ASSIMILATED: Rotten Tomatoes

[Modeps]

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/pages/pr/20040629a

BRISBANE, Calif. - June 29, 2004 -- IGN Entertainment, a leading Internet media company serving the games and entertainment enthusiast markets, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rotten Tomatoes, a premier destination site for movie and DVD buyers from the most casual enthusiasts to the most die-hard film buffs. The acquisition will add a key movie and DVD-oriented property to IGN's existing entertainment portfolio and will further strengthen the company's ability to deliver the coveted 18-to-34 year-old demographic to its advertisers.

Rotten Tomatoes will be IGN Entertainment's third acquisition in the past 12 months, following on the footsteps of the company's acquisitions of GameSpy Industries and TeamXbox. The transaction represents a step towards broadening IGN's coverage of the movie and DVD markets, which are similar in demographics and buying power to the video and PC games markets reached by IGN's other flagship sites.

 

[ndee]

So?

 

[minendo]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1349827

 

[Demon-Xanth]

From a source within IGN:
"The only difference will be a slightly different ad format."

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: minendo
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1349827

People are descriptive in their posts

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
From a source within IGN:
"The only difference will be a slightly different ad format."

"Oh, and we'll start charging for 'premium content' after a few months, then slowly begin running the website into the ground."

 

[Chiboy]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
From a source within IGN:
"The only difference will be a slightly different ad format."

"Oh, and we'll start charging for 'premium content' after a few months, then slowly begin running the website into the ground."

:beer: its sad but true.

 

[SP33Demon]

Did you know they had personals there? WTF??? lol

 

[Aharami]

i used to check out IGN back in the days for game reviews and gameshots. then one day they started wanting money for me to access the reviews. never been there since

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
From a source within IGN:
"The only difference will be a slightly different ad format."

"Oh, and we'll start charging for 'premium content' after a few months, then slowly begin running the website into the ground."

yeah, i will miss Rotten Tomatoes when the time comes. because they will assuredly do this.

 

[Nikamichi]

IGN Tomatoes?

Sounds like it could work.

 

[Slick5150]

Originally posted by: Aharami
i used to check out IGN back in the days for game reviews and gameshots. then one day they started wanting money for me to access the reviews. never been there since

Yeah, that was bad. But they don't do that anymore (Their readership likely dropped by about 95%). You can freely access their reviews as soon as they hit.

 

[knivox]

I've recently started using metacritic instead of RT. The rating system is a bit different, they use a percentage rating for each review instead of just good/bad. They also have music & game reviews too.

 

[dethman]

bah, rt was such a great site.

 

[EvilYoda]

man, you're kidding me. I do use IGN a lot, but I'd rather see RT and IGN separate.

 

[Bumrush99]

They DESTROYED voodooextreme.com when they took over. That site died a very quick death.

 

[MazerRackham]

This is sad... we should bet on how long before they make parts of the site "premium."

 

[JackHomer]

Originally posted by: Nikamichi
IGN Tomatoes?

Sounds like it could work.

Yeah i think that could work cause IGN = rotten

 

[So]

Originally posted by: ndee
So?

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