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CNET Networks, Inc. () is an Internet -based Media Company based in San Francisco, California co-founded in 1993 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie . A publicly-held company, its Stock trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the Ticker Symbol CNET. It has operations in 12 countries. HISTORY In the mid- 1990s , CNET produced several television programs about computers, technology, and the Internet. These programs were '' CNET Central '', '' The Web '', '' The New Edge ''. ''CNET Central'' was created first and aired in Syndication in the United States . Later, it began airing on the Sci-Fi Channel along with ''The Web'' and ''The New Edge''. These were later followed by '' TV.com ''. In addition, CNET produced another television technology news program called ''News.com'' that aired on CNBC from 1999 to 2001 . In 1999 , CNET granted the right to Asiacontent to set up CNET Asia, operation was brought back in Dec 2000. In early 2000 , CNET Networks acquired comparison shopping site MySimon for 700 million USD. In October of 2000 , CNET Networks acquired ZDNet for approximately 1.6B USD. In 2001 , Ziff Davis Media, Inc. reached an agreement with CNET Networks, Inc. to regain the URLs lost in the 2000 sale of Ziff Davis, Inc. to SoftBank Corp. a publicly traded Japanese media and technology company. CNET has pushed to release more video content on their line of websites. They commonly feature early product reviews, game trailers, and a line of recommended products tagged with their "editor's choice". On November 25, 2005, CNET held a 12-hour marathon webcast dubbed the "holiday help desk"; viewers were encouraged to submit questions via email or telephone. In a subsequent episode of the Buzz Out Loud podcast, it was revealed that 174 questions had been answered on-air. CNET also owns some of the internet's most well-known domain names, including Download.com , Gamespot.com , Gamefaqs.com , News.com , Computers.com and Com.com . INTERNATIONAL SITES Asia (Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore) Australia France Germany Japan Korea Taiwan United Kingdom SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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