{"id":153415,"date":"2016-01-29T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=153415"},"modified":"2016-01-29T09:01:57","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T07:01:57","slug":"slashdot-and-sourceforge-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/153415-slashdot-and-sourceforge-sold.html","title":{"rendered":"Slashdot and SourceForge sold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Slashdot<\/strong><\/a> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">SourceForge<\/a><\/strong>, two of the Internet&#8217;s favourite destinations for techies, have been sold to BIZX by DHI Group.<\/p>\n<p>DHI first announced its plan to sell Slashdot Media in July 2015 as part of its strategy to focus on its core brands, as Slashdot Media no longer fits within the company&#8217;s core strategic initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>DHI, formerly known as Dice Holdings, is a provider of data, insights, and employment connections through its services for professional communities.<\/p>\n<p>Its\u00a0services stretch across technology and security clearance, financial services, energy, healthcare, and hospitality.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u00a0sold Slashdot Media, which includes the Slashdot and SourceForge businesses, to BIZX for an undisclosed amount.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on business<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/153319-vinny-lingham-raises-2-75-million-for-new-start-up.html\"><strong>Vinny Lingham raises $2.75 million for new start-up<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/107238-first-data-acquires-vinny-linghams-gyft.html\"><strong>First Data acquires Vinny Lingham\u2019s Gyft<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Free and easy way to open your own website\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/46406-free-and-easy-way-to-open-your-own-website.html\"><strong>Free and easy way to open your own website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slashdot and SourceForge, two destinations for techies on the Internet, have been sold by DHI Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":153417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[36,35165,35161,35163],"class_list":["post-153415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-active","tag-dhi","tag-slashdot","tag-sourceforge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153415"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153445,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153415\/revisions\/153445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}