Title: Asking here because I think there is probably a lot of overlap and maybe some knowledgeable insiders.<p>I used to visit The Register almost every day up until a few years ago. Back then, it was famous for its punny headlines, tongue-in-cheek reporting style, and all in all being a self-identified IT tabloid.<p>I visited it again a week or two ago, and it seems to have dropped the humourous tone and intentionally-obscure headlines, to become just one more samey IT news page.<p>Does anybody know what caused this transformation? Has it been acquired by a conglomerate or something? The nearest thing I&#x27;ve found is that its original Chief Editor left in May 2019...
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