ExtremeTech
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| Web address | ExtremeTech.com |
|---|---|
| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Weblog |
| Owner | Ziff Davis Media |
| Created by | Bill Machrone and Nick Stam |
| Editor | Sal Cangeloso and Sebastian Anthony |
| Launched | June 2001 |
| Alexa rank |
 4,706 (February 2014)[1] |
| Current status | Online |
ExtremeTech is a technology weblog about hardware, computer software, science, and other technologies which launched in June 2001. Between 2003 and 2005, ExtremeTech was also a print magazine and the publisher of a popular series of how-to and do-it-yourself books.[2]
ExtremeTech.com
ExtremeTech was launched as a website on June 12, 2001,[3] with co-founder Bill Machrone as Editor-in-Chief, and fellow co-founder Nick Stam[4] as Senior Technical Director. Loyd Case, Dave Salvator, Mark Hachman, and Jim Lynch were other original core ET staff. In 2002 Jim Louderback became the Editor-in-Chief. When initially launched, ExtremeTech covered a broad range of technical topics with very indepth technical stories. Topic areas included core PC techniques (CPUs/GPUs), networking, operating systems, software development, display technology, printers, scanners etc.
By 2003, Ziff Davis management wanted to reduce expenses and cut back content to core PC tech areas, focusing on how to build and optimize your PC. Loyd Case took over as Editor-in-Chief, and Jason Cross joined as a technology analyst. In mid-2009, due to sinking corporate-level finances, Ziff Davis laid off most of the core team[5] and Jeremy Kaplan (Executive Editor of PC Magazine and EIC of ExtremeTech Magazine) tried to keep the online site going, but it was quite challenging without much dedicated staff. Similarly Matthew Murray (currently PC Magazine's Lead Analyst for Components) tried very hard to keep things alive. As described below in the Shutdown and Relaunch section, as of April 2011, the new Ziff Davis management is re-investing in ExtremeTech, and the site is generating much new and interesting content under Managing Editor Sal Cangeloso.
ExtremeTech Magazine
Shutdown and relaunch
The site ceased updating daily on June 26, 2009 due to most of its core staff members being laid off.[6] On April 26, 2011 it was announced that a relaunch was slated for late spring.[7] The announcement noted that along with a complete visual redesign, ExtremeTech would be "widening its scope" to cover new topics that didn't exist when the site was first conceived in 2001.
Writers
ExtremeTech is currently managed by Geek.com's Sal Cangeloso.[8] Sebastian Anthony, the former editor of AOL's Download Squad weblog[9] is the senior editor.
References
- ↑ "Extremetech.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
- ↑ Ziff Davis Media Inc. "PC Magazine & ExtremeTech.com Launch Technology Book Series". PR Newswire. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
- ↑ Machrone, Bill. "Welcome to ExtremeTech!". ExtremeTech. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ↑ Stam, Nick. "Revealing ExtremeTech's Roots". ExtremeTech. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ↑ Case, Loyd. "The Last Column". ExtremeTech. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ↑ Takahashi, Dean. "Ziff Davis to shut down ExtremeTech web site". Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ↑ Cangeloso, Sal. "ExtremeTech 2.0: A Decade in the Making". ExtremeTech. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ↑ Evans, Joel. "Geek.com finds a new home". ZDNet. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ↑ Blue, Violet. "AOL/HuffPo Shuts Down Download Squad". ZDNet. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
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