Michael Arrington: "CNET failed to disrupt the old guard, and will find itself to be a footnote in Internet history rather than the headline it should have been."

Michael Arrington: "Someone needs to pony up a big round of financing around an existing blog, or perhaps a new entity, and then start rolling them up into a big fat CNET crushing $200 million/year in revenue business."

"Ever since the NYTimes.com swept away the last remaining boulders of its subscription pay wall … in mid-September, its traffic has been going through the roof. According to comScore, it gained 7.5 million readers worldwide …"

CNET has launched its very impressive-looking UK video site…

"The online alternative universe that is Second Life was supposed to offer myriad opportunities for media companies to showcase their wares. Chris Green takes a look at their differing fortunes "

"The fallout from Hewlett-Packard’s boardroom leak scandal continued Wednesday as three CNET News.com reporters sued the computer maker, alleging that its investigation tactics amounted to an invasion of privacy and a violation of state rules on business

"Silicon Valley is booming again. But if you work in tech media, there’s blood on the floor. … Rather than running product listings in trade publications and newspapers, media insiders say tech companies prefer to buy keyword ads."

Oliver Luft takes his video camera around the new studios at CNET Networks UK and also looks at VNU’s studios.