http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/16/breaking-conde-nastwired-acquires-ars-technica/
Condé Nast acquires Ars Technica for $25m (rumoured). I don’t get Condé Nast’s fascination with tech sites (they also own Reddit)—shouldn’t they be buying The Sartorialist instead? Also curious: the two co-founders of Ars are pursuing PhDs in religion (Jon “Hannibal” Stokes; Ken “Caesar” Fisher).