Comments on: CBS to buy CNET Networks

Media conglomerate plans to purchase CNET Networks, publisher of News.com, in a deal valued at $1.8 billion.

[Sophistra]

There goes any negative reviews for apple, westinghouse, and anything else cbs corp owns or is in league with.
I'll quit my subscribing rss and podcast from here now..

[robert.allen]

This makes me really nervous. When CBS bought some local radio stations here in my city (which was still a large market) they wound up taking too much control...firing some of their best radio personalities, changing the name of the station...and losing much of their listener base to a competitor station. I'm not a fan of that particular station, but it's sad to see good people get fired even though their ratings were leading in their respective time slots. Obviously CBS radio and CBS Internet are probably two different monsters, but I just hope CBS just lets CNet do their thing like they have been doing.

[darkguardian]

I don't like this buyout either. I'm thinking what happened to MSNBC and "The Site". I've been with CNet since The Web and when Seacrest was on "The New Edge".

[Stating]

I'm waiting for Rupert Murdock to buy CBS. It's really inefficient to have 4 media conglomerates that run everything in the U.S. We should all work really hard to at least get the number down to 3.

[Ringthane]

Wow..... This is NOT good. Soon all media in the states will be controlled/manipulated by an oligopoly of broadcasters and it will ALL be garbage! If you do not believe me than take a look at the history of the Detroit automakers a.k.a. "The Big Three". I remember stories of "fresh off the factory floor" cars being delivered to dealers and doors falling off before they got to the showroom!!! Maximizing corporate profits will eventually dilute all content.
I think I need a drink...........

[Victorweb]

Well, something tells me that CNET will no longer be covering the **** that Viacom did to innocent people that posted on Youtube, now that Viacom owns CNET.

You guys are disgusting, and do very horrible reviews.

[heydanno]

CBS is not affiliated with Viacom and has not been since the beginning of 2006.

[designer_dave]

Letterman top 10 reasons you think your company is going to be bought out:

#10. they always wanted to be bought..
# 9. Madaline Albright shows up to negotiate
# 8 cnet never liked yahoo or microsoft anyway..
# 7. Curry in a Hurry rated a best buy on Chow
# 6. execs start coming to work in sandals and tshirts
# 5. Local homeless begin wearing CNET t-shirts
# 4. Original executives venture to start ups, only to collaborate together. CBS and Meebo for instance
# 3. Back Dating becomes the latest social networking site
# 2. murder she wrote becomes #1 viewed show on tv.com
# 1. Your office becomes the latest casulty in the newest episode of CSI

[MadLyb]

Yay!. Now that you've got some money, how about fixing this nasty comment system. Even the older version was better and it was terrible.

[JM_Brazil]

On the one hand, congratulations on the $1.8b! Better yet, in Cash. On the other, I will miss NEWS.com greatly. I cannot imagine CBS retaining the truly tech feel of news.com. *sigh* you'll be missed...

[austenw]

Unfortunately this is not good in my opinion. Selling out is great for the guys at the top but will ultimately be the end of a great thing. So long CNet, we hardly knew ye.

[solblack]

What a shame!

[make_or_break]

So...your staff can now play "Survivor...CNET"...should make for great mediocre TV. Whatta Reality.

Then again, they could always 'CSI' you as well.

Bada-bing, bada-boom...

[muzakaz]

Great... Next thing we know we are going to have a big ugly jpeg of Katie Couric on the main page - homogenizing every ounce news down to her politically correct, low brow thought process.

bye bye CNET.

[stevejbons]

There will be a geek revolt the likes of which we have not seen before. This is the equivalent of BYTE magazine being bought by Rupert Murdoch and turning it into Macworld.

[muzakaz]

LOL -> all nerds band together and pull their shorts up higher!

[jemiller0]

I think it's a horrible idea. The media is controlled by too few companies as it is.

[Rightwingerssuck]

fafafooey:

"Expect even more left wing biased pro-Democrat news on here..."

So you're just another stupid ignorant right winger trying to make a case for nothing... Go back to you mud hole.

[just the facts]

AMEN!

[majid_download]

I don't think I like this . As a user of many Cnet sites such as GameSpot,GameFAQs,GameRankings,MetaCritic,and to a lesser degree TV.com and MP3.com , the uncertainty of the future of things on these sites b othered me the second I read the news .

[bobabowie]

This is a perfect example of why CNET has lagged behind the competition in recent years. Is this a news story or a blog entry? It's filed under News Blog, yet all it really states is a regurgitation of the AP report. There's no commentary or any other sign of a personal opinion in this "blog." If this were someone's blog, they would say what they think of the deal, if it makes sense, etc. This is a wire report, and should be filed as such. As has been the case for years now, if you want to read a true opinion of the deal, you'll have to leave CNET's pages to read a competitor's blog (out of respect, I won't mention where, but they're out there). CNET likes to say it has blogs, but their writers don't have the freedom to write whatever they want. I doubt that will change now that they're owned by the same man that got the shakes whenever Howard Stern opened his mouth. He'll tolerate it while the money rolls in, but if the dollars ain't there, look out.

[supermorty]

If CNET Networks merges with CBS, what will happen to MovieTome.com and TV.com?

[supermorty]

If CNET Networks merges with CBS, what will happen to MovieTome.com and TV.com?