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"We Answer To Nobody But You, The Audience" - Digital Foundry Is Now Fully Independent | Richard Leadbetter's tech channel has separated from IGN owner Ziff Davis
Richard Leadbetter's tech channel has separated from IGN owner Ziff Davis
Founded by industry veteran Richard Leadbetter – who has worked on magazines such as CVG, Mean Machines, Maximum and PlayStation World during a career which spans several decades – in 2004, Digital Foundry entered into a deal in 2015 with Gamer Network that would see the latter acquire a 50% shareholding in the business. When Gamer Network was purchased by ReedPop in 2018, this shareholding was passed to the new owner – and likewise, when ReedPop sold Gamer Network to IGN parent company Ziff Davis last year, it inherited half of Digital Foundry (for full transparency, Ziff Davis also inherited a minor shareholding in Hookshot Media, the parent company of Nintendo Life, Push Square, Pure Xbox and Time Extension). Leadbetter says that he has "amicably" bought out Ziff Davis with the assistance of former Gamer Network founder (and Hookshot Media chairman) Rupert Loman-West, giving Digital Foundry full control over its future.
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