Ziff Davis to shut down ExtremeTech.com

Posted Jun 21st 2009 9:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Hardware

The troubles at technology media company Ziff Davis are apparently still continuing. This week it was revealed that the company is shutting down its popular ExtremeTech.com web site. The PC hardware site had quite a bit of PC gaming coverage and had a solid list of writer-editors including Loyd Case, Jason Cross, Joel Durham, and others. According to a message post by Case at QuartertoThree.com all of those writers will soon be out of work as of June 26 as Ziff Davis will turn the site into a blog under their PCMag.com site. We know that the talented crew behind the site will land on its feet.

This is just the latest in the many cost-cutting efforts by the struggling Ziff Davis who sold off its 1Up.com gaming web network to UGO and sold off the FileFront.com site to its original creators. It also shut down its Electronic Gaming Monthly print magazine but its original owner recently announced plans to revive EGM in some capacity.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Man....that's awful to hear. :(As if giving up on EGM/1up.com wasn't bad enough....now this. I always like going to ExtremeTech.com (and have had been subscribed to their RSS feeds) for quite some time to keep up on the latest hardware trends and tweaks that they were always good a providing. Sad to see them go....Well I wish nothing but prosperity to all the writers and editors--I know they won't be outta work for too long. :) Posted at 11:11AM on Jun 21st 2009 by Shiva

they'll probably all go to rev3 like everyone else from Ziff DavisPosted at 12:08PM on Jun 21st 2009 by mel

Sorry to hear it, but I have to say I rarely read the site. Why? Because their RSS feed was crap, and my RSS reader is what drives me to read articles (like this one).

All they had was a title and maybe a 1-line summary. Not enough to get me interested. Contrast with Big Download (and most sites) where I get a good sized summary or even the entire article.

Our sales (I too work on a website, not gaming related) are slowly starting to come back, finally. It's a shame ExtremeTech couldn't have held on for another couple months. Posted at 12:22PM on Jun 21st 2009 by GRT

Hey, no worries. We're all alive and well. There is life after ET. Here's some of my sites. Please feel free to drop by. :)

Jim Lynch
http://desktoplinuxreviews.com
http://jimlynch.com
http://iphoneappreviewsblog.com

Posted at 2:18PM on Sep 3rd 2009 by Jim Lynch

And don't forget to check out the other ET staffer's sites:

Loyd Case
http://www.improbableinsights.com/

Joel Durham
http://www.durhamongames.com/

Jason Cross
http://www.jasoncross.org/
Posted at 2:19PM on Sep 3rd 2009 by Jim Lynch

Oops! Couldn't fit Robert's URL in there but here it is:

Robert Heron
http://heronfidelity.comPosted at 2:20PM on Sep 3rd 2009 by Jim Lynch