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Engadget shutting down Germany and Spain sister sites
- danso 8y agoWhen I hear the phrase "Engadget's German- and Spanish-language sites will cease publication", I think of those sites as being translations of the English site, but looks like they had their own writers (or in the case of the German site, writer) and topics. - http://de.engadget.com/ http://de.engadget.com/ - http://es.engadget.com/ http://es.engadget.com/ Was surprised that there was a German site, one that ostensibly has more of a focus on EU/Germany tech stories. But did the Spanish site cater to Spain (seems like a pretty small market), or to a Spanish-speaking audience at large?
- inetsee 8y agoAm I correct in assuming that this action is being taken because GDPR goes into effect on May 1, 2018?
- Shivetya 8y agothey have a UK site and it is bound by GDPR so we need to look further, Verizon probably which bought their parent?
- detaro 8y agoThe German "last post" says "Our parent company Oath has decided to concentrate it's efforts in Germany on the broader portals yahoo.de, aol.de and huffingtonpost.de".
- pcunite 8y agoGDPR goes into effect on May 1, 2018? It becomes enforceable on May 25, 2018
- inetsee 8y agoSorry. The GDPR FAQs website I landed on said that it "will be in force in May"; I leapt to the assumption that that meant May 1.
- kodablah 8y ago> I won't dwell on what brought us here. No need to dwell, how about just a mention? I think most of us can speculate, but I'd rather not.
- samspenc 8y agoReduced or flat revenue (most likely online ads) not being enough to sustain the German and Spanish editions. English / international website is probably the only one that is still profitable or breaking even. Totally my guess btw, not what Engadget said (or didn't say) in their post.
- pvaldes 8y agoMaybe the name was an obstacle to sell anything in spanish. Is pretty annoying to type or mention in a casual conversation.