Register
The Register
This article is about the technology news website. For other uses, see Register (disambiguation).
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 Culllen is an owner, Linus Birtles the managing director and Andrew Orlowski is the Executive Editor.
The Register
A screenshot from August 2017
Type of site
technology news
Available in English
Headquarters London, England, United Kingdom
Owner Situation Publishing
Created by Mike Magee
John Lettice
Slogan(s) Biting the hand that feeds IT
Website www.theregister.co.uk
Alexa rank 6,602 (October 2017)[1]
Commercial yes
Registration optional
Launched 1994
Current status active
History Edit
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.[3]
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.[4] In 2003, that site moved to theregister.com.[5] That content was later merged onto theregister.co.uk. The Register carries syndicated content including Simon Travaglia's BOFH stories.[6]
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.[7]
Editorial staffers include Andrew Orlowski, Paul Kunert, Gavin Clarke, Joe Fay, Chris Williams (San Francisco bureau), Iain Thomson and Simon Sharwood (Sydney office). Jude Karabus is head of production.
This article is about the technology news website. For other uses, see Register (disambiguation).
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 Culllen is an owner, Linus Birtles the managing director and Andrew Orlowski is the Executive Editor.
The Register
A screenshot from August 2017
Type of site
technology news
Available in English
Headquarters London, England, United Kingdom
Owner Situation Publishing
Created by Mike Magee
John Lettice
Slogan(s) Biting the hand that feeds IT
Website www.theregister.co.uk
Alexa rank 6,602 (October 2017)[1]
Commercial yes
Registration optional
Launched 1994
Current status active
History Edit
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.[3]
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.[4] In 2003, that site moved to theregister.com.[5] That content was later merged onto theregister.co.uk. The Register carries syndicated content including Simon Travaglia's BOFH stories.[6]
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.[7]
Editorial staffers include Andrew Orlowski, Paul Kunert, Gavin Clarke, Joe Fay, Chris Williams (San Francisco bureau), Iain Thomson and Simon Sharwood (Sydney office). Jude Karabus is head of production.
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