The Register

The Register (nicknamed El Reg) is a

British technology news and opinion
website co-founded in 1994 by Mike
Magee, John Lettice and Ross Alderson.[2]
Situation Publishing Ltd is listed as the
site's publisher. Drew Cullen is an owner
and Linus Birtles is the managing director.
Andrew Orlowski was the executive editor
before leaving the website in May 2019.[3]
 The Register

A screenshot of The Register's home page

from January 2019
Type of site technology news

Available in English

Headquarters London, England

Owner Situation Publishing

Created by Mike Magee

John Lettice

URL www.theregister
.com
Alexa rank 11,570 (May 2020)[1]
Commercial yes

Registration optional

Launched 1994

Current status active

History
The Register was founded in London as an
email newsletter called Chip Connection. In
1998 The Register became a daily online
news source. Magee left in 2001 to start
competing publications The Inquirer, and
later the IT Examiner and TechEye.[4]

In 2002, The Register expanded to have a

presence in London and San Francisco,
creating The Register USA at theregus.com
through a joint venture with Tom's
Hardware.[5] In 2003, that site moved to
theregister.com.[6] That content was later
merged onto theregister.co.uk. The
Register carries syndicated content
including Simon Travaglia's BOFH
stories.[7]
In 2010 The Register supported the
successful launch of the Paper Aircraft
Released Into Space, a project they
announced in 2009 that released a paper
plane in the extreme upper atmosphere.[8]

Editorial staffers include Paul Kunert,

Gavin Clarke, Joe Fay, Chris Williams (San
Francisco bureau), Iain Thomson and
Simon Sharwood (Sydney office). Jude
Karabus is head of production.

Readership and content

In 2011 it was read daily by over 350,000
users according to the Audit Bureau of
Circulations,[9] rising to 468,000 daily and
nearly 9.5 million monthly in 2013.[10] In
November 2011 the UK and US each
accounted for approximately 42% and 34%
of page impressions respectively, with
Canada being the next most significant
origin of page hits at 3%.[9] In 2012 the UK
and US accounted for approximately 41%
and 28% of page impressions respectively,
with Canada at 3.61%.[10]
In September 2018, the Alexa ranking was
#7,194.[11]

Channel Register covers computer

business and trade news, which includes
business press releases. News and
articles for computer hardware and
consumer electronics is covered by Reg
Hardware. Reg Research is an in-depth
resource on technologies and how they
relate to business.[12][13]

Intel chips flaw investigation

Around 3 January 2018, The Register broke
news about Google's long-ongoing
investigation into Intel's processor design,
which revealed that a serious flaw in the
design of their chips would require
Microsoft, Linux and Apple to update
operating systems for computers around
the world.[14]

Criticism/controversy
The Register has written both headlines
and stories that have resulted in a flame
war with The Guardian, which, using the
Private Eye nickname, the former refers to
as The Grauniad.[15] Using a style
illustrated by Gawker's 2008 coverage of
Sun-Sentinel's involvement in a short
term[16][17][18] stock drop, ("How Robots
Destroyed United Airlines")[19] The Register
used headlines and wordings to, The
Guardian accused,[20] "seriously
misrepresent" a Nature paper in a
controversial manner.

References
1. "theregister.co.uk Competitive
Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic -
 Alexa" . theregister.co.uk. Retrieved
27 May 2020.
2. Grossman, Wendy M. (2 June 2006).
"How online journalism got its UK
start" . Press Gazette. Wilmington
Media Ltd. Archived from the original
on 5 November 2013.
3. "It's been fun" . The Register. 9 May
2019.
4. Walsh, Bob (2007). Clear Blogging:
How People Blogging Are Changing
the World and How You Can Join
Them. Apress, ISBN 9781590596913
5. Cullen, Drew (25 February 2002). The
Register Comes to the US. The
Register
. Cullen, Drew (24 February 2003).
theregister.com goes live. The
Register
7. Adams, Andrew A., McCrindle, Rachel
(2008). Pandora's Box: Social and
Professional Issues of the Information
Age. John Wiley & Sons,
ISBN 9780470065532
 . "Paper plane launched into space
captures Earth images" . BBC News.
11 November 2010. Archived from the
original on 14 November 2010.
Retrieved 15 November 2010.
9. "The Register" (PDF), abc.org.uk, Audit
Bureau of Circulations Limited,
retrieved 19 January 2012
10. "The Register" (PDF), abc.org.uk, Audit
Bureau of Circulations Limited,
retrieved 1 October 2013
11. "Theregister.co.uk Traffic,
Demographics and Competitors -
Alexa" . alexa.com. Archived from the
original on 13 September 2018.
Retrieved 12 September 2018.
12. "CES: FTC chairwoman warns how IoT
device data can secretly be used
against you" . Computerworld. 7
January 2015.
13. "Vista: the 'Anti-Linux'?" .
InformationWeek. 1 May 2006.
14. Wakefield, Jane (2018). "Major flaw in
millions of Intel chips" . BBC News.
Archived from the original on 6 July
2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
15. Lewis Page (12 October 2010).
"Guardian super-blogger flames Reg
boffinry desk" .
1 . "UPDATE 1-US SEC opens probe into
UAL share price drop--WSJ" . 11
September 2008.
17. "UAL Shares Fall as Old Story Surfaces
Online" . Wall Street Journal. 9
September 2008.
1 . "S.E.C. Said to Have Opened Inquiry
into UAL Stock Drop" . The New York
Times. 12 September 2008.
19. "How Robots Destroyed United
Airlines" . Gawker. 10 September
2008.
20. Martin Robbins (12 October 2010).
"One climate paper, two conflicting
headlines" . Archived from the
original on 31 December 2016.

External links
The Register
Retrieved from
"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
title=The_Register&oldid=959897214"

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