Mike Magee (journalist)

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Mike Magee (born December 7, 1949) is a British journalist. He co-founded The Register in 1994, which he left in 2001 to found another well known technology news website, The Inquirer.

He is a well known figure in the IT industry, having being one of the pioneers of the internet news and gossip format. He is friendly with Anand Shimpi of AnandTech and Thomas Pabst of Tom's Hardware Guide, both of whom helped in the early days of The Inquirer by referring to his articles.

In 2000, he lost his job at The Register.

His son, Tamlin Magee, occasionally also writes articles for The Inquirer.

After co-founding The Register with John Lettice, Magee worked for Dutch-based publishing group VNU in its London office on PC Dealer.

He was accused of working secretly as an Intel employee by The Inquirer Author Tony Dennis in September 2006.