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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: 3, Interesting) by meisterister on Tuesday July 28 2015, @06:51PM

    by meisterister (949) on Tuesday July 28 2015, @06:51PM (#214994) Journal

    4. Google

    While I don't expect this to happen, Google would buy it, integrate it into their existing services, and completely destroy the site.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by tangomargarine on Tuesday July 28 2015, @08:52PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Tuesday July 28 2015, @08:52PM (#215045)

    Google would buy it, not touch it at all, and then cancel it after a few years of general success.

    FTFY

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 28 2015, @09:29PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 28 2015, @09:29PM (#215068)

    5. Donald Trump

    Hey, he's got a lot of money and is looking for bully pulpits...and I'm sure he wants the tech vote along with the Fox News vote.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 29 2015, @10:14AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 29 2015, @10:14AM (#215358)

      What Trump has is debt.
      If all his creditors called in all his debts, he'd be in a very deep hole.

      This is a guy who lost half of the $millions he inherited before he ever made a dime.

      This is a guy who couldn't make money with a casino.

      Trump is simply a blowhard with a lot of prejudices and stupid opinions.

      ...and, btw, Bernie Sanders moved up from his 12 percent approval rating in the previous poll to a 24 percent approval in July.
      This is better than any Republican's approval rating.
      In the same period, Hillary dropped from 48 percent to 43.

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      • (Score: 2) by Yog-Yogguth on Saturday August 01 2015, @01:15PM

        by Yog-Yogguth (1862) Subscriber Badge on Saturday August 01 2015, @01:15PM (#216737) Journal

        Hillary vs Trump.

        That's like suicide by antimatter carpet bombing of your local hemisphere.

        The only thing worse would be if they declare their opponent as their VP :D

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 02 2015, @02:24AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 02 2015, @02:24AM (#216912)

          Yeah. In the primary, I'll support Bernie.
          While he's not the best on the ballot, he's the one in the best position to make things better.

          If Bernie doesn't survive the primary, I'll be voting for Jill Stein (again):
          Anti-war, good on the environment, not a Wall Street whore.

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