Ars Technica is a website covering news and opinions in technology, science, politics, and society, created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998. It publishes news, reviews, and guides on issues such as computer hardware and software, science, technology policy, and video games.
Ars Technica was privately-owned until May 2008, when it was sold to Condé Nast Digital, the online division of Condé Nast Publications. Condé Nast purchased the site, along with two others, for 25millionandaddedittothecompany′sWiredDigitalgroup,whichalsoincludesWiredand,formerly,Reddit.ThestaffmostlyworksfromhomeandhasofficesinBoston,Chicago,London,NewYorkCity,andSanFrancisco.TheoperationsofArsTechnicaarefundedprimarilybyadvertising,andithasofferedapaidsubscriptionservicesince2001.KenFisher,whoservesasthewebsite′scurrenteditor−in−chief,andJonStokescreatedArsTechnicain1998.Itspurposewastopublishcomputerhardwareandsoftware−relatednewsarticlesandguides;intheirwords,"thebestmulti−OS,PChardware,andtechcoveragepossiblewhile...havingfun,beingproductive,andbeingasinformativeandasaccurateaspossible"."Arstechnica"isaLatinphrasethattranslatesto"ArtofTechnology".Thewebsitepublishednews,reviews,guides,andothercontentofinteresttocomputerenthusiasts.WritersforArsTechnicaweregeographicallydistributedacrosstheUnitedStatesatthetime;Fisherlivedinhisparents′houseinBoston,StokesinChicago,andtheotherwritersintheirrespectivecities.OnMay19,2008,ArsTechnicawassoldtoCondeˊNastDigital,theonlinedivisionofCondeˊNastPublications.ThesalewaspartofapurchasebyCondeˊNastDigitalofthreeunaffiliatedwebsitescosting25 million in total: Ars Technica, Webmonkey, and HotWired. Ars Technica was added to the company's Wired Digital group, which included Wired and Reddit.
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