and wikis, user-generated content refers to material such as the daily news, encyclopedias and other references, movie and product reviews as give people information and inspiration to live and thrive in a life gone digital. About CNET Networks, Inc. CNET Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNET) is an interactive media company that builds brands for people and the things they are passionate about, such as gaming, music, entertainment, technology, business, food, and parenting. The Company's leading brands include BNET BNET Battle.net (Blizzard Entertainment) bnet Bungie.net BNET Bentley Intranet BNET Billy Noguera Entertainment Group Inc. BNET Britain-Nigeria Educational Trust , CHOW, CNET, GameSpot, and TV.com. Founded in 1992, CNET Networks has a strong presence in the US, Asia, and Europe. |
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