Ziff Davis

American publisher and Internet company

Organization Business Q199296

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of: business, enterprise, publishing house^[2]^[3]
Official website: www.ziffdavis.com^[12]
Legal form: subsidiary company^[14]

Status and dates

Inception: 1927^[9]

Location

Headquarters location: New York City^[5]
Location of formation: Chicago^[10]

Industry and activity

Industry: Internet industry^[8]
Product or material produced: software^[13]

People

Founder: William Bernard Ziff, Sr.^[4]

Relations

Child organization or unit: PC Communications corp.^[6]
Owner of: IGN, TechTV, PCMag, Computer Gaming World, TeamXbox, Expert Gamer, Creative Computing, AskMen, ExtremeTech, GameNOW, geek.com, LogicBuy, Speedtest^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]
Parent organization or unit: J2 Global^[11]

More facts +1

Stock exchange: Nasdaq^[7]

🏷️ Also known as

en Ziff Davis en Ziff-Davis en Ziff-Davis, Inc. en Ziff-Davis Publishing Co. en Ziff-Davis Publishing Company es Ziff-Davis Publishing Co. fa زیف دیویس he זיף דייוויס ko 지프 데이비스 uk Ziff-Davis Publishing Co. zh 齊夫戴維斯 zh-hant 大衛斯媒體公司 zh-hant 齊夫戴維斯出版公司 zh-hant 齊夫戴維斯媒體公司

🔖 Identifiers · 22

ISNI: 0000000104349443
VIAF cluster ID: 156118135
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n98059299
BookBrainz publisher ID: 3463f877-aa4f-4056-84a7-6d9fb5a84c6b
C64-Wiki ID: Ziff-Davis_Verlag
Comparably company ID: ziff-davis
ComputerLanguage.com definition: Ziff+Davis+Inc., Ziff+Davis
Crunchbase organization ID: ziffdavis
Described at URL: www.fundinguniverse.com
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID: ziff-davis
Freebase ID: /m/02882_
GCD publisher ID: 212

Show all 22 identifiers +10

HAND ID: A537-24BC-1AA3-7811-7294
ISFDB publisher ID: 3390
ISIN: US48123V1026
J9U entity ID: 987011541769205171
LittleSis organization ID: 341613
Muck Rack media outlet ID: ziffdavis
OverDrive publisher ID: ziff-davis-inc
Quora topic ID: Ziff-Davis-company
Ringgold ID: 313146
X (Twitter) username: ziffdavis

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🔗 Connections

Owned entities 11

PCMag, Computer Gaming World, Lifehacker, TeamXbox, Creative Computing, AskMen, Ookla, geek.com +3 more

← Publisher 10

Amazing Stories, PCMag, Computer Gaming World, Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, Popular Electronics, Fantastic, Fantastic Adventures, Radio News +2 more

Owner of 9

Speedtest, PCMag, Computer Gaming World, TeamXbox, Creative Computing, AskMen, geek.com, ExtremeTech +1 more

Instance of 3

business, publishing house, enterprise

Headquarters location 1

New York City

Legal form 1

subsidiary company

Location of formation 1

Chicago

Parent organization or unit 1

J2 Global

Product or material produced 1

software

Stock exchange 1

Nasdaq

← Creator 1

1Up Network

← EU Knowledge Graph item ID 1

VSB – Technical University of Ostrava

← FactGrid item ID 1

Branton

← Parent organization or unit 1

Ookla

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Summary

Ziff Davis is a business^[1].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Ziff Davis — instance of (P31): enterprise. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Ziff Davis — instance of (P31): publishing house. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Ziff Davis — founder (P112): William Bernard Ziff, Sr.. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Ziff Davis — headquarters location (P159): New York City. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Ziff Davis — child organization or unit (P355): PC Communications corp.. PC. Retrieved 2024-11-19. books.google.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Ziff Davis — stock exchange (P414): Nasdaq. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Ziff Davis — industry (P452): Internet industry. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Ziff Davis — inception (P571): 1927. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Ziff Davis — location of formation (P740): Chicago. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Ziff Davis — parent organization or unit (P749): J2 Global. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Ziff Davis — official website (P856): http://www.ziffdavis.com/. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Ziff Davis — product or material produced (P1056): software. National Software Reference Library. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Ziff Davis — legal form (P1454): subsidiary company. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Ziff Davis — owner of (P1830): IGN. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Ziff Davis — owner of (P1830): TechTV. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Ziff Davis — owner of (P1830): PCMag. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Ziff Davis — owner of (P1830): Computer Gaming World. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Ziff Davis — owner of (P1830): TeamXbox. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Ziff Davis — owner of (P1830): Expert Gamer. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Ziff Davis — owner of (P1830): Creative Computing. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Ziff Davis — owner of (P1830): AskMen. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Ziff Davis — owner of (P1830): ExtremeTech. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Ziff Davis — owner of (P1830): GameNOW. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Ziff Davis — owner of (P1830): geek.com. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Ziff Davis — owner of (P1830): LogicBuy. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Ziff Davis — owner of (P1830): Speedtest. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Ziff Davis is an instance of business (Q4830453) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗

HAND ID → A537-24BC-1AA3-7811-7294

"Created claim: HAND ID: A537-24BC-1AA3-7811-7294, batch #269254"
25w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗

LittleSis organization ID → 341613

OverDrive publisher ID → ziff-davis-inc

ComputerLanguage.com definition → Ziff+Davis+Inc., Ziff+Davis

"Changed claim: LittleSis organization ID: 341613, см. / see autofix на / on P3393"
25w ago · Animalparty · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Product or material produced → software

Instance of → business, enterprise, publishing house

Headquarters location → New York City

Owner of → IGN, TechTV, PCMag +1

+ 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"Changed claim: Library of Congress Authorities ID: n98059299"

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