TechRepublic is an online
trade publication and social community for
IT professionals, providing advice on best practices and tools for the needs of IT decision-makers.
It was founded in 1997 in
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border ...
, by Tom Cottingham and Kim Spalding,
and debuted as a website in May 1999.
The site was purchased by
CNET Networks in 2001 for $23 million. TechRepublic was a part of the
Red Ventures business portfolio alongside
ZDNet
ZDNET is a business technology news website owned and operated by Red Ventures.
The brand was founded on April 1, 1991, as a general interest technology portal from Ziff Davis and evolved into an enterprise IT-focused online publication.
H ...
,
CNET,
GameSpot
''GameSpot'' is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games. The site was launched on May 1, 1996, created by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. In addition ...
, and
Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc ...
.
On August 9, 2021, a Nashville-based technology marketing company, TechnologyAdvice, announced the acquisition of TechRepublic.
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Computing websites
Former CBS Interactive websites
Internet properties established in 1997
1997 establishments in Kentucky
2021 mergers and acquisitions
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