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Breaking: Condé Nast/Wired Acquires Ars Technica

(Posted on  TechCrunch  about 1 month ago)

Condé Nast has acquired popular technology blog Ars Technica (ranked #5 all time on the BloggerBoard), we’ve confirmed. The site will become part of Wired Digital (which in turn is under CondéNet, run by Sarah Chubb). Wired Digital assets inc… (visit source article)
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