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posted by janrinok on Tuesday July 28 2015, @02:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the let-the-cheering-commence! dept.

FS tells me that Ars Technica reports that Dice is selling the Slashdot and Sourceforge sites. The company in their second quarter earnings announcements stated they have "not successfully leveraged the Slashdot user base to further Dice's digital recruitment business", and are planning to divest this business.

The report goes on to note that in spite of what the report calls "an incredibly loyal and passionate following of tech professionals," Slashdot and SourceForge aren't core to DHI's business and that DHI has partnered with KeyBanc Capital Markets to advise DHI on the sale. There is no buyer lined up yet.

The report also says that Slashdot Media (the aggregate of Slashdot and SourceForge) made $1.7 million in revenue for the second quarter and that it's estimated Slashdot Media will pull somewhere between $15 million and $16 million in revenue for fiscal 2015.


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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Kell on Tuesday July 28 2015, @03:30PM

    by Kell (292) on Tuesday July 28 2015, @03:30PM (#214885)

    When our green brethren and sestren walk into the wilderness in search of succor, we will greet them with open arms and lower UIDs.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Gaaark on Tuesday July 28 2015, @03:45PM

    by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday July 28 2015, @03:45PM (#214894) Journal

    and then they will curse our sudden but inevitable betrayal!!

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Notabadguy on Tuesday July 28 2015, @11:37PM

    by Notabadguy (5730) on Tuesday July 28 2015, @11:37PM (#215119)

    I created an account here just to test this theory.

    • (Score: 2, Interesting) by plogerjb on Wednesday July 29 2015, @03:49AM

      by plogerjb (5744) <plogerjbNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Wednesday July 29 2015, @03:49AM (#215225)

      Just did the same thing to join you. Thanks for the inspiration, been lurking since the beginning.

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    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Kell on Wednesday July 29 2015, @06:26AM

      by Kell (292) on Wednesday July 29 2015, @06:26AM (#215288)

      Welcome! :D

      We can all feel ever so slightly smug when the 5-digit UIDs start popping up.

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