Geeknet Media Is Now Slashdot Media

As of today, what was Geeknet Media has been utterly transformed: now we're Slashdot Media. Actually, it's just the name that's been utterly transformed, at least as far as this site is concerned. We're still News For Nerds, Stuff That Matters — just now with more Slashdot. (And for that matter, we're still just as grateful for and reliant on your news submissions and ideas as ever. Tell us what you want to see.)

What it all means:

For Slashdot readers? Not much. For readers (and editors, and programmers, etc.), this change has no impact on what you'll see on the page, how we select stories, the layout of the page, or anything else except trivial things like the nomenclature on copyright and other legal notices. For others? Slashdot's an advertising-supported site; selling the ads that effect that support — "the business side," vs. "the editorial side" — has its own logistics and its own internal logic. The folks around the world who are in the business of buying ad space online will see the new name in places like letterhead and contracts.

Why? Why? Why?

Because of the business changes last year (if you're not keeping score, Slashdot and ThinkGeek are no longer part of the same umbrella group), this name change was agreed on to prevent confusion about who's who. That makes it easier for the business-side folks to lease out your valuable eyeballs, so we can keep the lights on (well, keep the monitors on) and keep up the flow of news, interviews, reviews, and the occasional bit of snark. And besides, "Slashdot" has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? If you have any questions about this name change, feel free to pass them along to [e-mail]; we'd like to know if you have any concerns worth addressing for everyone in a followup post.