Ars isn't quite the apex of reporting being eluded to.

http://www.parislemon.com/2008/05/brief-update-on-ars-situat...

Good for the site owner. The last ten years has been a fantastic run. He's been putting up a great show and ars has a great forum. Hope CN don't make it a corp shill.

While we're on the topic (and since it seems this went almost unnoticed on HN yesterday), CBS announced its intent to acquire Cnet for $1.8 Billion yesterday:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/15/cbs-to-acquire-cnet-for...

Holy crap - conde nast is really spending the cash for the tech market.

Nasty move indeed!