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whattheyplay.com - 1/6/2009

Today - 1UP sold to Hearst, EGM magazine closes?

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Media business website paidcontent.org posted a story this morning with the headline "Ziff Davis sells 1UP digital network to Hearst, shutters EGM" but has since removed the piece from its website. The original content of the text is still visible using an RSS reader, and it stated, ...

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gamasutra.com - 1/6/2009

Breaking: Ziff Davis Sells 1UP To UGO/Hearst, Closes EGM

— gamasutra.com — Wow. I'm gonna miss the days of print gaming magazines. One thing they have that online doesn't... is the ability to get me interested in games that I would have never even noticed if I was just surfing websites. When I go to ign or 1up or whatever, I ... (more) Breaking: Ziff Davis Sells 1UP To UGO/Hearst, Closes EGM

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paidcontent.org - 1/6/2009

Ziff Davis Gets Out Of The Game: Sells 1UP Digital Net To Hearst; Shutters EGM Mag

— paidcontent.org — Looking to conserve its resources for its PC Mag Digital business, Ziff Davis Media has sold off... the 1UP Digital Network, its collection of video game sites, to Hearst Corp., which will fold it into the UGO Entertainment division, the companies said. ... (more) Ziff Davis Gets Out Of The Game: Sells 1UP Digital Net ...

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1up.com - 1/8/2009

James's 1UP BlogEntry: The Last Day of EGM, The Secret Lost Final Issue of EGM

— 1up.com — The one that got away. Or did it? This is actually not that blog, either, but I... wanted to give you guys a peek at the final day of EGM's proactive existence. I know it will live on in everyone's memories as the best gaming magazine of the last twenty ... (more) James's 1UP BlogEntry: The Last Day of EGM, The Secret ...

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PaidContent.org reports EGM's death, pulls story
Joystiq — ... Earlier today, media business site paidContent.org reported that video game media hub 1UP had been sold to Hearst (which runs competing hub UGO), and that the organization would be shuttering Electronic Gaming Monthly. You may remember that we reported that ...

Report: 1UP Sold To Hearst Corporation, EGM To Close [Journalism]
Kotaku — ... sites, and sources, are reporting that Ziff Davis have sold the 1UP network to competitors Hearst. Hearst - who own UGO, many of the nation's biggest newspapers along with ownership stakes in ESPN and the History Channel - will however only be taking ownership of the network's online presence. According to sources at GameSetWatch, this means long-running print magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly won't be along for the ride (though What They Play, run by former 1UP man John Davison, say further details will be disclosed tomorrow ). This will be the last month the magazine is ...

Official: UGO buys 1UP, EGM dead
Joystiq — ... Within hours of our earlier post regarding 1UP's reported sale to the Hearst-owned UGO network, the deal was confirmed in individual press releases from both entities. Additionally, Ziff-Davis has made official the closure of EGM after nearly 20 years of ...

Assessing the damage at 1UP
Joystiq — ... While Ziff-Davis CEO Jason Young's message to his company -- including current 1UP Network staff -- today, along with coordinated press releases regarding 1UP's sale to UGO, painted a picture of strength in (and growth of) the 1UP brand, we've begun to hear reports ...