CNET reviews to appear in Target next to products

Huge retailer Target is bringing reviews from tech news website CNET into its aisles in time for the holiday season as it tries to stand out from a crowd of stores and websites selling a mix of new gadgets. Jessica Wohl of Reuters writes, “The partnership between the discount chain and CNET, a website popular […]

Dow Jones reporter leaving for CNET

Shara Tibken, a Dow Jones Newswires reporter, has resigned effective Sept. 13 for a job at CNET. Tibken tells Talking Biz News that she will start at CNET on Sept. 18, and that she will still be based in New York. At Dow Jones, she covers semiconductors, data storage and IBM. At CNET, she will […]

All Things Digital hires Cha from CNET

Bonnie Cha, a tech reporter for CNET for the past eight years, has been hired by All Things Digital, the Wall Street Journal’s tech site, to review new tech products. Kara Swisher writes, “Cha has been covering technology since 2002, most recently spending eight years at CNET reviewing various consumer electronics, including printers, software and […]

Wired, Kiplinger finalists for Ellies

Wired magazine and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance are the only two business and personal finance magazines who are finalists for the 2012 National Magazine Awards for Digital Media. Known as the Digital Ellies — for the Alexander Calder stabile “Elephant,” which is given to each winner — the awards will be presented on March 20 in […]

CNET in talks to acquire tech site gdgt

Greg Kumparak of TechCrunch writes that tech news site CNET is in negotiations to acquire tech review site gdgt for an undisclosed amount. Kumparak writes, “Back in 2009, TechCrunch Founder Michael Arrington wrote that CNET (and parent company CBS) were sniffing around gdgt, the then-brand-new community/review site/blog by Peter Rojas and Ryan Block. While CNET […]

NYT tech writer Bilton turns down huge offer from CNET/CBS

New York Times technology reporter Nick Bilton has turned down a $1.5 million offer to join tech news site CNET and its parent company, television network CBS, reports Michael Arrington at Uncrunched. Arrington writes, “BS was looking for Bilton to do regular tv bits on technology, and write heavily for CNET, for an annual salary […]

Ex-CNET editor Ard joins Yahoo

Scott Ard, editor in chief of CNET for the past two years, has been named editor in charge of Yahoo’s news site. Ard will be responsible for programming its homepage — the most visited page on the Internet in the US. Ard starts on Sept. 19 and will oversee editors in a variety of locations, […]

Farber returns as CNET.com editor

Dan Farber, who was editor of technology news site CNET.com in 2008 and 2009, has returned to the top spot after a stint as editor of CBSNews.com, reports Peter Kafka of AllThingsD. Kafka writes, “CNET editor-in-chief Scott Ard will stay on at the company, but will focus on CNET’s reviews, which he had overseen prior […]

Dow Jones Newswires losing two top reporters

Telecom and tech reporter Roger Cheng and media reporter Nat Worden are both leaving Dow Jones Newswires. Cheng has accepted a job with CNET, while Worden is becoming an associate at Clear Harbor Asset Management, an New York-based investment advisory firm. Cheng has worked for Dow Jones for nearly a decade, primarily to help cover […]

Judges unseals search warrant on Gizmodo reporter's home

A San Mateo, Calif., judge has unsealed court records involving the search of the home of the tech reporter for Gizmodo who wrote about the iPhone prototype left in a California bar by an Apple employee. Declan McCullagh of CNET writes, “In a response to a motion from a group of media companies that included […]