What is CNET?
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox website | url = {{URL|cnet.com/}} | commercial = Yes | type = Technology News | registration = Optional | owner = [[CBS Interactive]]<br>([[ViacomCBS]]) | author = [[Halsey Minor]] <br> Shelby Bonnie | editor = Lindsey Turrentine <br> Connie Guglielmo | name = CNET | industry = Journalism | launch_date = {{start date and age|1994|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whois.domaintools.com/cnet.com|title=CNET.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools|work=[[WHOIS]]|access-date=September 16, 2016}}</ref> | current_status = Online |logo=CNET (2022).svg}} '''CNET''' (written as '''c|net''') is formerly known as '''Computer Network'''. Founded in 1994 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie, it was the flagship brand of CNET Networks and became a brand of CBS Interactive through that unit's acquisition of CNET<ref>{{Cite web|title=CNET|url=https://www.prfire.co.uk/cnet-launches-data-centre-fundamentals-program-as-a-1-day-instructor-led-program/|access-date=2021-01-06|website=FREE UK Press Release Distribution|language=en-GB}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Networks in 2008, which was the previous owner prior to October 30, 2020. Red Ventures owned CNET since 2020. CNET originally produced content for radio and television in addition to its website and now uses new media distribution methods through its [[Internet]] [[television network]], CNET Video, and its podcast and [[blog]] networks. It is an [[United States|American]] media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts and videos on global technology and [[consumer electronics]]. CNET has the highest readership among web news sites. It has over 200 million readers per month. It is among the 200 most visited websites globally in 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/cnet.com | title=cnet.com Site Overview | publisher=alexa.com | access-date=June 2