Condé Nast, parent company of Wired, Traveler, Portfolio magazine and a slew of websites you know, has finalized a deal in which
they will now own the popular technology and video game website Ars Technica. 
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It is with much pride and pleasure that I announce that Ars Technica has been acquired by Condé Nast. Ars Technica will now grow with the tools and resources of Condé Nast's WIRED Digital unit. WIRED Digital oversees the business operations of not only WIRED.com, but also Reddit, WebMonkey, HotWired, and other technology destinations. Ars Technica will remain an independent publication, with the same editorial leadership in place. I will remain the Editor-in-Chief, and Jon, Eric, and the rest of the editorial team is staying on board, too.
Ars Technica is now focused on increasing its coverage by bringing more experts onboard to fill out our technical mojo. We're going to get broader, but also more in-depth, in areas of IT and science. We are going to be opening offices in San Francisco and Chicago in a matter of weeks, and we are rearranging our editorial team slightly, with Jon Stokes now running Reviews and Features as Deputy Editor, while Eric Bangeman will continue running News and Journals as our Managing Editor.
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This is good news. Ars is a great site, and the folks at Wired are extremely dialed into what they do for Conde Nast. If you don't already subscribe to Wired, do yourself a favor and pick up a copy the next time you're at a news stand. If you're into technology, gaming and all around cool shit, Wired is something you need to be consuming.
