Red Ventures says it has agreed to buy CNET Media Group from ViacomCBS for $500M in a deal expected to close in Q4 2020 ViacomCBS is offloading CNET Media Group in a $500 million deal with digital-marketing company Red Ventures, which announced the deal Monday. Variety 2020-09-14 Todd Spangler CNET Media Group, Red Ventures, ViacomCBS Related Coverage Red Ventures acquires CNET Media Group from ViacomCBS for $500M TechCrunch · Ingrid Lunden View article TheStreet Red Ventures To Acquire CNET Media Group From ViacomCBS For $500 Million PR Newswire Discussion @bdsams Brad Sams on x Venture firms buying editorial always makes me a bit nervous. https://twitter.com/... @smashdawg Jeremy Kaplan on x Welp, end of a long journey for CNET. It'll be interesting to see what (if anything) this means for the site and its army of great writers and editors .... https://variety.com/... via @variety